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Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?
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Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

Juan Cole

China imported 389,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan oil in 2025, about 4% of its total

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

01/12/2026 By Richard Drake

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

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Exit Plans Senator John Kerry Argues

Exit Plans Senator John Kerry Argues

Exit Plans Senator John Kerry argues that the United States should set a May 15 deadline for the formation of a national unity government in […]

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21 Killed Dozens Wounded Jaafari

21 Killed Dozens Wounded Jaafari

21 Killed, Dozens Wounded Jaafari refuses to Resign The Iraq Civil War ground on Tuesday. Guerrilla violence killed 21 in Iraq on Tuesday, including 10 […]

Juan Cole

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Endowment Effort For Knight Wallace

Endowment Effort For Knight Wallace

Endowment Effort for Knight-Wallace Middle East Fellows Here’s an extremely important announcement: The Knight-Wallace Fellows in Journalism at the University of Michigan is opening an […]

Juan Cole

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9 Us Troops Dead Truck Bomb At Shiite

9 Us Troops Dead Truck Bomb At Shiite

9 US Troops Dead Truck Bomb at Shiite Mosque The CBC reports that 9 US troops were announced dead on Monday, the highest one-day total […]

Juan Cole

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Violence Kills 50 Health Food Security

Violence Kills 50 Health Food Security

Violence Kills 50 Health, Food, Security Situations Spiral Down Sunni guerrillas blew up a small Shiite mosque in Baquba northeast of the capital on Sunday. […]

Juan Cole

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Political Maneuvers In Baghdad Saudi

Political Maneuvers In Baghdad Saudi

Political Maneuvers in Baghdad The Saudi-backed London daily al-Hayat [Life] [Ar.] argues that the visit (demarche would be more like it) of Secretary of State […]

Juan Cole

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Guest Comment Paying Price At Un For

Guest Comment Paying Price At Un For

Guest Comment: Paying the Price at the UN for Iraq Ambassador Gerald B. Helman writes: ‘ At some point, historians, scholars and foreign affairs practitioners […]

Juan Cole

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42 Bodies Found In Iraq 19 Others

42 Bodies Found In Iraq 19 Others

42 Bodies Found in Iraq 19 Others Killed in Separate Incidents In a macabre harvest, 42 bodies were found in various places in Iraq on […]

Juan Cole

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Uia Member Calls For Jaafari To Step

Uia Member Calls For Jaafari To Step

UIA Member Calls for Jaafari to Step Down A member of the United Iraqi Alliance called publicly Saturday for Ibrahim Jaafari to step down as […]

Juan Cole

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