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Trump Warns Iran: Capitulate or Perish — A Call for War from the Board of Peace
Donald Trump

Trump Warns Iran: Capitulate or Perish — A Call for War from the Board of Peace

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

The deal offered by the United States is simple and straight forward, submit to all American demands or be obliterated

Israel’s Bombing decimated Gaza’s cultural sites, as UNESCO responds Tepidly

Israel’s Bombing decimated Gaza’s cultural sites, as UNESCO responds Tepidly

02/23/2026 By The Conversation

How Trump is Accelerating American (and Planetary) Decline: An Appointment in Samarra

How Trump is Accelerating American (and Planetary) Decline: An Appointment in Samarra

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History
Chief Rabbi of Yazd, Iran, 1903 (Photo of the Day)

Chief Rabbi of Yazd, Iran, 1903 (Photo of the Day)

The Chief Rabbi of Yazd, Iran, in the center Iran’s population in 1900 was around 10 million. There were roughly 100,000 Jews in Iran at […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
The Iraqization of Egypt: Two Large Bombs Rock Security Bldg in Mansoura, kill 14, wound 130

The Iraqization of Egypt: Two Large Bombs Rock Security Bldg in Mansoura, kill 14, wound 130

(By Juan Cole) Two large explosions at the state security building in downtown Mansoura, Dahqaliya Province, killed at least 14 persons and wounded 130 on […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
War Crime: Syrian Regime Killed Hundreds of Civilians, including Children, with Airstrikes on Aleppo

War Crime: Syrian Regime Killed Hundreds of Civilians, including Children, with Airstrikes on Aleppo

(By Ole Solvang, senior emergencies researcher, Human Rights Watch) < Dozens of government airstrikes that have killed hundreds of civilians, including children, in Aleppo governorate […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
From Tahrir to New Orleans:  Hope has not Failed, it has only Begun

From Tahrir to New Orleans: Hope has not Failed, it has only Begun

(By Rebecca Solnit) Hope, History, and UnpredictabilityBy Rebecca Solnit North American cicada nymphs live underground for 17 years before they emerge as adults. Many seeds […]

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art and photography
A Christian Bride of Mosul, Iraq, 1903 (Photo of the Day)

A Christian Bride of Mosul, Iraq, 1903 (Photo of the Day)

Caption: A Mosul Bride: The girl in the centre of the picture is a Christian bride decked out in her wedding costume. The gold coins, […]

Juan Cole

China
Coleridge, Kubla Khan (Poem of the Day)

Coleridge, Kubla Khan (Poem of the Day)

(By Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Kubla Khan Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, […]

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The End of the Turkish Model?  Erdogan's Paranoia and Authoritarian Streak Threaten his Legacy

The End of the Turkish Model? Erdogan’s Paranoia and Authoritarian Streak Threaten his Legacy

(By Juan Cole) Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is sounding more and more hysterical, and less and less like a statesman as 2013 ends. If […]

Juan Cole

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Top Five Differences between Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson and Miley Cyrus

Top Five Differences between Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson and Miley Cyrus

(By Juan Cole) Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal last week defended Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson and slammed pop diva Miley Cyrus. He said, “The politically […]

Juan Cole

Top US academic association decries Israel boycott

Top US academic association decries Israel boycott

Association of American Universities releases statement saying measure ‘clearly violates’ academic freedom

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