Added on 05/02/2011
Juan Cole
Egypt
JUAN COLE: While Mubarak remains the protest movement in Egypt scored several major victories on Friday – these are the ten most significant so far…
Added on 31/01/2011
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Cairo , Camp David , Central America , Egypt , Egyptian government , Egyptian military , France , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Gaza , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Israel , Mubarak , President , Qatar , Sinai Peninsula , Suez , Suez Canal , United Kingdom , United States , vice president and prime minister
JUAN COLE: The failure of the regime to connect with working and middle classes, and its inability to provide jobs set the stage for last week’s events.
Added on 24/01/2011
Juan Cole
Abdel Bari Atwan , Diana Buttu , Fatah , Gaza , Hamas , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Journalist , Lebanon , London , Mahmoud Abbas , Olmert government , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Authority , President , Qatar , Saeb Erekat , The Guardian , United Nations
JUAN COLE: The 1600 documents leaked to Al Jazeerah could spell the end of the PLO and drive the nail in the coffin of the so-called ‘peace process’.
Added on 17/01/2011
Juan Cole
Ben Ali , Cablegate , Civil society , Facebook , First Lady , Governor , Journalist , Leila Ben Ali , North Africa , President , Reuters , Tunisia , Twitter , United States , United States government , Washington , Wikileaks , YouTube
JUAN COLE: Cables show that the U.S. was fully aware of the debilitating level of corruption in Tunisia, and its anti-democratic implications.
Added on 08/01/2011
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Asia , Iran , Iranian government , Iran’s government , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Karachi , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , oil prices , OPEC , Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries , Pakistan , President , Saudi Arabia , Taliban , Tehran , United Nations , United States
JUAN COLE: While U.S consumers bemoan oil price rises it’s smiles all round in Iran. The OPEC chair is in no hurry to do anything about spiraling costs.
Added on 03/01/2011
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Ahmet Davutoglu , Alexandria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Ankara , Asia , Avigdor Lieberman , Bush , Christian Church , Damascus , Egypt , Egyptian military , Gaza , Germany , Hamas , Hamid Karzai , Hosni Mubarak , House of Representatives , India , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi army , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Jordan , Justice and Development Party , Kirkuk , Lebanon , MEK , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Netanyahu government , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama administration , Oil , Pakistan , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Paris , President , Republican Party , Swat Valley , Syria , Taliban , Tehran , Turkey , U.S. , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , US government , US military , Washington , West Bank , Wikileaks , Yemen
JUAN COLE: The Obama administration has been successful in tightening the financial noose on Iran during 2010, but Iran could fight back like a cornered rat…
