Juan Cole

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  • Sarah Palin, meet Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

    You two right-wing populists have a surprising amount in common
    By Juan Cole August 3, 2009

  • Mass protests in Iran crushed for now

    Rafsanjani deserts Mousavi, plus violent tactics by security forces drive opposition off the streets
    By Juan Cole June 29, 2009

  • Ahmadinejad reelected under cloud of fraud

    But outcome doesn't change goals for Obama -- dealing with Iran's nuclear program and its anti-Israel activities.
    By Juan Cole June 13, 2009

  • Obama wins an election in the Middle East

    Lebanon's voters gave the White House the victory it wanted -- with a lot of help from Hezbollah.
    By Juan Cole June 10, 2009

  • Obama, Muslim-world rock star

    They like him, they really like him! Well, maybe not so much in Egypt. But they're willing to give him a chance.
    By Juan Cole June 3, 2009

  • The hidden hand of Dick Cheney

    Out of office, he continues to push his tortured version of reality -- and his vision of an imperial presidency -- and there are signs he is succeeding.
    By Juan Cole May 13, 2009

  • The great right-wing freak-out

    Symptoms of the conservative crack-up were on full display after President Obama's trip abroad. Bill Kristol, take a bow.
    By Juan Cole April 13, 2009

  • Obama's domino theory

    The president sounds like he's channeling Cheney or McCain -- or a Cold War hawk afraid of international communism -- when he talks about the war in Afghanistan.
    By Juan Cole March 30, 2009

  • Engaging the Muslim world

    Lebanon does not march in lockstep with Iran, argues the author in an excerpt from his new book. It is defined by a kaleidoscope of alliances.
    By Juan Cole March 17, 2009

  • We're really leaving Iraq

    Some Iraq war critics are fretting about Obama's speech on Friday, and his plan to stay a little longer. But here's why there's no reason for alarm.
    By Juan Cole March 2, 2009

  • Obama's Vietnam?

    Friday's airstrikes are evidence Obama will take the hard line he promised in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But he should remember what happened to another president who inherited a war.
    By Juan Cole January 26, 2009

  • Neoconservatism dies in Gaza

    The recent Israeli offensive has put the final nail in the coffin of the Bush administration's Middle East fantasy.
    By Juan Cole January 8, 2009

  • Does Obama understand his biggest foreign-policy challenge?

    The president-elect wants to work with the Pakistani government to "stamp out" terror. It's not nearly that simple.
    By Juan Cole December 12, 2008

  • Should Obama chase Osama?

    On Sunday the president-elect told "60 Minutes" he wants to capture or kill bin Laden. Is he setting himself up for failure?
    By Juan Cole November 18, 2008

  • Obama goes over the top in bashing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

    Once again, U.S. politicians, including both Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, pile on the Iranian president. Why does Larry King (!) sound like the adult in the room?
    By Juan Cole September 24, 2008

  • What's the difference between Palin and Muslim fundamentalists? Lipstick

    A theocrat is a theocrat, whether Muslim or Christian.
    By Juan Cole September 9, 2008

  • The fall of Bush's man in Pakistan

    Despite Pervez Musharraf's despotism and double-dealing with U.S. enemies, George W. Bush, John McCain and the GOP embraced him to the bitter end.
    By Juan Cole August 19, 2008

  • Putin's war enablers: Bush and Cheney

    Russia's escalating war on Georgia reveals the consequences of the Bush administration's long assault on the international rule of law.
    By Juan Cole August 14, 2008

  • Why Bush folded on Iran

    Reality, of the military and petroleum-based variety, forced the administration to change course. Now Bush sounds like Obama.
    By Juan Cole July 31, 2008

  • Obama is saying the wrong things about Afghanistan

    He hit the right notes during his swing through Iraq, but his plans for that other war could mean trouble.
    By Juan Cole July 23, 2008

  • The FBI's plan to "profile" Muslims

    It's unconstitutional, un-American -- and it might hurt, rather than help, the FBI's effort to stop real acts of terror.
    By Juan Cole July 10, 2008

  • John McCain's Arab-American problem

    Arab-Americans are concentrated in swing states like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida. And the early signs are not good for McCain.
    By Juan Cole May 28, 2008

  • Clinton and Obama on Al-Jazeera

    The Arab network has followed the Democratic race closely. Inside its studios, I discover how Clinton's "obliterate Iran" comment played, and much more.
    By Juan Cole May 12, 2008

  • Why al-Maliki attacked Basra

    The three reasons the Iraqi prime minister launched his ill-fated assault on the Sadrists of southern Iraq.
    By Juan Cole April 1, 2008

  • Five years of Iraq lies

    How President Bush and his advisors have spent each year of the war peddling mendacious tales about a mission accomplished.
    By Juan Cole March 19, 2008
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