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Regime Change in Venezuela: American “Justice” as the “Supreme International Crime”
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Regime Change in Venezuela: American “Justice” as the “Supreme International Crime”

Dan Steinbock

Ferencz believed that wars of aggression are the “supreme international crime,” and leaders who initiate them should face prosecution

“A Blind Understanding:”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:33

“A Blind Understanding:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:33

01/05/2026 By Juan Cole

A Game of Drones in Venezuela and Yemen

A Game of Drones in Venezuela and Yemen

01/05/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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Afghanistan
The Little Iran Nuclear Report that Couldn’t

The Little Iran Nuclear Report that Couldn’t

A key allegation in the IAEA report on Iranian nuclear activities has fallen apart. Gareth Porter has been able to use interviews and other material […]

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Tomgram: Juan Cole, Protesting a Pasha-the-Tiger World

Tomgram: Juan Cole, Protesting a Pasha-the-Tiger World

From Tunis to Tel Aviv, Madrid to Oakland, a new generation of youth activists is challenging the neoliberal state that has dominated the world ever since the Cold War ended.  The massive popular protests that shook the globe this year have …

Juan Cole

Environment
Perry's Lapse likely owing to Bad Faith and Destructive Politics

Perry’s Lapse likely owing to Bad Faith and Destructive Politics

Rick Perry flubbed the CNBC debate when he forgot his own talking points. He had campaigned on abolishing the Commerce, Education and Energy Departments. But […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq, Iran and the Nuclear Phantasm: We've Seen this Picture

Iraq, Iran and the Nuclear Phantasm: We’ve Seen this Picture

Nuclear issues are so complicated that the public is easily misled and frightened by nuclear demagoguery. That is why the new International Atomic Energy Agency […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu a "Liar":  Sarkozy

Netanyahu a “Liar”: Sarkozy

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was recently overheard talking to President Obama and complaining that he couldn’t stand Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, whom he called […]

Juan Cole

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Greenwald:  Koch Brothers Fund Voter Suppression for Minorities, Elderly, Students

Greenwald: Koch Brothers Fund Voter Suppression for Minorities, Elderly, Students

Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films exposes the most aggressive interference in the ability of Americans to vote since sheriffs in the Deep South stopped giving […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Looks to China, Russia to Break out of US Sanctions

Iran Looks to China, Russia to Break out of US Sanctions

The four rounds of United Nations Security Council sanctions on Iran are likely about as far as Russia and China are willing to go. Even […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Newt's new Crusade against the Arab Spring

Newt’s new Crusade against the Arab Spring

Newt Gingrich’s poll numbers and fund-raising have improved recently, as the GOP faithful continue their quest for an ABM (not anti-ballistic missile but “Anyone but […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Godzilla Carbon Emissions in 2010 Unprecedented

Godzilla Carbon Emissions in 2010 Unprecedented

The spike in carbon emissions in 2010, a 6% increase over 2009, was so humongous that the scientists measuring it initially thought that there must […]

Juan Cole

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