Salon contributor Juan Cole is a professor of modern Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan and the author of "Engaging the Muslim World."

Juan Cole's Salon stories

Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009 06:12 PST

Bombing in Charsadda kills 34, exposes local rifts

Conflict within Waziristan is a reminder that not all Pashtuns are extremists
Thursday, Nov 5, 2009 08:06 PST

Israeli settlements could cause one-state solution

PLO leader warns that settlers in the West Bank are making a free-standing Palestinian state impossible Video
Monday, Nov 2, 2009 07:03 PST

Abdullah withdraws from Afghan presidential race

Hamid Karzai's rigged, botched reelection leaves the U.S. with no legitimate partner Video
Friday, Oct 30, 2009 06:31 PDT

U.S. troops are hostages of Iraq's broken democracy

Iraq doesn't know how to hold an election, and we shouldn't stick around to teach them at gunpoint
Monday, Oct 26, 2009 17:26 PDT

Obama's foreign policy report card

You'd never know it from the MSM, but he deserves high grades for his work so far in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan
Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 19:26 PDT

The blowback from the Baghdad bombings

Two blasts kill more than 100 in Iraq. Will hawks use the attacks to argue against American troop withdrawal? Video
Monday, Oct 19, 2009 06:20 PDT

Pakistan's security is hanging in the balance

Pakistan's military offensive has become a rallying point for Muslim radicals. Volunteers pour in to fight the army Video
Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 00:11 PDT

Obama got the Nobel because he's a game changer

The president's selection as Peace Prize winner is well within the rules laid out by Alfred Nobel in his will
Wednesday, Oct 7, 2009 06:08 PDT

Does Iran really want the bomb?

Perhaps what Iran wants is the ability to produce a nuclear weapon fast, rather than have a standing arsenal
Thursday, Oct 1, 2009 08:02 PDT

The top ten things you didn't know about Iran

The assumptions most Americans hold about Iran and its policies are wrong
Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 09:30 PDT

Is the media exaggerating the Iranian nuke threat?

If Iran is open to U.N. inspections, it's probably not constructing nuclear weapons
Friday, Sep 25, 2009 10:01 PDT

Obama undercuts Iran

With nuclear fears growing, the president's shrewd moves are winning Russian support for boxing in Iran Video
Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 03:20 PDT

Does Iran want to be a pariah?

As Ahmadinejad heads for the U.S., he and Iran's other hard-liners seem bent on increasing their nation's isolation
Monday, Sep 14, 2009 06:15 PDT

Bin Laden: U.S. support of Israel led to 9/11

Afghanistan's election mess could mean trouble for the U.S. Video
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2009 06:10 PDT

Russia helps the U.S. in Afghanistan

As U.S. allies look for the exit, Russia, perhaps because of problems with Afghan heroin at home, gets in deeper Video
Tuesday, Sep 8, 2009 07:09 PDT

After Black Wednesday, tensions between Iraq and Syria simmer

Leaders try to reconcile as Iraqi protestors claim Syrian complicity in attacks that left 60 dead Video
Friday, Sep 4, 2009 07:05 PDT

NATO bombs -- but is Taliban getting U.S. aid?

Following the Taliban's money trail all the way back home Video
Thursday, Sep 3, 2009 05:04 PDT

The U.S. is spread dangerously thin in Afghanistan

Taliban tactics are finding traction Video
Wednesday, Sep 2, 2009 06:03 PDT

Hell hasn't broken out in Iraq

Despite a recent uptick of deaths, the withdrawal of U.S. troops needs to go on
Monday, Aug 31, 2009 07:32 PDT

The U.S. needs Iran and Russia

With the war on terror now a war of logistics, the Obama administration must rely on the goodwill of those two
Thursday, Aug 27, 2009 03:27 PDT

Al-Hakim's death unsettles Iraqi politics

As elections draw nearer, the passing of the Shiite leader raises questions about the future of his coalition
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 12:01 PDT

Our laws condone torture

Investigations into torture can only do so much. The U.S. needs laws that more clearly forbid brutality
Monday, Aug 24, 2009 05:25 PDT

What's the end game in Afghanistan, Mr. President?

A failed policy in Afghanistan could turn Obama into a one-term president Video
Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 05:21 PDT

As Afghans vote, American support for the Afghan war collapses

A light turnout in the Afghan elections could force incumbent President Karzai into a run-off
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009 10:50 PDT

Baghdad erupts once again

Nearly 100 dead, 500 wounded in six bombings in Baghdad Video
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