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'''John Ricardo Irfan''' "'''Juan'''" '''Cole''' (born October 23, 1952) is an American academic and commentator on the modern ] and ].<ref name=siva/><ref>http://events.umn.edu/event?occurrence=398490;event=114965 Dead link at University of Minnesota Events web page.</ref> He is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the ]. Since 2002, he has written a ], ''Informed Comment'' (''juancole.com''). '''John Ricardo Irfan''' "'''Juan'''" '''Cole''' (born October 23, 1952) is an American academic and commentator on the modern ] and ].<ref name=siva>{{cite news |url=http://chronicle.com/cgi2-bin/printable.cgi?article=http://chronicle.com/free/v52/i47/47b00602.htm |first=Siva |last=Vaidhyanathan |date=2006-06-28 |publisher=] |title=Can Blogging Damage Your Career? The Lessons of Juan Cole}} Dead link; no archive located.</ref><ref>http://events.umn.edu/event?occurrence=398490;event=114965 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723181537/https://events.umn.edu/event?occurrence=398490%3bevent=114965 |date=2011-07-23 }} Dead link at University of Minnesota Events web page.</ref> He is ] Collegiate Professor of History at the ]. Since 2002, he has written a ], ''Informed Comment'' (''juancole.com'').


== Background and education == == Background ==
Cole was born in ]. His father served in the ]. When Cole was age two, his family left New Mexico for France. His father completed two tours with the U.S. military in France (a total of seven years) and one 18-month stay at ] in ], ] (then ]). (Cole reports that he first became interested in Islam in Eritrea, which has a population roughly half Christian and half Muslim.) Cole was schooled at twelve schools in twelve years, at a series of dependent schools on military bases but also sometimes in civilian schools. Some schooling occurred in the United States, particularly in ] and ].<ref name="interview1">{{cite web | url = http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people5/Cole/cole-con1.html | year =2005 | title = Juan Cole Interview: Conversations with History; Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley | access-date = 2007-06-01 }}</ref> Cole was born in ]. His father served in the ]. When Cole was age two, his family left New Mexico for France. His father completed two tours with the U.S. military in France (a total of seven years) and one 18-month stay at ] in ], ] (then ]). Cole was schooled at twelve schools in twelve years, at a series of dependent schools on military bases but also sometimes in civilian schools. Some schooling occurred in the United States, particularly in ] and ].<ref name="interview1">{{cite web |url=http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people5/Cole/cole-con1.html |year =2005 |title=Juan Cole Interview: Conversations with History; Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley |access-date=2007-06-01 }}</ref>

In 2020 Cole published a book, "Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid The Clash of Empires".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cole|first=Juan|title=Muhammad:Prophet of Peace Amid The Clash of Empires|publisher=Bold Type Books|year=2020|isbn=9781568587813}}</ref>

== Appointments and awards ==

Cole was awarded ] to India (1982) and to Egypt (1985–1986). In 1991 he held a ] grant for the study of ] in ]. From 1999 until 2004, Juan Cole was the editor of '']''. He has served in professional offices for the ] and on the editorial board of the journal ''Iranian Studies''.<ref name="CV">{{cite web | title = Juan R. I. Cole Publications | url = http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/jcpers.htm | work = Curriculum Vitae | publisher = Juan Cole's academic website| access-date = 2006-05-28 }}</ref> He is a member of the ],<ref name = "Cole MESA">{{Cite web | title = MESA Members » Juan Cole | url = https://mesana.org/mymesa/directory_mem.php?page=/mymesa/directory.php?ltype=lname%7c%7camp;lvalue=C&mem=72ac1e2184cebd3cb67837527412903a | website = mesana.org | access-date = 8 August 2015 }}</ref> and served as the organization's president for 2006.<ref name = "Pres letter 2006">{{Cite journal | last = Cole | first = Juan | title = The Importance of Being Heard | url = http://mesana.org/publications/imes/presidents-letters.html#Cole | journal = MESA Newsletter | volume = 28 | issue = February 2006 | access-date = 9 August 2015 }}</ref> In 2006, he received the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism administered by ].<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519192548/http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/facstaff/facnews.asp |date=2011-05-19 }}, Department of History: ], 2007</ref>

===Current affairs history===
After September 11, 2001, Cole turned increasingly to writing on radical Muslim movements, the Iraq War, United States foreign policy, and the Iran crisis. His scholarship was influenced by his blog, "Informed Comment", founded in 2002. He has pioneered in the field of what he calls not "contemporary history" but "current affairs history".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jch.sagepub.com/content/46/3/658.abstract?rss=1 |title="Blogging Current Affairs History", Journal of Contemporary History July 2011 vol. 46 no. 3 658-670 |publisher=Contemporary History |date=2011-07-01 |access-date=2012-07-30}}</ref> See also "The Case for Current Affairs History"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/01/11/case-current-affairs-history |title=The Case for Current Affairs History |publisher=Inside Higher Education |date=2012-01-11 |access-date=2012-07-30}}</ref>

===Global Americana Institute===
After September 11, Cole founded the Global Americana Institute<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glaminst.com// |title=Global Americana Institute |publisher=Global Americana Institute |year=2011 |access-date=2012-07-30}}</ref> to translate works concerning the United States into Arabic. The first volume was selected works of ], translated for the first time into Arabic,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juancole.com/2011/04/thomas-jefferson-in-arabic.html |title=Thomas Jefferson in Arabic |publisher=Dar al-Saqi |date=2011-03-01 |access-date=2012-07-30}}</ref> and the second is a translation of a biography of ] along with selected speeches and writings (scheduled for fall 2012).


