![Iraq Supreme Court strikes down Kurdistan referendum, Clashes in Kirkuk](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/iraq-supreme-court-strikes-down-187x137.jpg)
Category
- Africa (98)
- Asia (566)
- Authoritarianism (112)
- Cats (1)
- Culture (337)
- Dehydration (1)
- Democracy (160)
- Dissent (263)
- Economy (449)
- Education (51)
- Elderly (2)
- Energy (766)
- Environment (908)
- Europe (499)
- Featured (1,452)
- fiction (5)
- Food (5)
- Guns (8)
- History (150)
- Human Rights (835)
- Immigration (13)
- International (493)
- Islamophobia (201)
- Juan Cole (264)
- Latin America (34)
- Latinos (3)
- leisure (21)
- media (294)
- Middle East (4,904)
- Arab World (3,587)
- Iran (433)
- Israel (580)
- Israel/ Palestine (1,125)
- Israel/Palestine (8)
- Kurds (178)
- Turkey (293)
- military (102)
- Modernism (1)
- nationalism (88)
- NATO (3)
- Natural Disasters (10)
- nuclear weapons (23)
- Peace (52)
- Persian mythology (1)
- Popular Culture (22)
- Poverty (3)
- privacy (19)
- racism (203)
- religion (604)
- Rights (108)
- Romance (1)
- science (79)
- Secular (West) (7)
- Secularism (19)
- South Pacific (1)
- Spirituality (18)
- Statelessness (14)
- Surveillance (243)
- Terrorism (960)
- Tolerance (3)
- Uncategorized (8,003)
- United Nations (56)
- Urbanization (2)
- US Foreign Policy (398)
- US politics (2,190)
- Anti-War Movement (4)
- Campaign Finance (21)
- Censors (20)
- Central Intelligence Agency (53)
- Civil Rights (75)
- Constitution (212)
- Democratic Party (409)
- Domestic Terrorism (14)
- Drone Warfare (18)
- Espionage (102)
- Ethnicities (191)
- Far Right (142)
- FBI (28)
- Foreign Policy (160)
- Gay Rights (11)
- Guns (40)
- Immigration (94)
- Israel Lobbies (60)
- Militarization (187)
- National Security State (320)
- Native Americans (12)
- Nuclear arsenal (5)
- penitentiaries (5)
- Pentagon (168)
- Police (18)
- prison reform (1)
- Reproductive Choice (7)
- Republican Party (1,219)
- Supreme Court (17)
- Voter suppression (14)
- Whistleblowers (3)
- Xenophobia (4)
- Veterans (15)
- Voting Rights (4)
- War (180)
- Western Religion (307)
- White Supremacists (27)
- wikileaks (8)
- women (184)
- workers (102)
- Writing (5)
- Youth (97)
Archives: nationalism
![Iraq Supreme Court strikes down Kurdistan referendum, Clashes in Kirkuk](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/iraq-supreme-court-strikes-down-187x137.jpg)
![Will Iraqi Kurdish Independence Referendum Further Roil the Middle East?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/will-iraqi-kurdish-independence-187x137.jpg)
Will Iraqi Kurdish Independence Referendum Further Roil the Middle East?
By Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President in June 2017 announced September 25 as the day for a referendum on independence from…![Only Putin is happy with Trump’s NATO Bull-in-China-Shop Catastrophe](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/only-putin-is-happy-with-trumps-187x137.jpg)
Only Putin is happy with Trump’s NATO Bull-in-China-Shop Catastrophe
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Back in 2016 the talking heads on tv kept expecting candidate Trump, who made headlines almost daily saying racist and offensive things, to "transition." Their theory…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/The-Ellesmere-Manuscript-revised-1-187x137.jpg)
Return of Virulent Nationalism: how language is being used to mark national borders
Mario Saraceni | (The Conversation) | - - According to a series of newspapers, immigrants will apparently change the English language in Britain beyond repair over the next 50 years. The Daily…![Massive Brain Drain from Turkey begins in wake of Failed Coup, Crackdowns](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/massive-brain-drain-from-turkey-1-187x137.jpg)
Massive Brain Drain from Turkey begins in wake of Failed Coup, Crackdowns
By Ibrahim Sirkeci | (The Conversation) | - - On July 15, a group within the Turkish military staged a coup. It failed. But since then, the Turkish government has restricted rights…![Turkish People Power foils attempted Coup](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/turkish-people-power-foils-attem-187x137.jpg)
Turkish People Power foils attempted Coup
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The poorly planned junior officers' coup in Turkey on Friday appears to have failed as I write late Friday night, though rebel military…![Putin’s Winning Hand in Syria, as Turkey Apologizes and Obama Deals](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/putins-winning-hand-in-syria-as-187x137.jpg)
Putin’s Winning Hand in Syria, as Turkey Apologizes and Obama Deals
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Vladimir Putin was the skunk at the party in the West after his annexation (or repossession, depending on how you look at it)…![British Trumpism? Anti-Immigrant “Britain First” White Terrorist kills Member of Parliament](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/british-trumpism-anti-immigrant-187x137.jpg)
British Trumpism? Anti-Immigrant “Britain First” White Terrorist kills Member of Parliament
