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HerStory: Feminism is the Route to Peace
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HerStory: Feminism is the Route to Peace

H. Patricia Hynes

Young people in more than 60 countries were taught about preserving nature and how to work for environmental good in their communities

“How many Kisses might it take:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:35

“How many Kisses might it take:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:35

02/01/2026 By Juan Cole

How a US/Israeli Strike on Iran could Provoke a wider Conflict

How a US/Israeli Strike on Iran could Provoke a wider Conflict

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C-Span covers Cole at New America Foundation

C-Span covers Cole at New America Foundation

This talk will be broadcast on C-Span at some later date, but will be available later on Friday at the web site of the New […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iranian Troops Come into Kurdistan

Iranian Troops Come into Kurdistan

Iranian troops came into the Iraqi territory of Kurdistan, seeking revenge on the PEJAK faction of Kurds that has launched terror attacks on Iranian soil. […]

Juan Cole

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OSC Press Roundup Maliki visit to Syria

OSC Press Roundup Maliki visit to Syria

The USG Open Source Center rounds up Iraqi media reaction to the visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Damascus. Iraq-Syria: Media, Officials Call […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Napoleon, Bush & the Republic Militant

Napoleon, Bush & the Republic Militant

My piece on “Pitching the Imperial Republic,” comparing Napoleon’s fiasco in Egypt to Bush’s quagmire in Iraq (since he likes historical analogies) is now available […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Military Coup Planned for Iraq?

Military Coup Planned for Iraq?

A rumor is circulating among well-connected and formerly high-level Iraqi bureaucrats in exile in places like Damascus that a military coup is being prepared for […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Hillary develops Foot in Mouth Disease on Dumping al-Maliki

Hillary develops Foot in Mouth Disease on Dumping al-Maliki

PM Nuri al-Maliki responded to Senator Carl Levin’s (D-Michigan) call for him to be unseated, and Bush’s failure to support him on Tuesday by unwisely […]

Juan Cole

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Fox does unto Iran as it Did unto Iraq

Fox does unto Iran as it Did unto Iraq

Rupert Murdoch wants to kill your 18 year-olds in a fruitless war with Iran. Robert Greenwald’s video shows how Faux Cable News is running the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bush, Sistani back off Support for al-Maliki; Iraq, Syria, seek Energy Cooperation

Bush, Sistani back off Support for al-Maliki; Iraq, Syria, seek Energy Cooperation

When pressed on the future of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Bush declined to back him as forcefully as in the past. He said it was […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
al-Hayat: al-Duri Seeks Political Role, Turns on Salafis

al-Hayat: al-Duri Seeks Political Role, Turns on Salafis

Al-Hayat [Life] reports in Arabic that the Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri wing of the Baath Party (one of four major Baath factions) has decided to break […]

Juan Cole

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