===Baháʼí studies=== ===Baháʼí studies===
Cole converted to the ] in 1972 and spent 25 years writing and travelling in support of the religion. He had several works published through Baháʼí publishers and co-edited an online journal (''Occasional Papers in the Shaykhi, Babi, and Baha'i Religions''). Some of these were unofficial translations, and two volumes by/about early Baháʼí theologian ].<ref>They are: '''' (Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1985); and '''' (Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1982).</ref>
Cole converted to the ] in 1972, but later resigned in 1996 after conflicts with members of the ] who perceived him as extreme and threatened him with a Baháʼí version of ]. Cole went on to critically attack the Baháʼí Faith in several books and articles written from 1998–2000, describing a prominent Baháʼí as "inquisitor" and "bigot", and describing Baháʼí institutions as socially isolating, dictatorial, and controlling, and with financial irregularities.<ref name="momen">{{cite journal| last =Momen | first = Moojan | title =Marginality and Apostasy in the Baháʼí Community | journal = Religion | volume =37 | pages =187–209 | year =2007 | issue = 3 | url =http://bahai-library.com/momen_marginality_apostasy | doi=10.1016/j.religion.2007.06.008| s2cid = 55630282 }}</ref>


In 1994 Cole participated in a discussion group that became a forum for dissent among Baháʼí academics against the ]. Cole was perceived as leading a dissident faction, and resigned his membership in 1996 after being confronted by Baháʼí leadership. He declared himself a ].<ref name="momen">{{cite journal |last=Momen |first=Moojan |authorlink=Moojan Momen |year=2007 |title=Marginality and Apostasy in the Baháʼí Community |journal=Religion |volume=37 |pages=187–209 |issue=3 |url=http://bahai-library.com/momen_marginality_apostasy |doi=10.1016/j.religion.2007.06.008 |s2cid=55630282}}</ref> Soon after his resignation, Cole created an email list and website called '''H-Bahai''', which became a repository of both primary source material and critical analysis on the religion.<ref name="momen" /> Cole went on to critically attack the Baháʼí Faith in several books and articles written from 1998–2002, describing a prominent Baháʼí as "inquisitor" and "bigot", and accusing Baháʼí institutions of cult-like tendencies.<ref name="momen" />
Soon after his resignation, Cole created an email list and website called '''H-Bahai''', which became a repository of both primary source material and critical analysis on the religion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/ |title=H-Bahai Website |publisher=H-net.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605102219/https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/ |archive-date=2016-06-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title=A Report on the H-Bahai Digital Library| author=Cole, Juan R. I. | journal=] | date=Winter–Summer 2002 | volume=35 | issue=1 | pages=191–196 | jstor=4311442 | doi=10.1080/00210860208702016| s2cid=161787329 }}</ref><ref name="momen" />


=== Appointments and awards ===
Before resigning, Cole had several works published through Baháʼí publishers and co-edited an online journal (''Occasional Papers in the Shaykhi, Babi, and Baha'i Religions,'' associated with H-Bahai). Some of these were translations, including several "unofficial" scriptural translations, and two volumes by/about early Baháʼí theologian ].<ref>They are: '''' (Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1985); and '''' (Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1982).</ref> He has maintained much of this material, as well as other documents and links, online.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/bahai/bahaixb.htm |title=Baha'i Studies: Papers, Translations, Documents |publisher=Personal.umich.edu |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref>
Cole was awarded ] to India (1982) and to Egypt (1985–1986). In 1991 he held a ] grant for the study of ] in ]. From 1999 until 2004, Juan Cole was the editor of '']''. He has served in professional offices for the ] and on the editorial board of the journal ''Iranian Studies''.<ref name="CV">{{cite web |title=Juan R. I. Cole Publications |url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/jcpers.htm |work=Curriculum Vitae |publisher=Juan Cole's academic website|access-date=2006-05-28 }}</ref> He is a member of the ],<ref name="Cole MESA">{{Cite web |title=MESA Members » Juan Cole |url=https://mesana.org/mymesa/directory_mem.php?page=/mymesa/directory.php?ltype=lname%7c%7camp;lvalue=C&mem=72ac1e2184cebd3cb67837527412903a |website=mesana.org |access-date=8 August 2015 }}</ref> and served as the organization's president for 2006.<ref name="Pres letter 2006">{{Cite journal |last=Cole |first=Juan |title=The Importance of Being Heard |url=http://mesana.org/publications/imes/presidents-letters.html#Cole |journal=MESA Newsletter |volume=28 |issue=February 2006 |access-date=9 August 2015 }}</ref> In 2006, he received the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism administered by ].<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519192548/http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/facstaff/facnews.asp |date=2011-05-19 }}, Department of History: ], 2007</ref> He is a member of the Community Council of the ] (NIAC).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.niacouncil.org/staff-board/#tab_tab_community_council/ |title=Staff and Board |website=NIAC |access-date=2022-06-28}}</ref>


