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Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America
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Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America

Juan Cole

But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

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The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

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Arrest warrant for Livni issued in London

Arrest warrant for Livni issued in London

FT.com / UK – Arrest warrant for Livni issued in London This incident is admittedly only a minor brouhaha, since former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi […]

Juan Cole

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China wins struggle for Pipelinestan

China wins struggle for Pipelinestan

A common explanation for the US presence in Afghanistan is Washington’s interest in Central Asian fuel sources– natural gas in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and petroleum […]

Juan Cole

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New Oil Bids, Censorship, and the Fate of Iraq

New Oil Bids, Censorship, and the Fate of Iraq

The big news out of Iraq over the weekend was the awarding of a handful of new oil development contracts to companies such as Royal […]

Juan Cole

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Tripathi: Blair’s Iraq Confession

Tripathi: Blair’s Iraq Confession

Deepak Tripathi, former BBC journalist and author of the book Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan (Potomac, January 2010) writes in guest op-ed […]

Juan Cole

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Gilani Threatens Orakzai Campaign

Gilani Threatens Orakzai Campaign

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced the end of the Pakistani military campaign in South Waziristan, although he seems to reserve the possibility […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistani Reactions to Obama’s Nobel

Pakistani Reactions to Obama’s Nobel

The USG OSC translates or paraphrases Pakistani Urdu editorials on President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize: Pakistan Urdu Press Roundup on Obama Receiving Nobel Peace PrizeThe […]

Juan Cole

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AfPak Dilemmas

AfPak Dilemmas

Not only have Blackwater mercenaries (now Xe) helped the CIA kidnap people (“rendition”), but it is now coming out that they’ve been helping launch covert […]

Juan Cole

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Obama, Peace and War

Obama, Peace and War

If it is true that the Nobel committee awarded President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for not being George W. Bush, they must have […]

Juan Cole

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Antony Adolph guest Op-Ed: A Missile Shield by Any Other Name

Antony Adolph guest Op-Ed: A Missile Shield by Any Other Name

Antony Adolph writes in a guest op-ed for IC: A Missile Shield by Any Other Name: Is Obama’s Global Military Strategy Taking Shape in Eastern […]

Juan Cole

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