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Trump’s Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America’s New Protection Racket
Donald Trump

Trump’s Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America’s New Protection Racket

Scott Corey

Among authoritarians, economics exists for the sake of political extraction, and private wealth is only permitted on condition of complicity

Israel’s assaults on Palestinian Universities and targeting the Academic Sector

Israel’s assaults on Palestinian Universities and targeting the Academic Sector

01/15/2026 By Middle East Studies Association

Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression

Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression

01/15/2026 By Truthdig

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New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

New Sunni-Shiite Political Grouping Several readers asked me what I thought of the al-Jazeerah article about the formation of a new pan-Iraqi, Pan-Islamic group that […]

Juan Cole

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New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

New Sunni-Shiite Political Grouping Several readers asked me what I thought of the al-Jazeerah article about the formation of a new pan-Iraqi, Pan-Islamic group that […]

Juan Cole

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Coalition Battles Sadrists In East

Coalition Battles Sadrists In East

Coalition Battles Sadrists in East Baghdad, Amara, Basrah The Sadrist movement deliberately attempted to provoke the British on Saturday in Amara and Basra. Their provocative […]

Juan Cole

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Some Senior Officers In Iraq Say Were

Some Senior Officers In Iraq Say Were

Some Senior Officers in Iraq Say: We’re Winning Battles, Losing the War George W. Bush’s elective decision to besiege Fallujah in revenge for the killing […]

Juan Cole

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Nato To Bush You Broke It You Own It

Nato To Bush You Broke It You Own It

NATO to Bush: You Broke it, You Own it Paul Richter of the LA Times reports that NATO has had second thoughts about coming in […]

Juan Cole

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Ongoing Crisis Around Muqtada Al Sadr

Ongoing Crisis Around Muqtada Al Sadr

Ongoing crisis around Muqtada al-Sadr Muqtada al-Sadr taunted US troops who are seeking to arrest or kill him. In his Friday prayers sermon in Kufa. […]

Juan Cole

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Mideastization Of Us Or Rumsfeld Must

Mideastization Of Us Or Rumsfeld Must

The Mideastization of the US, or: Rumsfeld Must Resign The Bush administration keeps talking about bringing democracy to the Middle East, but a key element […]

Juan Cole

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Cole On Wolf Blitzers 5 Pm Newshour Cnn

Cole On Wolf Blitzers 5 Pm Newshour Cnn

Cole on Wolf Blitzer’s 5 PM Newshour, CNN If current plans hold, I’ll be a guest on Wolf Blitzer’s show sometime 5-6 pm EST on […]

Juan Cole

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Us Troops Assault Sadrists In Three

Us Troops Assault Sadrists In Three

US Troops Assault Sadrists in Three Shiite Holy Cities Al-Hayat: Special UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi had to delay his return to Iraq because the Bush’s […]

Juan Cole

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