Juan Cole

@jricole.bsky.social

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Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics;
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John Ricardo Irfan "Juan" Cole is an American academic and commentator on the modern Middle East and South Asia. He is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Since 2002, he has written a weblog, Informed Comment (juancole.com). .. more

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · Mar 9

Juan Cole, new book - Gaza Yet Stands - order through your local bookstore or www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DL...

Gaza Yet Stands

Gaza Yet Stands [Cole, Juan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Gaza Yet Stands

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 3h

Vietnam on the Nile? With Chinese investment, Egypt turns to Solar Panel Manufacturing

If Egyptians manage their affairs well, they could become the Vietnam of the Middle East with regard to solar panel production.

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 5h

Facing protests and new Threats from Trump, is the Iranian Regime on its last legs?

Protesters have flooded Tehran and many other major cities in recent days, calling for the downfall of the regime

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 5h

Trump’s anti-Climate Policies are Driving up Insurance Costs for Homeowners

Property insurance rates have spiked since 2021 due to the increasing frequency of climate-related natural disasters

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 8h

Yucatan 12/25 http://dlvr.it/TQ9mxs

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life

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Roland Paris @rolandparis.bsky.social · 12h

Careful silence when the US started killing people in international waters. Careful silence when a Canadian ICC justice was sanctioned by the US. Now we mumble vague things about international law and Venezuela. We’re losing more than just our voice.

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 18h

they should just make Vladimir Padrino interim president and Trump will fawn all over him

Caitlin Talmadge @proftalmadge.bsky.social · 21h

US seems to have no plan to deal w/ powerful Venezuelan security forces, who can threaten/thwart political leaders if they comply w/ US demands. Authoritarian politics 101 & major reason US approach could lead to military escalation and/or civil conflict.
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Venezuela’s Men With Guns Remain the Ultimate Power After Maduro’s Ouster

Diosdado Cabello and Vladimir Padrino command Venezuela’s police and military, and represent a wild card for Trump.

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 18h

Attorney using AI rebuked by Canary Islands judge for citing non-existent court rulings and failing to double-check the work of the algorithm

EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 19h

El abogado "fio su trabajo sin mayor revisión a lo que el algoritmo le propuso", según el Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Canarias, que lo investiga por “una posible falta a la buena fe procesal” al citar sentencias inexistentes que atribuye a la IA

El Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Canarias investiga a un abogado por citar sentencias inexistentes que atribuye a la IA

El letrado presentó un recurso con citas de resoluciones de Supremo y del Poder Judicial que no están en las bases de datos

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 18h

I admire your erudition and analysis, but am surprised you bring up drugs. If that were the issue, you'd invade Colombia. Venezuela is just a transit hub for cocaine and a relatively minor one

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 19h

Fascism as pettiness

CNN @cnn.com · 19h

Pentagon cuts Sen. Mark Kelly's military retirement pay over a video where the retired Navy captain urged service members not to obey unlawful orders.
https://cnn.it/4aLMTh6

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CNN @cnn.com · 19h

Pentagon cuts Sen. Mark Kelly's military retirement pay over a video where the retired Navy captain urged service members not to obey unlawful orders.
https://cnn.it/4aLMTh6

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 19h

Meanwhile Israel continues to strike Lebanon on an almost daily basis despite a ceasefire, claiming it is targeting Hezbollah and that the Iran-backed group is secretly rebuilding

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 19h

We are at the stage of the collapse of western democracies that emergency court orders to stop the mass distribution of child porn by billionaires can't be obtained. As recently as a year ago I still thought child sexual abuse was a red line. How naive.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 19h

Nationwide protests in Iran have entered their eighth day, with demonstrations spreading to more than 220 locations across 26 provinces as anger grows over the country’s collapsing economy.

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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 19h

El Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Canarias investiga a un abogado por citar sentencias inexistentes que atribuye a la IA

El letrado presentó un recurso con citas de resoluciones de Supremo y del Poder Judicial que no están en las bases de datos

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 19h

Israel’s brutal blockade and genocide in Gaza have made winter lethal, as children freeze in tents and homes collapse under heavy rain, write Said Alsaloul and Ohood Nassar ⬇️

How Israel turns winter into a weapon in Gaza

Israel’s blockade & war in Gaza have made winter lethal, as children freeze in tents & homes collapse under heavy rain, writes Said Alsaloul & Ohood Nassar.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 19h

Trump threatening EU regulators over their attempts to get rid of all the child porn being created by his new best friend Elon Musk will at least make for some good headlines. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

EU 'looking' into Grok's AI for sexually explicit childlike image generation

European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said that social media platform X had already responded to a request for information.

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Caitlin Talmadge @proftalmadge.bsky.social · 21h

Venezuela’s Men With Guns Remain the Ultimate Power After Maduro’s Ouster

Diosdado Cabello and Vladimir Padrino command Venezuela’s police and military, and represent a wild card for Trump.

www.wsj.com

Reposted by Dani Rodrik, Juan Cole, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 21h

In my first book, I distinguished btwn non-transformative interventions (removing the leader, not the regime) & transformative interventions that tries to change domestic institutions. Both are hard and have long-term negative consequences. 9/ www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801...

Leaders at War by Elizabeth N. Saunders | Paperback | Cornell University Press

Examining the the role played by the threat perceptions of heads of state in national foreign and military policies.

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 21h

4/So what is going on? @segoddard.bsky.social and I argue the confusion is people using old models of global politics. This is not balancing or spheres of influence. It is international politics based on elite cliques rather than national interest i.e. neo-royalism.
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Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System | International Organization | Cambridge Core

Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System - Volume 79 Issue S1

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 21h

BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.

The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

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𝟸 𝙷𝚞𝚜𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚎 @sleeksilhouette.blacksky.app · 21h

Please pray for everyone returning to work today. They are not okay.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22h

Prominent MAGA figures are making it 100% explicit that MAGA is a neo-imperialist movement that's all about pillage and plunder justified by assumed racial superiority:

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GhostWarrior ⚔️🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @ghostwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, Gods, when I compare & contrast the rich #History of #Iran , with #currentevents , I struggle not to scream. When the #protests reached #Tabriz all I could think of is #Shams & #Rumi. Which, I own, is kind of a weird reaction, when people are literally risking their lives for freedom.🤦😖