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Trump’s Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America’s New Protection Racket
Donald Trump

Trump’s Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America’s New Protection Racket

Scott Corey

Among authoritarians, economics exists for the sake of political extraction, and private wealth is only permitted on condition of complicity

Israel’s assaults on Palestinian Universities and targeting the Academic Sector

Israel’s assaults on Palestinian Universities and targeting the Academic Sector

01/15/2026 By Middle East Studies Association

Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression

Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression

01/15/2026 By Truthdig

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Israeli War On Lebanese Civilians

Israeli War On Lebanese Civilians

Israeli War on Lebanese Civilians Continues A top United Nations humanitarian official, Jan Egeland, said he was shocked on inspecting southern Lebanon to find it […]

Juan Cole

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Rumsfeld Accuses Critics Of

Rumsfeld Accuses Critics Of

Rumsfeld Accuses Critics of Appeasement of Fascists The LA Times reports that ‘ Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Tuesday compared critics of the Bush […]

Juan Cole

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Americans Bombed Diwaniyah 26 Bodies

Americans Bombed Diwaniyah 26 Bodies

Americans bombed Diwaniyah 26 Bodies found in Baghad On Wednesday morning in Iraq, guerrillas set off a bomb outside a military recruiting center, killing 12 […]

Juan Cole

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Over 100 Killed In Iraq 100 Wounded

Over 100 Killed In Iraq 100 Wounded

Over 100 Killed in Iraq, 100 Wounded Mahdi Army Clashes in Diwaniyah Bombings Rock Turkey Two more US troops were announced dead on Monday, bringing […]

Juan Cole

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Civil War Violence Explodes Throughout

Civil War Violence Explodes Throughout

Civil War Violence Explodes Throughout Iraq At Least 80 Dead, Dozens Wounded 6 US Troops Killed al-Zaman says that [Ar.] Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has […]

Juan Cole

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Collier Shaped Charge Bogey Man

Collier Shaped Charge Bogey Man

Collier: The “Shaped Charge” Bogey Man Military historian and former Green Beret Tom Collier writes: ‘ We have read recently in the press about “sophisticated […]

Juan Cole

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Achcar Guest Editorial Situation In

Achcar Guest Editorial Situation In

Achcar Guest Editorial: The Situation in Iraq The Situation in Iraq by Gilbert Achcar [The following excerpt is from the Epilogue to Perilous Power: The […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad We Are Not Threat To Any

Ahmadinejad We Are Not Threat To Any

Ahmadinejad: We are Not a Threat to Any Country, Including Israel Believe it, don’t believe it, that’s up to you. But at least we should […]

Juan Cole

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European Force Of 7000 To Be Deployed

European Force Of 7000 To Be Deployed

European Force of 7,000 to be Deployed Israeli Blockade Strangles Lebanon The illegal Israeli blockade of civilian Lebanese ports continues to inflict massive damage on […]

Juan Cole

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