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Juan Cole

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High Iranian Official insists it Will stay in Syria, to Block Israel

High Iranian Official insists it Will stay in Syria, to Block Israel

Juan Cole

What happens when the Sunni rebels are all defeated and the Syrian Arab Army is reconstituted?

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Will the Price of Oil Collapse within a Decade, Driven off Cliff by Electric Vehicles?

Will the Price of Oil Collapse within a Decade, Driven off Cliff by Electric Vehicles?

Juan Cole

The process is already well underway

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Syria: Reports of Rebel Collapse in Deraa as al-Assad and Putin win Yet Again

Syria: Reports of Rebel Collapse in Deraa as al-Assad and Putin win Yet Again

Juan Cole

The rebels say they have declared a ceasefire and have put down their arms after they negotiated through the Russians

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Iran: Trump's Tweets have added $10 to cost of Oil, Upping cost of Gasoline

Iran: Trump’s Tweets have added $10 to cost of Oil, Upping cost of Gasoline

Juan Cole

Hossein Kazempour Ardebili was quoted by the Iranian Press on Thursday as saying that Trump’s Twitter activity is roiling the oil markets

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Trump sidelined as UN Security Council plus Germany Meet Iran's Rouhani in Vienna

Trump sidelined as UN Security Council plus Germany Meet Iran’s Rouhani in Vienna

Juan Cole

Before Trump, the idea of the UN Security Council meeting without the US would have been hard to imagine

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Top 3 Grievances  against Trump the Founders would have Had

Top 3 Grievances against Trump the Founders would have Had

Juan Cole

In the section of the Declaration of Independence on grievances, there are a number of paragraphs that resonate with today’s politics. The whole authoritarian thrust of Trumpism, with the disregard for rule of law and for checks and balances among the branches of government, runs counter to the key concerns of the Founders. *Trump keeps […]

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Whitey on the Moon Again?

Whitey on the Moon Again?

Juan Cole

The likelihood is that the government will pay for the lunar space station with borrowed money, making it enormously expensive

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Trump Luminaries at Iranian Jihadi Cult Conference in Paris while Excluding Nice Iranians from Immigration

Trump Luminaries at Iranian Jihadi Cult Conference in Paris while Excluding Nice Iranians from Immigration

Juan Cole

Many Trump stalwarts have a peculiar, paid position as lobbyists for a group aiming to overthrow the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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No, Saudi Can't Save Trump from High Gas Prices

No, Saudi Can’t Save Trump from High Gas Prices

Juan Cole

It would take up to a year for Saudi Arabia to ramp up production to its maximum theoretical capacity

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