Juan Cole

Cole is also author of, among others, Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). He has appeared widely on television, radio and on op-ed pages as a commentator on Middle East affairs, and has a regular column at Salon.com. He has written, edited, or translated fourteen books and has authored sixty journal articles. His weblog on the contemporary Middle East is Informed Comment.

Currently

2007

  • Combating Muslim Extremism

    November 1, 2007

    American politicians should stop implying that Muslim nations and individuals are more dangerous than any other group of human beings. They should also stop calling their religion "fascist."

  • Bush's Napoleonic Folly

    August 24, 2007

    Bush's war on Iraq mirrors Napoleon's invasion of Egypt--two disastrous attempts to reshape the Middle East.

  • How to Get Out of Iraq

    April 9, 2007

    Bush's ineptitude has made a regional war in the Middle East a real possibility. Can diplomacy find a way out?

2004

2003

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