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Iran is fighting a Techno-Guerrilla War, as the US and Israel fight a Conventional One
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Iran is fighting a Techno-Guerrilla War, as the US and Israel fight a Conventional One

Juan Cole

The US and Israeli decapitation strikes, killing over 40 high-ranking Iranian officials, have not had the desired effect

The Controversial Death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The Controversial Death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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Why Guns? From Personal Power to Autocracy in Donald Trump’s America

Why Guns? From Personal Power to Autocracy in Donald Trump’s America

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US Pivot to Asia Should Deploy Soft Power, not the Marines

US Pivot to Asia Should Deploy Soft Power, not the Marines

(By John Feffer) In a future update of The Devil’s Dictionary, the famed Ambrose Bierce dissection of the linguistic hypocrisies of modern life, a single […]

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U.S. Congress secretly approves weapons for ‘moderate’ rebels

U.S. Congress secretly approves weapons for ‘moderate’ rebels

Light arms supplied by the United States are flowing to moderate Syrian rebel factions in the south of the country and U.S. funding for months […]

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Dovish SOTU: Obama will Veto AIPAC Iran Sanctions, Pledges Afghanistan Wind-Down

Dovish SOTU: Obama will Veto AIPAC Iran Sanctions, Pledges Afghanistan Wind-Down

(By Juan Cole) President Obama’s State of the Union address addressed some key foreign policy issues–Afghanistan and Iran above all– though it was primarily aimed […]

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Human Rights
Syria: Trapped Women of besieged Homs decline evacuation, fearing for their Men

Syria: Trapped Women of besieged Homs decline evacuation, fearing for their Men

(Via Globalpost) Women and children fearing for male relatives refuse to leave Syria’s Homs (via GlobalPost) More than half of the 500 women and children […]

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Dissent
NSA sucks up Phone App data from Google Maps to Angry Birds

NSA sucks up Phone App data from Google Maps to Angry Birds

(By Andrea Germanos) As part of their arsenal of spying tools, the National Security Agency and its British counterpart, the GCHQ, are sucking up personal […]

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Dissent
Edward Snowden Interview: NSA is Engaged in Industrial Espionage for Interests, not Security

Edward Snowden Interview: NSA is Engaged in Industrial Espionage for Interests, not Security

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Egypt
The 18th Brumaire of Gen. al-Sisi in Egypt

The 18th Brumaire of Gen. al-Sisi in Egypt

(By Juan Cole) On Monday, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced that Field Marshall Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (also the minister of defense) […]

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Africa
Using up Everything Fast: Extractive Capitalism, Sealing and Muslim Slaves in Latin America

Using up Everything Fast: Extractive Capitalism, Sealing and Muslim Slaves in Latin America

(By Greg Grandin) The Two Faces of Empire Melville Knew Them, We Still Live With Them By Greg Grandin A captain ready to drive himself […]

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Asia
Is Iran Back?  Foreign Policy after the Nuclear Deal

Is Iran Back? Foreign Policy after the Nuclear Deal

(By Paul Rogers) Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton at the EU+3 and Iran talks, November 2013 Summary If Iran […]

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