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Juan Cole

China
Is Trump setting US course toward War with China?

Is Trump setting US course toward War with China?

Juan Cole

Is a conflagration in East Asia coming by 2030?

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Official Hate Speech Targets Minorities

Saudi Arabia: Official Hate Speech Targets Minorities

Juan Cole

Shiites, others, demonized by official clerics

Extreme Weather
If Trump were really President, he'd Forgive Puerto Rico's Debts and Rescue it

If Trump were really President, he’d Forgive Puerto Rico’s Debts and Rescue it

Juan Cole

Washington owes it to 3.4 mn US citizens to help them rebuild

Featured
How Arab Nationalism & Fundamentalism pushed away the Kurds

How Arab Nationalism & Fundamentalism pushed away the Kurds

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Kurdistan referendum held today is probably not as likely to produce immediate turmoil in the Middle East as some pundits would have it. The “Domino Theory” that if the Kurds secede from Iraq then they will secede from Turkey, Iran and Syria as well, may […]

Arab Americans
Trump tries to Camouflage Muslim Ban with a Few Venezuelans and N. Koreans

Trump tries to Camouflage Muslim Ban with a Few Venezuelans and N. Koreans

Juan Cole

TeleSur | – – The addition of North Korea and Venezuela broadens the restrictions from the original, mostly Muslim-majority list. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that Venezuela and North Korea will be added to the list of countries banned from traveling to the United States. The order outlines different restrictions for each country on […]

Corruption
Trump Casino and White House, Inc.

Trump Casino and White House, Inc.

Juan Cole

Lobbying and Secret Money in Administration is worse than Citizens United

Democracy
Merkel barely holds on as Neo-Fascists enter German Parliament

Merkel barely holds on as Neo-Fascists enter German Parliament

Juan Cole

Alarming rise of racist Right in German politics

Donald Trump
"Those People:" Trump plays to White nat'lism from N. Korea to NFL

“Those People:” Trump plays to White nat’lism from N. Korea to NFL

Juan Cole

President’s tweetstorm appeals to racial division

Arab Americans
New Customized Muslim Banned planned by Trump

New Customized Muslim Banned planned by Trump

Juan Cole

Xenophobic policy will harm US Economy

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