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The Fallout of Biden's Middle East Policy Is Now Trump's Responsibility

Nov 12, 2024 | thenation.com | Juan Cole

November 12, 2024 The Fallout of Biden’s Middle East Policy Is Now Trump’s ResponsibilityIn Trump’s hands, the country’s diplomatic strategy in the Middle East can only get worse. Edit Ad Policy Donald Trump listens as Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during their joint news conference at the White House, February 15, 2017. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com.
American Influence in the Middle East Is Evaporating Before Our Eyes

Sep 30, 2024 | thenation.com | Juan Cole

Washington’s efforts in the Middle East have been profoundly undermined by its breathtaking hypocrisy. Ad PolicyThis article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. At least one thing is now obvious in the Middle East: the Biden administration has failed abjectly in its objectives there, leaving the region in dangerous disarray.
We Should Pay Attention to the Ongoing Combat on the Red Sea

Jul 5, 2024 | thenation.com | Juan Cole

Thank you for reading The NationWe hope you enjoyed the story you just read, just one of the many incisive, deeply-reported articles we publish daily. Now more than ever, we need fearless journalism that shifts the needle on important issues, uncovers malfeasance and corruption, and uplifts voices and perspectives that often go unheard in mainstream media.
In the Race to Lower Global Emissions, the Middle East Is Certainly Not Helping

Apr 25, 2024 | thenation.com | Juan Cole

The Nation WeeklyFridays. A weekly digest of the best of our coverage. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation’s journalism. You may unsubscribe or adjust your preferences at any time. You can read our Privacy Policy here. What could be worse than the UAE’s unabashedly pro-fossil fuel energy policy? Well, Iran, heavily wedded to oil and gas, is, at 66, ranked one place lower than that country.
Dead Last (With an Emphasis on Dead!)

Apr 19, 2024 | portside.org | Juan Cole

Dead Last (With an Emphasis on Dead!) Published April 19, 2024 Last September witnessed what used to be a truly rare weather phenomenon: a Mediterranean hurricane, or “medicane.” Once upon a time, the Mediterranean Sea simply didn’t get hot enough to produce hurricanes more than every few hundred (yes, few hundred!) years. In this case, however, Storm Daniel assaulted Libya with a biblical-style deluge for four straight days.
Dead last (with an emphasis on dead!)

Apr 17, 2024 | nationofchange.org | Juan Cole

Last September witnessed what used to be a truly rare weather phenomenon: a Mediterranean hurricane, or “medicane.” Once upon a time, the Mediterranean Sea simply didn’t get hot enough to produce hurricanes more than every few hundred (yes, few hundred!) years. In this case, however, Storm Daniel assaulted Libya with a biblical-style deluge for four straight days.
For Every New Atrocity in Gaza, Iran Gains More Influence

Mar 7, 2024 | thenation.com | Juan Cole

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Is Tehran Winning the Middle East?

Mar 5, 2024 | original.antiwar.com | Juan Cole |Tom Engelhardt

From TomDispatch:You know we’re in an increasingly extreme world when a young American airman burns himself to death outside the Israeli embassy in Washington to protest Israel’s nightmarish war in Gaza.
Is Tehran Winning the Middle East?

Mar 3, 2024 | tomdispatch.com | Juan Cole |Andy Kroll

How the Gaza Conflict Made Democracy's Name Mud for MillionsIn the midst of Israel’s ongoing devastation of Gaza, one major piece of Middle Eastern news has yet to hit the headlines. In a face-off that, in a sense, has lasted since the pro-American Shah of Iran was overthrown by theocratic clerics in 1979, Iran finally seems to be besting the United States in a significant fashion across the region. It’s a story that needs to be told. “Hit Iran now.
Terraforming Yemen: Geoeconomic imperialism, the UAE and the southern secessionists

Jan 3, 2024 | intellectdiscover.com | Juan Cole

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