Divisions in the Da`wa Party and Iraqi Nationalism pose Challenges to Tehran
Superstorm Donald Hits GOP, aims to Ravage US
Up Military Spending and cut Budget, & you’ll get a wasteland
Rice Vindicated: She did Unmask Trump, Bannon– but they were meeting UAE
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The United Arab Emirates crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan slipped into the United States on December 15 for a secret meeting with Trump, Michael Flynn, Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon. It is unusual for high government officials to visit without letting the White House […]
Saudi Arabia wants to improve Image; Here’s How
They have to stop intervening, fighting wars and fomenting radicalism; an image touch-up won’t help
Our failing Forever Wars and the End of Democracy
Pentagon, Special Ops, Empire
What will Iran do if Trump tears up the Nuclear Agreement?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Recently I was asked whether, if Trump succeeded in undermining the Joint Plan of Collective Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear deal, whether Iran would reply by going for broke to create a nuclear weapon. A related question is whether a collapse of the JCPOA would strengthen […]
On 9/11: How we slighted the real Threat, Climate Change, and Hyped Terrorism
Climate Change is a bigger threat than Terrorism
China studies Banning fossil fuel Car, going 100% Electric
To fight climate change and air pollution, China going green
GOP Mayor of Miami to Trump: ‘If this isn’t Climate Change I don’t know what is’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump may be provoking a big exodus of Cuban-Americans in south Florida out of the Republican Party. His attack on DACA or Obama’s suspension of prosecution for undocumented Americans who were brought to this country as infants or young children was extremely unpopular in the Miami […]
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