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Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?
Bahrain

Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

From diplomatic architects to shock absorbers – Iranian missiles raining down on the Gulf Cooperation Council , targeting US military facilities

You Deserve Better, Iran

You Deserve Better, Iran

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Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

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Who Favors Discrimination against Gay Newlyweds?  Most Republicans, old People, Southerners, Evangelicals

Who Favors Discrimination against Gay Newlyweds? Most Republicans, old People, Southerners, Evangelicals

A new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute sheds light on the divisions in the US over gay marriage. Over all, acceptance of gay […]

Juan Cole

Turkey’s election board bans TV program for ‘one-sided’ opinions

Turkey’s election board bans TV program for ‘one-sided’ opinions

The High Elections Board (YSK) has banned a news program from broadcasting on the private Bugün TV news station for “including only one-sided opinions,” according […]

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Islam
Israel Parliament debates incursion into Holy Muslim site in Jerusalem

Israel Parliament debates incursion into Holy Muslim site in Jerusalem

(Via AFP) Israel police, protesters clash at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque (via AFP) Israeli police clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians Tuesday in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound of […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
Threatened Syrian Christians taking up Arms, Tackling Extremists

Threatened Syrian Christians taking up Arms, Tackling Extremists

(By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi) When it comes to news reports on Christians in Syria, the general focus is on the concerns Christian civilians have about […]

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Islam
Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" video Decried as Blasphemous by Some Muslims

Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” video Decried as Blasphemous by Some Muslims

Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” music video, set in ancient Egypt, has stirred controversy because of a scene where a man is struck down who is […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Dick Cheney Broke US Military, now blames Obama for Cuts

Dick Cheney Broke US Military, now blames Obama for Cuts

Former Vice President Dick Cheney has lambasted the Obama administration for its announcement that it will cut 8% out of the military budget and reduce […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Angelina Jolie launches Syria Refugee Appeal; UNICEF: 2,000 Syrian Children in Lebanon at Risk of Death

Angelina Jolie launches Syria Refugee Appeal; UNICEF: 2,000 Syrian Children in Lebanon at Risk of Death

(UNICEF writes): UNICEF report: Silent threat emerging among Syrian refugee children in Lebanon BEIRUT, 25 February 2014 – A UNICEF-led joint nutrition assessment on the […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
India's New Large-Scale Solar Projects will add 2 Gigawatts to its Grid

India’s New Large-Scale Solar Projects will add 2 Gigawatts to its Grid

Two gigawatts (GW) worth of new large-scale solar energy projects will soon be constructed in the nation of India, according to the country’s finance minister Shri Chidambaram. During his interim budget speech earlier this week, Chidambaram stated…

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Climate Change
A World Multiply Endangered:  Horseman of the Four Apocalypses

A World Multiply Endangered: Horseman of the Four Apocalypses

(Ira Chernus) For those of us of a certain age, it seems as if the world has always been ending.  It’s easy now to forget […]

Juan Cole

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