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

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

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

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

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Poof!  John Kerry Blames Israeli Squatting in E. Jerusalem for breakdown in Peace Talks; Bennett: It's Just Zionism

Poof! John Kerry Blames Israeli Squatting in E. Jerusalem for breakdown in Peace Talks; Bennett: It’s Just Zionism

(By Juan Cole) You heard it first here. I had argued on Sunday that that the actions and statements of the far rightwing Israeli Likud […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Tunisia has made strides in Democratic Transition: Can it get the Economy Right?

Tunisia has made strides in Democratic Transition: Can it get the Economy Right?

(By Francis Ghilès) Tunisians have reasons for optimism. For any regular visitor to Tunis, the change of atmosphere in the capital in the first months […]

Juan Cole

Central Intelligence Agency
Torture is from Mars?  CIA's Hayden Says Sen. Feinstein Too "Emotional" To Judge CIA Torture

Torture is from Mars? CIA’s Hayden Says Sen. Feinstein Too “Emotional” To Judge CIA Torture

Former CIA, NSA Boss Says Senator Feinstein Is Too Emotional To Judge CIA Torture Fairly (via Techdirt) We’ve written about former NSA and CIA boss […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
2 GOP Latino Strategies Clash:  Sen. Ted Cruz disses Jeb Bush's 'Immigration for Love'  Meme

2 GOP Latino Strategies Clash: Sen. Ted Cruz disses Jeb Bush’s ‘Immigration for Love’ Meme

(By Juan Cole) Sen. Ted Cruz criticized Jeb Bush for appearing to downplay the rule of law in arguing that undocumented immigration to the US […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Is Rand Paul right that Cheney invaded Iraq for Halliburton Profits?

Is Rand Paul right that Cheney invaded Iraq for Halliburton Profits?

(By Juan Cole) David Corn at Mother Jones got the scoop: In 2009, Rand Paul gave a talk at Western Kentucky University in which he […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Pelosi: “Cheney Proud of ordering CIA Torture”; Sen A. King: ‘Waterboard Cheney!’

Pelosi: “Cheney Proud of ordering CIA Torture”; Sen A. King: ‘Waterboard Cheney!’

Dick Cheney has defended torture techniques so many times that a frustrated U.S. senator has finally offered to waterboard the former vice president. “The accusations are not true,” Cheney told college television station ATV last week. “Some people…

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
Post-Revolution Yemen between Dialogue and Violence

Post-Revolution Yemen between Dialogue and Violence

(by Tobias Thiel) A Map of Yemen’s Six Federal Regions, copyright: Yemen Times After ten months of deliberations, Yemen’s 565-member National Dialogue Conference (NDC) closed […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
 Climate Change: Who’s Campaigning Against Our Environment?

Climate Change: Who’s Campaigning Against Our Environment?

(By Todd Smekens) Climate Change: Who’s Campaigning Against Our Environment? (via www.muncievoice.com) MUNCIE, Indiana – The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
America's Post-9/11 Dystopia: No-Fly Lists, Secret Gov't Databases and Guilty even if Proven Innocent

America’s Post-9/11 Dystopia: No-Fly Lists, Secret Gov’t Databases and Guilty even if Proven Innocent

(By Peter van Buren) Rahinah Ibrahim is a slight Malaysian woman who attended Stanford University on a U.S. student visa, majoring in architecture. She was […]

Juan Cole

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