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Author: Juan Cole
How Americans Hate: 8-fold increase in Islamophobic Crime since 2000
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Congress passed the Hate Crime Statistics Act in 1990, and since then the FBI has been issuing annual reports on crimes of bias…
Syria: Is al-Qaeda rising as ISIL is rolled Back? Is the US de facto Allied with it?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The cessation of hostilities in Syria never included Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) or al-Qaeda (the Nusra Front or Support Front), but it did include…
If ISIL falls before November, how will it affect the US Election?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - GOP frontrunner Donald Trump openly attributes his success at the polls to the terrorist attacks on Paris last fall, in which Daesh (ISIS,…
Is Hillary Clinton responsible for rise of ISIL, as Bernie’s Campaign Manager Alleged?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Bernie Sanders' campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, alleged on Thursday that Hillary Clinton's policies are responsible for the 'rise and expansion of ISIS throughout…
Are Sanders’ Criticisms of Israeli Occupation Policies unprecedented in a Presidential Campaign?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Bernie Sanders is being attacked for comments on the Middle East in his interview with the editorial board of The New York Daily…
Syria: Al-Assad Family’s Massive Stolen Wealth in Panama Papers helps explain Revolution
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The revelation in the leaked Panama Papers that Mossack Fonseca and Swiss bank HSBC serviced the companies of corrupt Syrian billionaire Rami Makhlouf…
One Reason the GOP Bigwigs hate Trump: He told the truth about Bush WMD Lies
By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | - - Recently Donald Trump broke with Republican convention and roiled the party base by boldly stating “You call it whatever you want. I…
What’s at Stake for Israel in al-Sharif Killing: Japanese Officers were Executed for Killing POWs
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Israeli military and security forces have a problem. They are fairly obviously being ordered to commit summary executions of prisoners. The problem:…
The Panama Papers and Middle East Leaders’ Secret Bank Accounts
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - An anonymous source has handed over to a German newspaper massive amounts of data from the Panama-based, German-run law firm Mossack Fonseca. The…
Syrian Ceasefire in Tatters as al-Qaeda & allies attack in South Aleppo
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The London pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat reports that the rebel opposition allied with al-Qaeda broke the ceasefire Saturday morning, taking several villages and towns…
3 Surprising reasons Saudi Arabia may be getting out of the Oil Business
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Saudi crown prince Muhammad bin Salman announced Friday that Saudi Arabia would use its oil assets to back a $2 trillion sovereign wealth…
Turkey’s Erdogan exports Press crackdown to US as his guards manhandle Journalists in DC
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Turkish President Erdogan visited Washington DC this week to participate in the deliberations on nuclear weapons. He brought with him some bad habits…
Syria Endgame: Are Russia and US Planning overthrow of ISIL in al-Raqqa?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Russian press had been complaining that the West was ignoring its defeat of terrorism in Syria. But now the Russian press is…
The Trump Doctrine: End NATO, Patrol Mosques, Nukes for Japan & Allies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Anderson Cooper's interview with Donald Trump on Tuesday evening had the advantage of allowing come-backs and close questioning. At one point Cooper pointed…
After Brussels, the Strategy of ISIL/ Daesh
By Paul Rogers | (OpenDemocracy) | - - Tunisia, Paris, and now Brussels: escalating attacks on western targets reflect a shift of focus by ISIL. The security consultancy IHS Jane’s has just…How Green Energy is already taking over the World
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In 2015 energy companies invested more in new renewables power plants in 2015 than in fossil fuel plants for the first time in…
Fall of Palmyra: Syrian regime races to take ISIL’s ‘Berlin’ and forestall ‘Partition’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - That massive Russian air strikes and a determined infantry and armor assault by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) on the ancient city of…
What would effective Counter-Terrorism look like after Brussels?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The various nostrums proposed to counter Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) terrorism in Europe and North America by Donald Trump and Ted Cruz (armed patrols…