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Archives: Asia
![Isolated Saudi Arabia pivots to Asia; but will it spread Extremism There?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/isolated-saudi-arabia-pivots-to-187x137.jpg)
![Does Trump’s slashed Foreign Aid Budget give China the Advantage?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/does-trumps-slashed-foreign-aid-187x137.jpg)
Does Trump’s slashed Foreign Aid Budget give China the Advantage?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US foreign aid budget is not mainly about helping the poor. It is an instrument for buying influence in countries important to…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/9781682470794-2-636x960-1-187x137.jpg)
“Dear Nasemi: ‘I’m Sorry.'” (ICE doesn’t Keep out Afghan-American Coffins)
By Jonathan S. Addleton | (Informed Comment) | - - Dear Nasemi – I’m sorry. It is hard to believe that it was almost four years ago that we walked together along…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/splinterlandspbk-180x137.jpg)
Afghanistan: We Lost a long Time Ago, and are Still at War
William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - America’s war in Afghanistan is now in its 16th year, the longest foreign war in our history. The phrase “no end in…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/image-20170224-22983-ttvs1f-187x137.jpg)
Why ISIL is Targeting Tolerant Sufi Islam
By Peter Gottschalk | (The Conversation) | - - On Feb. 16, 2017, a bomb ripped through a crowd assembled at the tomb of a Sufi saint, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, in southeastern…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/ghostriders_hc-180x137.jpg)
The Misuse of American Military Power and Mideast Chaos
By Danny Sjursen | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - The United States has already lost -- its war for the Middle East, that is. Having taken my own crack at combat soldiering in…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/klarepbk2012-180x137.jpeg)
Has Trump quietly surrendered to Russia and China?
Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - If there’s a single consistent aspect to Donald Trump’s strategic vision, it’s this: U.S. foreign policy should always be governed by the simple…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/menonconceit-180x137.jpg)
Could Trump’s War of Words with China turn Hot?
By Rajan Menon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Forget those “bad hombres down there” in Mexico that U.S. troops might take out. Ignore the way National Security Adviser Michael Flynn put…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/splinterlandspbk-180x137.jpg)
Trump’s Coming “Islamo-China” War . . . or, Whatever
By Ira Chernus | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - What kind of national security policy will the Trump administration pursue globally? On this issue, as on so many others, the incoming…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/klarepbk2012-180x137.jpeg)
Screwed?: 4 Top International Crises we have to depend on Trump to Resolve
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Within months of taking office, President Donald Trump is likely to face one or more major international crises, possibly entailing a risk…![For Russian hold on Trump, follow the Money, not the Sex tapes](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/for-russian-hold-on-trump-follow-187x137.jpg)
For Russian hold on Trump, follow the Money, not the Sex tapes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Buzzfeed has published the unverified allegations by a former MI6 analyst with good Russian contacts, contained in a two-page hitherto secret annex to…![The Chinese Solar Juggernaut that Trump Can’t Stop](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/the-chinese-solar-juggernaut-tha-187x137.jpg)
The Chinese Solar Juggernaut that Trump Can’t Stop
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump has pronounced solar power "too expensive" and has pledged to revive the use of coal. The former is a falsehood, the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/spiesforhirepbk-180x137.jpg)
Trump’s Triangle in E. Asia: a Force for Peace or a harbinger of War?
By Tim Shorrock | ( Tomdispatch.com | - - Despite the attention being given to America’s roiling wars and conflicts in the Greater Middle East, crucial decisions about the global role of…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/image-20161205-8003-yhjquw-187x137.png)
How China will run rings around Trump on Green Energy, and Win Big
By Matthew Kahn | (The Conversation) | - - In mid-November, while Americans were preoccupied with election returns, China sent some of its clearest signals yet that it will continue to pursue…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/CFE57215-4703-4144-BF1E-A0E0591B91EC_cx0_cy1_cw0_w66_r5.jpg)
Pakistanis Baffled, Buoyant over Trump’s Fantastical Praise
By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE/RL) | - - The office of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has cited a phone conversation with Donald Trump in which it says the U.S. president-elect…![Afghan Women Take Up Arms Against The Taliban](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/afghan-women-take-up-arms-agains-187x137.jpg)
Afghan Women Take Up Arms Against The Taliban
By RFE/RL's Afghan Service The leader of a fledgling women's militia in northern Afghanistan says dozens of volunteers have joined the fight since a handful of women recently took up arms to…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/IMG_3562-1-187x137.jpg)
China’s Wind Co. Profits, share price soar by 60%: 2 Turbines an Hour being Installed
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The South China Post reports some incredible figures about the profitability China's wind energy companies. A new study by the Bank of China…![Trumpists beat Muslim-American Child of frmr Fulbrighter, harass Family out of US](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/trumpists-beat-muslim-american-c-187x137.jpg)
Trumpists beat Muslim-American Child of frmr Fulbrighter, harass Family out of US
By TeleSur | - - After a series of violent attacks and recrimination, an esteemed Muslim academic flees the U.S. Abdul Aziz returned home from school last week, his face bruised, his…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/spend-1-trillion-1-187x137.png)
What did we buy with the $5 Trillion that the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars have cost us?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A Boston U. political scientist estimates that as of 2016, The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars have cost the American taxpayers $5 trillion. That…![Most US Networks black out US & China joining Paris Climate Accord in key Turning Point](http://web.archive.org./web/20170403192047im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/most-us-networks-black-out-us-ch-187x137.jpg)