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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade
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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Mohammad Eslami

Chinese policy and security circles interpret the tariff threat less as an attempt to alter Iran’s behavior than as a signal to third parties

Trump’s Gaza Board and the Return of Colonialism

Trump’s Gaza Board and the Return of Colonialism

01/19/2026 By Middle East Monitor

What Iran’s latest Protests tell us about Power, Memory and Resistance

What Iran’s latest Protests tell us about Power, Memory and Resistance

01/19/2026 By The Conversation

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Supporting Nawal Saadawi Al-Hayat on Saturday ran an attack from a Muslim fundamentalist point of view on Egyptian novelist Nawal Saadawi. She recently argued that […]

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Things Are Not What They Seem

Things are Not What they Seem Department On Thursday night on the David Letterman Late Night show on CBS, actress Natalie Portman announced that she […]

Juan Cole

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Election Plans Roiled Sunni Extremist

Election Plans Roiled Sunni Extremist Death Threats against Sistani Hamza Hendawi of AP reports that the Shiite vote may get split. He says that Prime […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq And Damned Statistics Red

Iraq and Damned Statistics The Red Crescent has finally been allowed into Fallujah (its earlier exclusion was probably a violation of international law). Its spokesman […]

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Guest Editorial Levine Iraqs Lose Lose

Guest Editorial: Levine: “Iraq’s Lose-Lose Scenario” Note: This version of the text is slightly revised from the one posted earlier on Friday November 26. Iraq’s […]

Juan Cole

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25000 Us Casualties In Iraq 9 Of

25000 Us Casualties In Iraq 9 Of

25,000 US Casualties in Iraq; 9% of Troops Put in Hospital or Killed Over 2000 Iraqis Killed in Fallujah CBS has elicited from the Pentagon […]

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Bloggers Respond Weblogging Community

Bloggers Respond The weblogging community responds to Colonel Yigal Carmon’s outrageous threat to sue me over my characterization of MEMRI as a well-funded organization dedicated […]

Juan Cole

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Fall Out Of Fallujah Keeps Falling

Fall Out Of Fallujah Keeps Falling

Fall-Out of Fallujah Keeps Falling Sunni Arabs in Iraq are blaming Shiites for conspicuously failing to come to the defense of Fallujah during the recent […]

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More On Memri On Torture Everyone

More on MEMRI On Torture: “Everyone Experiences Pain” Further to the frivolous threat of a lawsuit directed at me by Colonel Yigal Carmon, director of […]

Juan Cole

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