This is my summation of President Joe Biden’s Middle East policies for Tomdispatch.com. Check out Tom Engelhardt’s searing introduction. And note his recommendation for my […]
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Sunni Arab Refugees from Iraq Not Returning; $3-5 Bn. US Reconstruction Aid Wasted
Hamza Hendawi of AP says his interviews and on-the-ground researches in Baghdad support my contention that the Iraqi capital is now only 10 percent to […]
Cole Interview with Riz Khan
My two-part interview with Riz Khan of Aljazeera English regarding my new book, Engaging the Muslim World, is now available at YouTube. Part I: and […]
Update: Bombing Kills 10 in Afghanistan; 3 Australian Troops Wounded
Wednesday witnessed a new round of deadly violence in Afghanistan. In Khost to the east, a roadside bomb incinerated a civilian vehicle, killing 10. It […]
US May Undermine Karzai with PM; 8 Police Killed by Taliban;
The Obama administration is so discouraged by the poor performance of the government of Afghan president Hamid Karzai that it is contemplating appointing a prime […]
News from the Book Tour
Thanks so much to Steve Clemons and the New America Foundation for hosting my talk regarding my new book on Tuesday afternoon. It was live […]
37 Killed in 4 Iraqi Car Bombings; Gul to Baghdad
McClatchy reports that four bombings around Iraq killed 37 and wounded 60 on Monday. A bombing at a mechanic’s shop in Abu Ghraib to the […]
Cole on NPR
Listen to my interview with Steven Inskeep of National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” on myths about Saudi Arabia’s puritanical and hyper-Protestant Wahhabi branch of Islam. […]
Obama v. Cheney on Guantanamo, Prosecutions, Torture
President Barack Obama on 60 Minutes Sunday night: ‘ Commenting on former Vice President Dick Cheney’s recent assertion that the closure of Guantanamo will make […]
Defending Jim Lehrer and Nicholas Kristof from Martin Peretz
The editor-in-chief of The New Republic, Martin Peretz, attacked Jim Lehrer and Nicholas Kristof over the weekend for having had anything to do with me. […]