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Juan Cole

Juan Cole is collegiate professor of history at the University of Michigan. He runs a news and commentary webzine on U.S. foreign policy and progressive politics, Informed Comment. His new book, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires (Nation Books), has just been published.

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Dec 10, 2017
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Demonstrators hold signs demanding their church to reopen, protest during a rally to reopen California and against stay-at-home directives on May 1, 2020, in San Diego, California.
Op-Ed
Culture & Media

Religious Fundamentalism Impairs COVID-19 Response Across Nations

Whether in the U.S. or Iran, fundamentalist religion often made for bad public policy during the first wave of COVID-19.
by
Juan Cole,
TomDispatch
May 19, 2020
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Firefighters try to save houses from an encroaching bushfire at Lakes Way in Australia
News
Environment & Health

Catastrophic Wildfires Threaten Sydney, Australia, as Government Backs Coal

A new report finds that Australia’s emissions are increasing and there’s no plan to rein them in.
by
Juan Cole,
Informed Comment
November 12, 2019
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A girl in a hijab holds the Iraqi flag and a small cup of candles alongside other protesters doing the same
Op-Ed
War & Peace

Iraqi Demonstrators Demand Changes to Bush-Era Constitution

One of the protesters’ demands is a new election law to address parliamentary gridlock.
by
Juan Cole,
Informed Comment
November 4, 2019
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Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu
News
Politics & Elections

Israel Was Caught Spying on Capitol Hill Cellphones and Trump Was Fine With It

When the FBI’s warning to the administration resulted in no action, it had no other option but to turn to the press.
by
Juan Cole,
Informed Comment
September 13, 2019
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France's President Emmanuel Macron and President Trump pose for the media as they meet for the first working session of the G7 Summit on August 25, 2019, in Biarritz, France.
News
Politics & Elections

France Upstages Trump at G7 by Inviting Iran to Salvage Nuclear Deal

French President Macron is still attempting to salvage what he can of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
by
Juan Cole,
Informed Comment
August 26, 2019
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The Trump administration has made Muslims an enemy of the first order.
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

Islamophobia Under Trump: The New McCarthyism

The Trump administration has made Muslims an enemy of the first order.
by
Juan Cole,
TomDispatch
October 9, 2018
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Op-Ed
Environment & Health

Israel’s Groundhog Day: Reverse Snowballs and the Horror of Lawn-Mowing

Ironically, the very mechanisms of economic sanction engineered by Israeli and pro-Israel lobbies against Iran and Syria are likely increasingly to be applied to Israel itself.
by
Juan Cole,
History News Network
July 20, 2014
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News Analysis

The Arab Millennials Will Be Back: Three Ways the Youth Rebellions Are Still Shaping the Middle East

Many of the millennial activists who briefly turned the Arab world upside down and provoked so many changes are putting their energies into non-governmental organizations.
by
Juan Cole,
TomDispatch
June 30, 2014
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Op-Ed

Juan Cole on the Vulnerability of the Network

There is much that is valuable in Mike Lofgren’s explication of vast network of unaccountable governmental and private institutions, which he calls the “Deep State.”
by
Juan Cole,
Moyers & Company
February 26, 2014
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News Analysis
War & Peace

Why Washington’s Iran Policy Could Lead to Global Disaster

It’s a policy fierce enough to cause great suffering among Iranians — and possibly in the long run among Americans, too. It might, in the end, even deeply…
by
Juan Cole,
TomDispatch
April 12, 2012
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