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Juan Cole

Juan Cole, a TomDispatch regular, is the Richard P. Mitchell collegiate professor of history at the University of Michigan. He is the author of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: A New Translation From the Persian and Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires. His latest book is Peace Movements in Islam. His award-winning blog is Informed Comment. He is also a non-resident Fellow of the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies in Doha and of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN).

The American War from Hell, 20 Years Later

How Washington Lost Its Moral Compass in Iraq

By Juan Cole On March 9, 2023On March 9, 2023

Islamophobia and the Capitol Insurrection

How the FBI Ignored White Radicals While Spying 24/7 on Muslim Americans

By Juan Cole On January 30, 2022On January 31, 2022

Fundamentalist Pandemics

What Evangelicals Could Learn From

By Juan Cole On May 19, 2020On May 21, 2020

Hating Muslims in the Age of Trump

The New Islamophobia Looks Like the Old McCarthyism

By Juan Cole On October 9, 2018On October 9, 2018

The Arab Millennials Will Be Back

By Juan Cole On June 29, 2014On May 15, 2021

Why Washington’s Iran Policy Could Lead to Global Disaster

By Juan Cole On April 12, 2012On May 15, 2021

Protest Planet

By Juan Cole On November 10, 2011On November 11, 2011

The Corruption Game 

By Juan Cole On January 25, 2011On May 15, 2021

Obama in Asia 

By Juan Cole On November 11, 2010On May 15, 2021

Juan Cole, The Media as a Security Threat to America

By Juan Cole On September 9, 2010On May 15, 2021

Juan Cole, Israel’s Gift to Iran’s Hardliners

By Juan Cole On June 10, 2010On September 6, 2010

Juan Cole, Empire’s Paranoia About the Pashtuns

By Juan Cole On July 27, 2009On February 17, 2021

Juan Cole, The Republic Militant at War, Then and Now

By Juan Cole On August 23, 2007On February 17, 2021

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