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Juan Cole

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No, Iran and Hizbullah haven't taken over Lebanon: it is a multiparty Election

No, Iran and Hizbullah haven’t taken over Lebanon: it is a multiparty Election

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia’s weird kidnapping of Sunni leader hurt him at polls

Corruption
Treason: Obama Iran Deal Officials allegedly targeted by Trump via Israeli Black Cube

Treason: Obama Iran Deal Officials allegedly targeted by Trump via Israeli Black Cube

Juan Cole

They thought would be easier to convince the US to pull out of the deal if the bureaucrats involved in crafting it were discredited

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Syria: Did E. Ghouta Gas Reports cause Rebels to surrender en masse in Homs, Hama?

Syria: Did E. Ghouta Gas Reports cause Rebels to surrender en masse in Homs, Hama?

Juan Cole

Reports of regime use of gas at Douma may have influenced the rebels’ decision

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Dear Trump: The Hugest Solar Plant in the New World is in Mexico, not the US

Dear Trump: The Hugest Solar Plant in the New World is in Mexico, not the US

Juan Cole

The president’s promises to revive the coal industry stand in stark contrast with Mexico’s plan to move toward renewables

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Why Trump can't put Iran back in an Obama-style box of severe sanctions

Why Trump can’t put Iran back in an Obama-style box of severe sanctions

Juan Cole

In addition to facing resistance from China and Russia, it’s unclear what new sanctions would achieve

Donald Trump
If Giuliani’s right Trump lied about Porn Star Hush Money, why believe him on Iran?

If Giuliani’s right Trump lied about Porn Star Hush Money, why believe him on Iran?

Juan Cole

The president has no credibility to make important foreign policy decisions

Donald Trump
Top 4 things more disgraceful than Michelle Wolf's Jokes or leak of Mueller Questions

Top 4 things more disgraceful than Michelle Wolf’s Jokes or leak of Mueller Questions

Juan Cole

Right-wing outrage in the name of respectability politics rings especially hollow in the age of Trump

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Netanyahu: Don’t look here where we’re shooting children, look over there at Iran

Netanyahu: Don’t look here where we’re shooting children, look over there at Iran

Juan Cole

Israel PM’s new dossier against Iran is just old news but the danger is that gullible Trump will be swayed into war on Iran

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Why is Pompeo Suddenly against Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen?

Why is Pompeo Suddenly against Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen?

Juan Cole

According to a State Department leak to the New York Times, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, when he was in Riyadh on Saturday, pressured the Saudi government to wind up the war in Yemen. If this report is true, it is puzzling. In contrast, Secretary of Defense James Mattis has urged President Trump to stay […]

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