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Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?
China

Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

Juan Cole

China imported 389,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan oil in 2025, about 4% of its total

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

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Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

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Energy
Renewables & the Future of India:  IT Center Bangalore goes Solar to avoid Brownouts, High Electricity Bills

Renewables & the Future of India: IT Center Bangalore goes Solar to avoid Brownouts, High Electricity Bills

News9 “The city [of Bangalore] is struggling with frequent power cuts. Those who were smart enough to invest in solar energy are the only ones […]

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Climate Change
Climate Treaty Follies: How Inaction is Endangering the World

Climate Treaty Follies: How Inaction is Endangering the World

By Tom Giesen “To be quite candid the idea of a 2°C target is largely out of the window.” Sir Robert Watson, former IPCC Chair. […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Could ISIL be Put on Trial?  Challenge for International Law

Could ISIL be Put on Trial? Challenge for International Law

DUBAI (IRIN) – The international outcry to the openly advertised atrocities committed in Iraq by the jihadist group calling itself Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS […]

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History

Understanding Islam: Kecia Ali on ‘The Lives of Muhammad’

Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN for ISLAMiCommentary The life of Prophet Muhammad has inspired […]

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The end of National Sovereignty in the Middle East?  Iraqi Kurdistan sends troops into Syria

The end of National Sovereignty in the Middle East? Iraqi Kurdistan sends troops into Syria

By Juan Cole: Al-Manar reports that the legislature of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (a super-province of Iraq) has voted to send Kurdistan forces to […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Top 4 Things we can learn from War on Terror in "War on Ebola"

Top 4 Things we can learn from War on Terror in “War on Ebola”

By Karen J. Greenberg via Tomdispatch.com These days, two “wars” are in the headlines: one against the marauding Islamic State and its new caliphate of […]

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Israel
The momentum to recognize a Palestinian State is unstoppable

The momentum to recognize a Palestinian State is unstoppable

By Farhang Jahanpour Once again, the British Parliament has led the way with an epoch-making decision. On Monday 13 October 2014, British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly […]

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Colonialism
America didn't learn the Lessons of Tribes & Counter-Insurgency in Vietnam, Leading to the Iraq Quagmire

America didn’t learn the Lessons of Tribes & Counter-Insurgency in Vietnam, Leading to the Iraq Quagmire

By David Moore The rise of ISIL, as well as the resurgence of the Taliban, has brought numerous “experts” out to offer analyses on the […]

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Barack Obama
Iran Proposes Axis against ISIL to Iraqi PM Abadi as alternative to US Coalition

Iran Proposes Axis against ISIL to Iraqi PM Abadi as alternative to US Coalition

By Juan Cole al-Zaman [The Times of Baghdad] reports that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has proposed to visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi an anti-ISIL […]

Juan Cole

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