US Isolation on Iraq There were several international and national developments with regard to the coming US attack on Iraq on Wednesday. On Wednesday, German […]

Realism vs. Humanitarianism in Afghanistan and Iraq One element of this debate, it seems to me is not in actual doubt. That is the very […]

Realism vs. Humanitarianism in Afghanistan and Iraq Thanks to [TM] for further comments. He wrote: >Does Mr Cole believe that the current war in Afghanistan, […]

History News Network 7-29-02: Culture Watch Should College Kids Be Required to Read About the Koran? By Juan Cole The University of North Carolina at […]

Coming Showdown in Pakistan Pakistan’s military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, was required by his country’s Supreme Court to hold parliamentary elections by October of 2002. He […]

A Bluff on Iraq? The article by Mary Dejevsky in the Independent on the talk about an Iraq campaign being a “bluff” is foolish. There […]

A car bomb that the driver intended to use to blow up government ministers in Kabul was intercepted when it had a collision. It is […]

Ethnic conflict is on the rise in Afghanistan, as evidenced by a number of incidents that do not appear to have been reported in the […]

The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister (Igor Ivanov) is in Iraq, and reiterated his government’s opposition to a US strike on that country. He implied that […]