Protest Planet: How a Neoliberal Shell Game Created an Age of Activism Protest Planet: How a Neoliberal Shell Game Created an Age of Activism
The massive popular protests that shook the globe this year have much in common, though most of the reporting on them in the mainstream media has obscured the similarities.
Nov 10, 2011 / Juan Cole
An Arab Spring for Women An Arab Spring for Women
The “Arab Spring” has received copious attention in the American media, but one of its crucial elements has been largely overlooked: the striking role of women in the p...
Apr 26, 2011 / Juan Cole and Shahin Cole
An Open Letter to the Left on Libya An Open Letter to the Left on Libya
The UN allies now rolling back Qaddafi are doing a good thing, whatever you think of some of their individual leaders.
Mar 28, 2011 / Juan Cole
The Great Arab Revolt The Great Arab Revolt
Is the Middle East swinging back into a new liberal period?
Feb 17, 2011 / Juan Cole
American Policy’s Corruption Game American Policy’s Corruption Game
What the Tunisian Revoluton and WikiLeaks tell us about American support for corrupt dictatorships in the Muslim World.
Jan 25, 2011 / Juan Cole
Obama in Asia Obama in Asia
At each stop of his visit to Asia, Obama has bumped up against the limits of American economic and diplomatic clout in the new Asian world order.
Nov 11, 2010 / Juan Cole
The Great Pakistan Deluge Never Happened The Great Pakistan Deluge Never Happened
Don't tune in; it's not important.
Sep 9, 2010 / Juan Cole
Iran’s Green Movement: One Year Later Iran’s Green Movement: One Year Later
How Israel’s Gaza blockade and Washington’s sanctions policy helped keep the hardliners in power.
Jun 10, 2010 / Juan Cole
Armageddon at the Top of the World: *Not*! Armageddon at the Top of the World: *Not*!
Paranoia over the Pashtuns along the Afghan border isn't unique to Washington, just to empire. The British had a case of it 100 years ago.
Obama’s Mideast Reset Obama’s Mideast Reset
In the wake of a charismatic speech, it's clear that a substantial majority of the world's 1.5 billion Muslims are rooting for him.
Jun 10, 2009 / Juan Cole