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Trump’s Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America’s New Protection Racket
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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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3 Us Soldiers Wounded 1 Iraqi Policeman

3 Us Soldiers Wounded 1 Iraqi Policeman

3 US Soldiers Wounded, 1 Iraqi Policeman Killed and 1 Wounded; 7 Protesters Killed; Demonstrations and Counter-Demonstrations Throughout Iraq Guerrillas set off a roadside bomb […]

Juan Cole

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On Point I Was On Nprs On Point Tuesday

On Point I Was On Nprs On Point Tuesday

On Point I was on NPR’s On Point Tuesday evening. I was surprised to find the other guests reporting an attitude in the CPA and […]

Juan Cole

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Saddam May Attempt To Implicate Us Mark

Saddam May Attempt To Implicate Us Mark

Saddam May attempt to Implicate US Mark Matthews of the Baltimore Sun points out that Saddam may attempt to implicate Western powers and US political […]

Juan Cole

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New Political Map Of Us Implication For

New Political Map of the US: Implication for Elections and Iraq Robert David Sullivan, writing in The Commonwealth, has proposed a new political map of […]

Juan Cole

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Sandwich Analysis Of Gotim News

Sandwich Analysis Of Gotim News

Sandwich Analysis of “Got’im” News Conference: Tom Engelhardt Journalist Tom Engelhardt’s Tomdispatch.com caught something important about the news conference that announced Saddam’s capture in his […]

Juan Cole

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Anti Union Laws And Privatization In

Anti Union Laws And Privatization In

Anti-Union Laws and Privatization in Iraq Many thanks to Greg Lipman for alerting me to the David Bacon article on labor issues and privatization in […]

Juan Cole

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1 Us Soldier Killed 8 Iraqis Killed 25

1 Us Soldier Killed 8 Iraqis Killed 25

1 US Soldier Killed; 8 Iraqis killed, 25 Wounded in Car Bombings at Iraqi Police Stations Pro-Saddam Demonstrations in Falluja and Tikrit A roadside bomb […]

Juan Cole

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Successful Caucus Elections In Samawa

Successful Caucus Elections In Samawa

Successful Caucus Elections in Samawa Veteran Middle East reporter Nicholas Blanford writes in the Christian Science Monitor about the successes of the Coalition Provisional Authority […]

Juan Cole

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Reaction To Saddams Capture In Iran In

Reaction To Saddams Capture In Iran In

Reaction to Saddam’s Capture in Iran In 1980, Saddam Hussein launched a war on Iran, attempting to grab its oil-rich Khuzistan province, and beginning a […]

Juan Cole

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