Juan Cole
Juan Cole
Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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Will Yemen be the Graveyard of the new Saudi Empire?
By Helen Lackner | ( OpenDemocracy) | - - Those deciding for war in March 2015 gave little thought to … → Read More
Top 6 Wind Energy stories Today: Cost down 60% since 2009
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. This press release from Windpower Engineering notes that in 2015: “The German electricity system has reached a new milestone, generating 85.4 billion kWh of wind power in 2015, the highest amount ever recorded and 66% more than 2014. Nationwide, wind energy accounted for 13.3% of German electricity generation during the last year. According to grid… → Read More
The Fifth Anniversary of Arab Uprisings: A Turning point in Modern History?
By Farhang Jahanpour | (Informed Comment) | - - The tumultuous developments that have rocked the Arab world and have … → Read More
German lawmakers rush to respond to Cologne attacks as Vigilante Attacks Break Out
by Dario Sarmadi (trans. by Samuel Morgan) | ( EurActiv.de) | – – After the attacks carried out on women in Cologne on New Year’s Eve, the German government wants to act quickly and tighten the asylum law. Meanwhile, verbal and physical violence against migrants has escalated. EurActiv Germany reports. The events that unfolded in front of Cologne train station on New Year’s Eve night are still… → Read More
US–Saudi relations and the search for leverage
By Russell E. Lucas | (The Conversation) | – – The alliance between Saudi Arabia and the United States provides one of the foundations of American foreign policy in the Middle East. This week, tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia have been magnified by the Saudi execution of an outspoken Shi’ite Sheikh, Nimr al-Nimr. This has resulted in a growing diplomatic crisis between the United States… → Read More
Once Auctioned, What to Do with Syrian Refugees?
By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | - - MADRID, Jan 12 2016 (IPS) - Few months ago, an … → Read More
Obama: Islamophobia harms US Interests; Daesh/ISIL a dangerous Fringe
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama's last State of the Union address this year was … → Read More
Istanbul explosion: overview of this year's surge in terror attacks in Turkey
France 24 | (Video News Report) | – – > “Istanbul explosion: overview of this year’s surge in violence and terror attacks in Turkey. As no claim of responsibility has been issued for the blast in Istanbul, three main suspects have been unveiled: the Islamic state group, eager to take revenge on Turkey for its harder line on the terrorist organisation, the PKK, for the continuing fight against… → Read More
None of the GOP Candidates knows anything about Syria & Why that's Scary
By John Kiriakou | (Otherwords.org) | – – > “Ending this imbroglio requires robust diplomacy.” One ongoing theme [of the GOP campaign has] bothered me — a lot. It seems to me that none of the Republicans running for president had even the vaguest understanding of what’s happening in Syria. I learned during my nearly 15 years of working on the Middle East at the CIA — and after earning my college… → Read More
UNRWA: Only 20% of Gaza Reconstruction Funds Received
By IMEMC | - - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) … → Read More
8,000 Suddenly Dead Birds in Alaska; What does it Mean
“The death of about 8,000 Alaskan birds might be due to unusually warm waters. “Seabirds are indicators of the health of the ecosystem. Now they’re dying, and that is telling us something.” → Read More
The Oil Pricequake: From Russia to Saudi Arabia & Iran, a suddenly Perilous World
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - As 2015 drew to a close, many in the global … → Read More
Prince of Araby: The reckless power behind the Saudi throne
By Susan de Muth | ( OpenDemocracy) | - - King Salman's son Mohammad seems to be piloting Saudi Arabia … → Read More
New Polls: Is Bernie Sanders *more* electable than Sec. Clinton?
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | - - "Here comes Bernie! New polls show Hillary Clinton’s Iowa … → Read More
Thwarted Territorially in Ramadi, Daesh reverts to Terrorism in Baghdad
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the problems Iraq and Syria will face as Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) is gradually rolled back from its territorial acquisitions is that it will demobilize its conventional forces and return to being a terrorist organization. It may be in some ways more dangerous under the latter guise. Though, those who hoped it would be diverted from terrorism to building… → Read More
Offices of Israeli Human Rights & Peace Group B'Tselem Torched in Jerusalem
> “B’Tselem’s office after the fire, January 10, 2016 Credit: Fire and Rescue Services For the full article at Haaretz.com: . . . Arson Suspected in Fire at B’Tselem’s Office Building in Jerusalem One lightly wounded; building also houses the offices of ‘Hand in Hand,’ the organization behind the bilingual school targeted in a 2014 arson attack. Nir Hasson A fire broke out on Sunday evening in a… → Read More
Putin: Syria's Al-Assad welcome to Refuge in Russia
Vladimir Putin | (Der Bild) | – – Excerpt from part II of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interview in the German publication, Der Bild, on Jan. 12, 2016, according to the Kremlin website. Highlight: Putin admits that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has made many errors, and says that if necessary he can have asylum in Moscow. Question: Regrettably, at the moment the Russia-NATO relations are… → Read More
The Best Way to Close Guantanamo? Give It Back to Cuba
By Alli McCracken | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – In one fell swoop, President Obama could erase the stain of Guantanamo and make major headway on normalization with Cuba. President Obama should be given props for the progress made in thawing U.S.-Cuban relations, but there’s a piece of unfinished business on the island that he could — and should — still attend to: returning the U.S. naval… → Read More
Politics, not just Bombs, will defeat ISIL/ Daesh
By Frank-Walter Steinmeier | (Project Syndicate) | - - BERLIN – The November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris – which … → Read More
Oregon Standoff: What If The Armed Men Were Muslim Or Black?
Jessica Sherry | AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – > “The Ammon Bundy–led armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon isn’t just about land rights. Dena Takruri gets the thoughts of occupiers LaVoy Finicum and Jon Ritzheimer on what would happen if they were brown, black or Muslim. Shot by video journalist Jessica Sherry.” → Read More