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The Unexpected Winner of the Iran War? Green Energy in Asia and Europe
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The Unexpected Winner of the Iran War? Green Energy in Asia and Europe

Neil Thompson

China’s decision to invest in a transition to a green economy has also helped buffer it from the Iran War Fall-Out

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus (HRW)

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus (HRW)

03/10/2026 By Human Rights Watch

Anti-Iran Policy as a Sacred Mission of Israeli Propagandists

Anti-Iran Policy as a Sacred Mission of Israeli Propagandists

03/10/2026 By Farhang Jahanpour

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Reza Aslan, religion Ph.D. vs. Sam Harris

Reza Aslan, religion Ph.D. vs. Sam Harris

The Young Turks: Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks and Professor Reza Aslan discuss Sam Harris. Cenk asks Reza how he feels about Harris’ […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
Is the Center for Jewish Life stifling free speech at Princeton University?

Is the Center for Jewish Life stifling free speech at Princeton University?

By Max Weiss via The Princetonian I have never met Slav Leibin. Nonetheless, it recently came to my attention that he vetoed, with the approval […]

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Colonialism
America's Colonial Armies: Absentee Soldiers, Corrupt Officers and Collapse

America’s Colonial Armies: Absentee Soldiers, Corrupt Officers and Collapse

By William J. Astore via Tomdispatch.com In June, tens of thousands of Iraqi Security Forces in Nineveh province north of Baghdad collapsed in the face […]

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Is Baghdad next?  ISIL takes Hit Base in Iraq, loots it for Weapons

Is Baghdad next? ISIL takes Hit Base in Iraq, loots it for Weapons

By Juan Cole According to Aljazeera sources, ISIL has completed the taking of Hit district in the al-Anbar Province of Iraq. At a time when, […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Iraqi Kurds to Turkey:  Let Volunteers Through To Defend Failing Kobani

Iraqi Kurds to Turkey: Let Volunteers Through To Defend Failing Kobani

By Charles Recknagel via RFE/RL A top official of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region is calling on Turkey to let volunteer fighters through to the besieged […]

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Colonialism
French Planes bomb Damascus to put Down Syrian Revolt, 1925 (Video: This Day in History)

French Planes bomb Damascus to put Down Syrian Revolt, 1925 (Video: This Day in History)

“Title reads: “Defence of Damascus. French troops – barricades – and armed posts – now circle the town of view of threatened attack by Rebels”. […]

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Arab Spring
The Tunisian Exception

The Tunisian Exception

By L. Carl Brown What has made Tunisia’s transition from authoritarian government, for all its ups and downs, more successful than those of its Arab […]

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European Union
In Symbolic Vote, UK Parliament urges Recognition of Palestine

In Symbolic Vote, UK Parliament urges Recognition of Palestine

By Juan Cole There are 650 members of the British parliament, so the vote on Monday by 271 of them to recognize Palestine is hardly […]

Juan Cole

Colonialism
Columbus Day: How is it Still a Thing?  (John Oliver)

Columbus Day: How is it Still a Thing? (John Oliver)

John Oliver, “Last Week Tonight” “Christopher Columbus did a lot of stuff that was way more terrible than “sailing the ocean blue,” but we don’t […]

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