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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade
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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Mohammad Eslami

Chinese policy and security circles interpret the tariff threat less as an attempt to alter Iran’s behavior than as a signal to third parties

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

01/18/2026 By Yale Climate Connections

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

01/18/2026 By Paul Rogers

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Egypt: " Muslim Brotherhood Seeking Revenge on the Judges" - Moussa

Egypt: ” Muslim Brotherhood Seeking Revenge on the Judges” – Moussa

The Constitutional crisis in Egypt between the Muslim Brotherhood president, Muhammad Morsi, and the thousands of judges in the Egyptian judiciary, according to Amr Moussa, […]

Juan Cole

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Drone Strikes are the Face of America to Yemenis: al-Muslimi

Drone Strikes are the Face of America to Yemenis: al-Muslimi

Alice K. Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism ‘Drone strikes are the face of America to many Yemenis,’ Farea al-Muslimi told a rare […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Jokes with White House Correspondents (Video)

Obama Jokes with White House Correspondents (Video)

President Obama at 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Juan Cole

Environment
How You became a Guinea Pig for the Chemical Corporations (Rosner and Markowitz)

How You became a Guinea Pig for the Chemical Corporations (Rosner and Markowitz)

David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz write at Tomdispatch.com A hidden epidemic is poisoning America.  The toxins are in the air we breathe and the water […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Are Chemical Weapons use in Syria really Obama’s Red line? (Feaver)

Are Chemical Weapons use in Syria really Obama’s Red line? (Feaver)

Julie Poucher Harbin presents an interview with Peter Feaver via Islamicommentary According to an assessment signed by White House director of the office of legislative […]

Juan Cole

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Six Myths about Bush Torture Punctured by New Report (Thompson)

Six Myths about Bush Torture Punctured by New Report (Thompson)

Christie Thompson writes at ProPublica: Among the news that ended up being buried in the events of [two weeks ago]: A nonpartisan think tank, the […]

Juan Cole

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The Changing map of Europe and the Middle East, 1000 - 2000 (10-min. Video)

The Changing map of Europe and the Middle East, 1000 – 2000 (10-min. Video)

The changing map of Europe and the Middle East for the last thousand years, in 10 minutes.

Juan Cole

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Steven Spielberg's "Obama," with Tracy Morgan as Joe Biden

Steven Spielberg’s “Obama,” with Tracy Morgan as Joe Biden

Satire Spoof shown at this year’s annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner: Steven Spielberg’s “Obama,” starring Daniel Day Lewis, with Tracy Morgan as Joe Biden:

Juan Cole

Islam
Pot and Partying:  Top Ten Signs the Tsarnaev Brothers Weren’t Pious Muslims

Pot and Partying: Top Ten Signs the Tsarnaev Brothers Weren’t Pious Muslims

Recent press revelations have confirmed my initial suggestion that members of the Tsarnaev family were secular ex-Soviets rather than observant Muslims Only a few years […]

Juan Cole

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