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How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn
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How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn

Dan Steinbock

The macro effect is elevated inflation as energy prices are coupled with rising costs in transport, food and manufacturing

Why we Need a Life-Based Paradigm instead of the Growth Paradigm

Why we Need a Life-Based Paradigm instead of the Growth Paradigm

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Trumped!  The President of No Return on a Hothouse Planet

Trumped! The President of No Return on a Hothouse Planet

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Armstrong on Moyers

Armstrong on Moyers

Karen Armstrong on Bill Moyers. Moyers says, “BILL MOYERS: While working on a film in Jerusalem, the ancient city where Islam, Judaism and Christianity converge, […]

Juan Cole

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Schechtman Interview

Schechtman Interview

Catch my interview with Jeff Schechtman today here.End/ (Not Continued)

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Will Khatami’s Withdrawal Spoil Obama’s Iran Plans?

Will Khatami’s Withdrawal Spoil Obama’s Iran Plans?

The rapidly changing political scene in the Middle East is presenting kaleidoscopic challenges to President Barack Obama as a policy-maker. It is of some moment […]

Juan Cole

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Cole on Colbert Report Tonight; New Reviews of "Engaging the Muslim World"

Cole on Colbert Report Tonight; New Reviews of "Engaging the Muslim World"

Remember to check in with Stephen Colbert’s “Colbert Report tonight, Wednesday, at 11:30 ET, 10:30 Central for his interview of me regarding “Engaging the Muslim […]

Juan Cole

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Asia Society 7 pm March 17

Asia Society 7 pm March 17

The Asia Society in New York City will be hosting a live Webcast at 7 pm on today, March 17, of my talk on “Engaging […]

Juan Cole

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Cole on Democracy Now!

Cole on Democracy Now!

Amy Goodman interviewed me Tuesday morning for Democracy Now! It was a wide-ranging conversation with a lot of good, sharp questions. Democracy Now! on Engaging […]

Juan Cole

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Cheney’s Mission Accomplished

Cheney’s Mission Accomplished

Dick Cheney: “I guess my general sense of where we are with respect to Iraq and at the end of now, what, nearly six years, […]

Juan Cole

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Juan’s New Book is Out!

Juan’s New Book is Out!

More news about my new book, Engaging the Muslim World, which is in bookstores starting today. (Barnes and Noble in particular has it on the […]

Juan Cole

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Chief Justice Reinstated in Pakistan; Protest Rally in Capital Cancelled; Crisis subsiding

Chief Justice Reinstated in Pakistan; Protest Rally in Capital Cancelled; Crisis subsiding

The immediate crisis in Pakistan was averted Monday morning when Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced that he was going to reinstate Iftikhar Chaudhry as […]

Juan Cole

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