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Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?
Bahrain

Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

From diplomatic architects to shock absorbers – Iranian missiles raining down on the Gulf Cooperation Council , targeting US military facilities

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

03/03/2026 By Norman Solomon

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

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

03/02/2026 By Dan Steinbock

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Hitchens Not Drunk Only Asinine Thief

Hitchens Not Drunk Only Asinine Thief

Hitchens not Drunk, Only an Asinine Thief I’m told Andrew Sullivan is saying that he was at Hitchens’s house when Hitchens stole my private mail […]

Juan Cole

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British To Withdraw From Maysan

British To Withdraw From Maysan

British To Withdraw from Maysan, Muthanna Dozens Killed The British are obviously declaring victory in southern Iraq and going home. They are in the process […]

Juan Cole

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Hitchens Hacker And Hitchens

Hitchens Hacker And Hitchens

Hitchens the Hacker; And, Hitchens the Orientalist And, “We don’t Want Your Stinking War! Christopher Hitchens owes me a big apology. I belong to a […]

Juan Cole

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Biden Plan On Iraq As Some Readers

Biden Plan On Iraq As Some Readers

Biden Plan on Iraq As some readers suggested, the Biden/Gelb op-ed in the Washington Post on Iraq was much compressed. More details are available in […]

Juan Cole

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More On Autonomous Regions Senator

More On Autonomous Regions Senator

More on Autonomous Regions Senator Biden and Leslie Gelb propose a Bosnia solution for Iraq. That is, a very loose federation of three big ethnic […]

Juan Cole

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Israel Lobby And Reply To Drezner

Israel Lobby And Reply To Drezner

The Israel Lobby And a Reply to Drezner Philip Weiss weighs in on the Mearsheimer and Walt paper on the Israel lobby at The Nation. […]

Juan Cole

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Settling Iraq Before It Blows Up

Settling Iraq Before It Blows Up

Settling Iraq before it Blows Up A renewed debate on the possible partition of Iraq is emerging. Let’s get one thing out of the way. […]

Juan Cole

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Racial Mccarthyism On Right Petition I

Racial Mccarthyism On Right Petition I

Racial McCarthyism on the Right The petition I set up to defend John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt from scurrilous charges of anti-Semitism (which is to […]

Juan Cole

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Defending Bloggers From Slaps It Was

Defending Bloggers From Slaps It Was

Defending Bloggers from SLAPs It was bound to happen. “Blogger hit with Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit.” Props to MBA for trying to help.

Juan Cole

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