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A Triple Entente?  Türkiye interested in joining Saudi-Pakistan Nuclear Security Pact
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A Triple Entente? Türkiye interested in joining Saudi-Pakistan Nuclear Security Pact

Juan Cole

Allies of the US in the Middle East no longer trust Washington to protect them from Israel

Trump’s Gaza Board and the Return of Colonialism

Trump’s Gaza Board and the Return of Colonialism

01/19/2026 By Middle East Monitor

What Iran’s latest Protests tell us about Power, Memory and Resistance

What Iran’s latest Protests tell us about Power, Memory and Resistance

01/19/2026 By The Conversation

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Fall of the New Year Throne
The Fall of the New Year Throne (Complete Sword & Sorcery Novel of ancient Persia)

The Fall of the New Year Throne (Complete Sword & Sorcery Novel of ancient Persia)

By Juan Cole The Fall of the New Year Throne Many, many thanks to everyone who followed the serialized sword and sorcery novel I have […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Kentucky Fried Brain Senator:  No Global Warming b/c Mars' temp. like Earth's

Kentucky Fried Brain Senator: No Global Warming b/c Mars’ temp. like Earth’s

By Anthony Elizondo via LiberalAmerica   Image via Firebrand Progressives   Last week the denial of climate change continued. This time in the form of […]

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Domestic Surveillance
NSA Targetting of Innocent Muslim-Americans Raises 1st Amendment Alarms

NSA Targetting of Innocent Muslim-Americans Raises 1st Amendment Alarms

By Deirdre Fulton Following Intercept report, rights groups and Muslim-American organizations slam NSA targeting Rights organizations responded harshly to reports that the National Security Agency […]

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Apartheid
Israeli Rhetoric Hides War Crimes against Gaza

Israeli Rhetoric Hides War Crimes against Gaza

By Chloé Benoist As Israeli forces began their assault on the Gaza Strip, Israel’s leaders and media ramped up a rhetoric offensive, using dehumanizing discourse […]

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ABC News' Diane Sawyer Mistakes Stricken Palestinians for Israelis

ABC News’ Diane Sawyer Mistakes Stricken Palestinians for Israelis

By Juan Cole In the current round of fighting between mighty Israel and the little Gaza Strip, Israeli airstrikes have killed 53 Palestinians. The supposedly […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Saudi ARAMCO Nat'l Gas Plans undercut US Fracking, Point to big Water Problems Ahead

Saudi ARAMCO Nat’l Gas Plans undercut US Fracking, Point to big Water Problems Ahead

By Tina Casey via Cleantechnica File this one under E for ewps, at least as far as the export market for US fracked natural gas […]

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African-Americans
The Return of Jim Crow in North Carolina

The Return of Jim Crow in North Carolina

By Lauren McCauley Rights Groups Call for Halt to 'Worst Since Jim Crow' Voting Law Hundreds of people were turned away outside of a packed […]

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al-Qaeda
Oil and Terrorist Groups:  Iraq's ISIS, others Seeking Black Gold

Oil and Terrorist Groups: Iraq’s ISIS, others Seeking Black Gold

By Michael T. Klare via Tomdispatch Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, South Sudan, Ukraine, the East and South China Seas: wherever you look, the world is aflame […]

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Afghanistan
Bush Trifecta lands on Obama: Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan Imploding

Bush Trifecta lands on Obama: Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan Imploding

By Juan Cole President Barack Obama of Hawaii had fondly dreamed of bidding turbulent and unrewarding West Asia farewell and turning the attentions of American […]

Juan Cole

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