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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%
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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Car News China reports that in the first half of 2025, consumers in that country bought 10,891,000 passenger vehicles. But […]

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

08/12/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

08/12/2025 By The Conversation

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Iraqi Resistance Sees Itself As

Iraqi Resistance Sees Itself As

Iraqi Resistance sees itself as Fighting Occupation Mitchell Prothero of UPI has found a source among the guerrillas willing to explain the nature of the […]

Juan Cole

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Us Using Israeli Military To Train

Us Using Israeli Military To Train

US Using Israeli Military to Train Special Ops to fight Iraqis Julian Borger of the Guardian reports that the Israeli army has sent “urban warfare […]

Juan Cole

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Carnegies Arab Reform Bulletin I Did

Carnegies Arab Reform Bulletin I Did

Carnegie’s Arab Reform Bulletin I did not get time to do it when it came out, but I wanted to direct readers to the recent […]

Juan Cole

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1 Us Soldier Killed 2 Wounded In Mosul

1 Us Soldier Killed 2 Wounded In Mosul

1 US Soldier Killed, 2 Wounded in Mosul Guerrillas used a roadside bomb to kill one US soldier and wound 2 others from the 101st […]

Juan Cole

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Al Dawa Party Will Act As Intermediary

Al Dawa Party Will Act As Intermediary

al-Da`wa Party will act as Intermediary for Muqtada The Shiite al-Da`wa Party announced that it would attempt to negotiate a truce between radical young Shiite […]

Juan Cole

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Hilla Demonstrations Point To Problems

Hilla Demonstrations Point To Problems

Hilla Demonstrations Point to problems of Legitimacy Mariam Fam of AP notes that there has been a popular movement of protest against the American-appointed mayor […]

Juan Cole

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Gas And Electricity Shortages Return

Gas And Electricity Shortages Return

Gas and Electricity Shortages Return Glen Carey of USA Today reports that gasoline/ petrol and electricity shortages have returned to Baghdad, raising anxieties among Iraqis […]

Juan Cole

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Controversies About New Security Agency

Controversies About New Security Agency

Controversies about New Security Agency in Iraq In the 1980s, Saddam employed tens of thousands of persons in the Ministry of the Interior (analogous to […]

Juan Cole

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Stages Of American Iraq And Parallels I

Stages Of American Iraq And Parallels I

Stages of American Iraq, and Parallels I was on an Iraq panel at MIT on Friday with Ivo Daalder,, co-author of the just-published America Unbound: […]

Juan Cole

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