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Archives: Europe
![Demand-Side Slavery, Libyan Instability and European Crime Networks](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/demand-side-slavery-libyan-insta-187x137.jpg)
![Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/syria-russians-alarmed-washingto-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The unusual statement from the "White House" on Monday saying that there were indications that the Syrian regime was preparing to use poison…![Is Putin’s Russia the critical threat Americans believe it to be?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/is-putins-russia-the-critical-th-187x137.jpg)
Is Putin’s Russia the critical threat Americans believe it to be?
Ronald Suny | (The Conversation) | - - U.S. intelligence agencies – 17 of them – agree that evidence shows the Russian government hacked the Democratic National Committee and waged a campaign…![Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trumps-escalations-of-war-in-syr-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation
By Reese Erlich | (The Progressive) | - - Syrian President Bashar al Assad claims to have won the war and that he is merely mopping up remaining rebel groups. With its…![Green France: Macron bans Fracking and welcomes US renewables Scientists fleeing Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/green-france-macron-bans-frackin-187x137.jpg)
Green France: Macron bans Fracking and welcomes US renewables Scientists fleeing Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The French government wants to steal increasingly unemployed US green energy scientists, who are being systematically defunded by the Trump administration. After Trump…![1/2 of World’s Civilian War Deaths were in Syria, Iraq & Yemen during past Half-Decade](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/12-of-worlds-civilian-war-deaths-187x137.jpg)
1/2 of World’s Civilian War Deaths were in Syria, Iraq & Yemen during past Half-Decade
By IPS World Desk | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME/GENEVA (IPS) - Between 2010 and 2015, nearly half of all civilian war deaths worldwide occurred in Syria, Iraq and Yemen,…![Russo-US dog fights over Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/russo-us-dog-fights-over-syria-187x137.jpg)
Russo-US dog fights over Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Yara Bayoumi at Reuters reports on the complicated minuet being danced by Russia, the Syrian Air Force, and the United States. The Syrian…![Aerospace Campaign in Syria: Did Putin kill ISIL’s so-called ‘caliph’?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/aerospace-campaign-in-syria-did-187x137.jpg)
Aerospace Campaign in Syria: Did Putin kill ISIL’s so-called ‘caliph’?
TeleSur | - - The statement came a day after Russia said it killed several senior leaders, 30 field commanders and up to 300 of their personal guards in an airstrike last…![Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/putin-offers-comey-asylum-likens-187x137.jpg)
Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - BBC Monitoring translates the remarks of Russian President Vladimir Putin broadcast on Rosiyya 1 TV on Thursday. He responded to the remarks last…![Session on Harris’s Questions re: Russia: “It makes me Nervous”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/session-on-harriss-questions-re-187x137.jpg)
Sessions on Harris’s Questions re: Russia: “It makes me Nervous”
TeleSur | - - Sessions' testimony did not provide any damaging new information on alleged Trump campaign ties with Russia. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday denounced as a "detestable lie" the…![Speaking Truth to Erdogan: His Authoritarian Turn and Europe](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/speaking-truth-to-erdogan-his-au-187x137.jpg)
Speaking Truth to Erdogan: His Authoritarian Turn and Europe
By Ludwig Schulz | German Orient Institute | (Via Euractiv.com ) | - - Ludwig Schulz looks at how scientific analysis can help counter President Erdoğan’s fake narrative of Turkey’s thriving democracy…![End of Blair Era in UK: Corbyn’s Left-Wing Policies win at Ballot Box](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/end-of-blair-era-in-uk-corbyns-l-187x137.jpg)
End of Blair Era in UK: Corbyn’s Left-Wing Policies win at Ballot Box
TeleSur | - - Labour leader's former foes give credit to his campaign platform. His years of being considered an outsider who didn't understand the British electorate now appear to be behind…![UK hung Parliament: Is Trumpism pushing Europe Left?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/uk-hung-parliament-is-trumpism-p-187x137.jpg)
UK hung Parliament: Is Trumpism pushing Europe Left?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - As of very early Friday morning, it looks as though the election in the UK has produced a hung parliament, with the Conservative…![Top 10 Ways Americans judge Trump in the Comey Covfefe](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/top-10-ways-americans-judge-trum-187x137.jpg)
Top 10 Ways Americans judge Trump in the Comey Covfefe
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On the eve of former FBI director James Comey's testimony, Trump seems to be tanking in the polls, and his firing Comey seems…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/Sadiq_Khan_and_Trump-800x509-750x477-1-187x137.jpg)
How Trump Used the London Attacks to Further His Agenda (Cole Rising Up Interview)
Rising Up with Sonali | Sonali Kolhatkar | (Audio and Video Interview) | "Just days before the UK elections, US president Donald Trump has wielded his Twitter account as a weapon once…![London Mayor Sadiq Khan uninvites Trump as opposed to Humane British Values](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-uninvite-187x137.jpg)
London Mayor Sadiq Khan uninvites Trump as opposed to Humane British Values
By Juan Cole | (informed Comment) | - - Trump's shameful and out of context attacks on Sadiq Khan, the popular mayor of London, have only reminded us of what a boor…![How Trump should have responded to London Attacks if he were Normal](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/how-trump-should-have-responded-187x137.jpg)
How Trump should have responded to London Attacks if he were Normal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald J. Trump 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue/ Mar-a-Lago Florida (Golf Course) Dear Prime Minister May and Mayor Khan: I was devastated to learn that…![The Jeremy Corbyn response to Trump, May and Terror you won’t see on Corporate News](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/the-jeremy-corbyn-response-to-tr-187x137.jpg)
The Jeremy Corbyn response to Trump, May and Terror you won’t see on Corporate News
Jeremy Corbyn | (Video Clip) | - - Jeremy Corbyn | Terrorist Attack in London | criticism of May and Trump![Germany: We Europeans must Depend on Selves, not Trump’s USA](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/germany-we-europeans-must-depend-187x137.jpg)
Germany: We Europeans must Depend on Selves, not Trump’s USA
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, certainly knew what she was doing when she made her otherwise cautious statement. "The times," she said,…![Top 5 Questions about Kushner’s back channel to Moscow](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701021137im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/top-5-questions-about-kushners-b-187x137.jpg)