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The Inevitable Transition in Iran
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The Inevitable Transition in Iran

Bernard Hourcade

Economic grievances are now directly tied to the functioning and political structure of the Islamic Republic itself

The Use of Military Force in Iran could Backfire on Trump

The Use of Military Force in Iran could Backfire on Trump

01/14/2026 By The Conversation

Racing toward a Mad Max World

Racing toward a Mad Max World

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Tim Berners-Lee Warns "Tide of Surveillance and Censorship" threatens Democracy

Tim Berners-Lee Warns “Tide of Surveillance and Censorship” threatens Democracy

Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web in 1990, is disturbed at the revelations of the degree of surveillance pursued by governments of ordinary […]

Juan Cole

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Another Reason to Divest: Global outrage at dirty Coal threatens Investors' Profits

Another Reason to Divest: Global outrage at dirty Coal threatens Investors’ Profits

The divestment movement on US college campuses against Big Carbon (coal, oil and gas) signals more than just the arrival of a new, determined and […]

Juan Cole

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Does Syria Stalemate Benefit Baath Regime?

Does Syria Stalemate Benefit Baath Regime?

Although it is hard to know what is going on in Syria on the ground, it does seem clear that the momentum is with the […]

Juan Cole

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CIA drone strikes Militant Seminary in Pakistan Proper, Killing 6 (Ross)

CIA drone strikes Militant Seminary in Pakistan Proper, Killing 6 (Ross)

Alice K. Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism A CIA drone strike hit a religious school in Hangu, Pakistan [on Thursday], killing at […]

Juan Cole

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How We the People can Stop Climate Change through Disinvestment (Gitlin)

How We the People can Stop Climate Change through Disinvestment (Gitlin)

Todd Gitlin writes at Tomdispatch.com: Apocalyptic climate change is upon us.  For shorthand, let’s call it a slow-motion apocalypse to distinguish it from an intergalactic […]

Juan Cole

CIA
Tony Blair let the American NSA Spy on Millions of Britons and Store their Private Data

Tony Blair let the American NSA Spy on Millions of Britons and Store their Private Data

The Guardian and Channel 4 News report that Tony Blair allowed the US National Security Agency to spy on millions of Britons, and to record […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
US seeks Broad Powers, Immunity for post-2014 Troops in Afghanistan (Lazare)

US seeks Broad Powers, Immunity for post-2014 Troops in Afghanistan (Lazare)

Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Wednesday that a text had been agreed on between the US and the government of President Hamid Karzai […]

Juan Cole

Lebanon
Syrian Civil War Spreads to Lebanon: Beirut Shaken by Iran Embassy Blast, kills 23, wounds 150

Syrian Civil War Spreads to Lebanon: Beirut Shaken by Iran Embassy Blast, kills 23, wounds 150

Al-Hayat [Life] reports on the targeting by two suicide bombers of the Iranian embassy in south Beirut on Tuesday, which killed 23, including the Iranian […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Youth Remember Martyrs, Reject both Army and Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt: Youth Remember Martyrs, Reject both Army and Muslim Brotherhood

A couple of thousand demonstrators came into Tahrir Square on Monday evening to commemorate the massacre of protestors at Muhammad Mahmoud St. off Tahrir Square […]

Juan Cole

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