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Trump set off a Bomb in the Cockpit of the World Economy; Does Global Recession Loom?
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Trump set off a Bomb in the Cockpit of the World Economy; Does Global Recession Loom?

Juan Cole

Today’s increase was different, since the price skyrocketed fully 30% in one day, something that hasn’t happened for decades

A Clique of Unhinged Techno-Optimists Is Putting Humanity at Risk

A Clique of Unhinged Techno-Optimists Is Putting Humanity at Risk

03/09/2026 By Tomdispatch

The War on Iran — and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy

The War on Iran — and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy

03/09/2026 By Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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Could a Palestinian Boycott Pinch Israeli Economy?

Could a Palestinian Boycott Pinch Israeli Economy?

NABLUS (Ma’an) — In the last two months, Palestinians across the West Bank have begun heeding calls to boycott Israeli goods in increasing numbers as […]

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Iraq
Iraq Crisis:  Will Sunni Tribes of Besieged Falluja Turn on IS There?

Iraq Crisis: Will Sunni Tribes of Besieged Falluja Turn on IS There?

By Mustafa Habib | Fallujah | via Niqash.org Recently most of the attention has been on northern Iraq. But military action in western Iraq has […]

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Eastern Europe
Ukraine:  What is the word for What is Happening There?

Ukraine: What is the word for What is Happening There?

By Daisy Sindelar via RFE/RL Oleksandr Chernov, a doctor and journalist from eastern Ukraine, spent 10 days as a captive of pro-Russian separatists based in […]

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Constitution
Should Americans be allowed to Serve in Foreign Armies?

Should Americans be allowed to Serve in Foreign Armies?

AJ+ “An American, Douglas McAuthur McCain was killed fighting for the Islamic State group (formerly known as ISIS or ISIL) in Syria. He’s not the […]

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Israelis Alarmed as al-Qaeda Captures Golan, UN Peacekeepers

Israelis Alarmed as al-Qaeda Captures Golan, UN Peacekeepers

By Juan Cole Israel now has a border with al-Qaeda! Israeli observers have been alarmed by the capture of the Quneitra checkpoint between Syria and […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
World-Renowned Historian Natalie Zemon Davis Pleads Case of Steven Salaita with U-Illinois

World-Renowned Historian Natalie Zemon Davis Pleads Case of Steven Salaita with U-Illinois

Natalie Zemon Davis , among our most distinguished living historians and past president of the American Historical Association, has written a heartfelt appeal to Chancellor […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Obama, al-Assad and ISIL update FB Status:  It's Complicated

Obama, al-Assad and ISIL update FB Status: It’s Complicated

AJ+ AJ+ Will The US Bomb IS Group (AKA ISIS) In Syria?

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Counter-Terrorism
ISIS:  How to Defeat a Phony "Caliphate"

ISIS: How to Defeat a Phony “Caliphate”

By John Esposito via Huffington Post Containing and ultimately defeating ISIS will require both short and long-term response. ISIS expansion has been made possible by […]

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Climate Change
US Public Worried about ISIL, Putin-- But Climate Change is Real Challenge

US Public Worried about ISIL, Putin– But Climate Change is Real Challenge

By Juan Cole In a new Pew/ USA Today poll, the American public shows itself alarmed by the rise of the so-called Islamic State of […]

Juan Cole

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