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The assassin shouted "Britain First!" as he repeatedly stabbed Jo Cox in the stomach with a hunting knife and then shot her with…![France: White Terrorist not investigated for Terrorism even when he Vows attacks](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/france-white-terrorist-not-inves-187x137.jpg)
France: White Terrorist not investigated for Terrorism even when he Vows attacks
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - So Gregoire Moutaux, 25, was arrested last month by Ukraine. The French national had a large cache of deadly weapons. Ukraine Intelligence chief…![Turkey’s Elections no longer for Democracy but for Nationalist-Conservative Domination](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/turkeys-elections-no-longer-for-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Elections no longer for Democracy but for Nationalist-Conservative Domination
By Umit Cizre | ( OpenDemocracy) | - - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's readiness to circumvent elections, illustrates that promises to end the conflict were contingent on securing a mathematically permanent conservative-nationalist electoral…![Gianna Toboni’s Cycle of Terror Debrief (VICE on HBO)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/gianna-tobonis-cycle-of-terror-d-187x137.jpg)
Gianna Toboni’s Cycle of Terror Debrief (VICE on HBO)
Vice | Video Report | - - Reporter Gianna Toboni gives a brief report on the attitude towards Muslims and Islam following the attacks in Paris. Vice: "Gianna Toboni's Cycle of Terror…![Noam Chomsky slams Turkish Pres. Erdogan for Arresting Academics, supporting Extremism](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/noam-chomsky-slams-turkish-pres-187x137.jpg)
Noam Chomsky slams Turkish Pres. Erdogan for Arresting Academics, supporting Extremism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Matthew Weaver of the Guardian reports retired MIT linguist Noam Chomsky's reply to a personal attack by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan criticized…![Who Bombs a Peace Rally? An Unprecedented 86 Dead in Turkey capital as Accusations fly](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/who-bombs-a-peace-rally-an-unpre-187x137.jpg)
Who Bombs a Peace Rally? An Unprecedented 95 Dead in Turkey capital as Accusations fly
Written by John Lubbock | ( Globalvoices.org Twin bombings hit a peace rally organised by leftist groups in Ankara on the morning of October 10 in what has proven the deadliest bomb…![Fighting at Funerals: Turkey plunges back into Conflict](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/fighting-at-funerals-turkey-plun-187x137.jpg)
Fighting at Funerals: Turkey plunges back into Conflict
T. Deniz Erkmen | (Informed Comment) | - - It has been a month since the government of Turkey has ended the tenuous peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),…![Turkey’s Snap Elections: Erdoğan is forcing his people to take sides](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/turkeys-snap-elections-erdogan-i-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Snap Elections: Erdoğan is forcing his people to take sides
By Bahar Baser and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk | (The Conversation) | - - Ever since the June 2015 elections, which thwarted the proposed presidential system that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has long…![Water Being Used as Weapon of War in Syrian Conflict, UN Warns](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/water-being-used-as-weapon-of-wa-187x137.jpg)
Water Being Used as Weapon of War in Syrian Conflict, UN Warns
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer. | (Commondreams.org) | - - Compounded by scorching heat wave, Syrians are experiencing 'deliberate' water cut-offs, often for weeks at a time The United Nations on Tuesday…![How Islamic State is moving its Egyptian battle from Sinai to Cairo](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/how-islamic-state-is-moving-its-187x137.jpg)
How Islamic State is moving its Egyptian battle from Sinai to Cairo
By Natasha Ezrow | (The Conversation) | - - Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for a powerful car bomb detonated outside a state security building in northern Cairo which injured 29…![Gaza: Managing the Disaster isn’t Enough; not one of 11,000 buildings repaired](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/gaza-managing-the-disaster-isnt-187x137.jpg)
Gaza: Managing the Disaster isn’t Enough; not one of 11,000 buildings repaired
By Charlie Hoyle | (Inter Press Service) | - - The rubble of twisted concrete and metal bakes in the hot Mediterranean sun of a regional heat wave. A year on from…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/ScreenShot2015-08-02at2.35.54PM-187x137.jpg)
Why Israelis have cut down 800,000 Palestinian Olive Trees
Text by Elle Kurancid, photos by Bryony Dunne | (Jadaliyya) | - - Olive tree felling is a longtime strategy of Israel’s occupation regime in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Since…![After Vienna, Arabs, Israel seek massive conventional Arms Deals: US ready to Sell](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185343im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/after-vienna-arabs-israel-seek-m-187x137.jpg)