==Notable work==
== Journalism and media appearances ==


Cole founded the Global Americana Institute<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glaminst.com// |title=Global Americana Institute |publisher=Global Americana Institute |year=2011 |access-date=2012-07-30}}</ref> to translate works concerning the United States into Arabic. The first volume was selected works of ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.juancole.com/2011/04/thomas-jefferson-in-arabic.html |title=Thomas Jefferson in Arabic |publisher=Dar al-Saqi |date=2011-03-01 |access-date=2012-07-30}}</ref> and the second was a translation of a biography of ] along with selected speeches and writings.


===Current affairs history===
Cole has been a guest on '']'' at the ], and has appeared widely on television shows such as '']'', ], the '']'', '']'', '']'', ] and ]. '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and many others.<ref>Juan Cole, "Resume", http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/jcpers.htm</ref>
After September 11, 2001, Cole turned increasingly to writing on radical Muslim movements, the Iraq War, United States foreign policy, and the Iran crisis. He calls his work not "contemporary history" but "current affairs history".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jch.sagepub.com/content/46/3/658.abstract?rss=1 |title="Blogging Current Affairs History", Journal of Contemporary History July 2011 vol. 46 no. 3 658-670 |publisher=Contemporary History |date=2011-07-01 |access-date=2012-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/01/11/case-current-affairs-history |title=The Case for Current Affairs History |publisher=Inside Higher Education |date=2012-01-11 |access-date=2012-07-30}}</ref>


Cole testified on Iraq before the ] in 2004.<ref>'''', ], April 20, 2004.</ref>
Cole was occasionally cited in the press as a Middle East expert in the 1990s.<ref>See, for example, Melinda Beck, et al., "The Case Against War", ''Newsweek'' (29 October 1990) p. 24; "The Gulf War", ''Los Angeles Times'' (13 February 1991) p. 8; Scott Shane, "Muslim world suffers by actions of terrorists", ''The Baltimore Sun'' (23 August 1998) p. 1A; and Bill Schiller, "Locals tied to Al Jihad terror network" ''Toronto Star'' (21 October 2001) p. A10.</ref> He became much more prominent after 2002, when he began publishing his weblog.<ref>Curt Guyette, "The Blog of War", ''Metrotimes'' (25 August 2004).</ref>


===''Informed Comment'' blog===
From 2002 onwards, Cole became a widely recognized public intellectual. ''Foreign Policy'' commented in 2004, "Cole's transformation into a public intellectual embodies many of the dynamics that have heightened the impact of the blogosphere. He wanted to publicize his expertise, and he did so by attracting attention from elite members of the blogosphere. As Cole made waves within the virtual world, others in the real world began to take notice".<ref>Daniel W. Drezner and Henry Farrell, "", ''Foreign Policy'' (November/December 2004).</ref>
Since 2002, Cole has published the blog ''Informed Comment'', covering "History, Middle East, South Asia, Religious Studies, and the ]". Cole's prominence quickly rose through his blog,<ref>Curt Guyette, "The Blog of War", ''Metrotimes'' (25 August 2004).</ref> and ''Foreign Policy'' commented in 2004, "Cole's transformation into a public intellectual embodies many of the dynamics that have heightened the impact of the blogosphere. He wanted to publicize his expertise, and he did so by attracting attention from elite members of the blogosphere. As Cole made waves within the virtual world, others in the real world began to take notice".<ref>Daniel W. Drezner and Henry Farrell, "", ''Foreign Policy'' (November/December 2004).</ref>


In 2006 ] called Cole "the most respected voice on foreign policy on the left"<ref>The Hotline: National Journal's Daily Briefing on Politics, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123183054/http://blogdirectory.nationaljournal.com/2006/10/informed_comment.html |date=2006-11-23 }}, ], October 2, 2006</ref> and his blog ranked the 99th most popular in 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs/ |title=Technorati blog ranking page |publisher=Technorati.com |access-date=2009-04-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429210506/http://technorati.com/pop/blogs/ |archive-date=2009-04-29 }}</ref> but it has since fallen off the list.
==''Informed Comment'' blog==

Since 2002, Cole has published the blog ''Informed Comment'', covering "History, Middle East, South Asia, Religious Studies, and the ]". Blog entries include comments on widely reported articles in Western media, summaries of important articles from Arabic and Israeli news sources, and letters and discussions with both critics and supporters.

The blog has won various awards; as of April 2006 the most prominent is the 2005 James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism from ].<ref>"", ''Informed Comment'', March 29, 2006.</ref> It has also received two 2004 ]: the "Best Expert Blog" and the "Best Blog Post".<ref>Drum, Kevin. , '']'' blog, February 23, 2005.</ref> It has since dropped off the list, but ''Informed Comment'' has been ranked as the 99th most popular blog on the Internet by ] on October 21, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs/ |title=Technorati blog ranking page |publisher=Technorati.com |access-date=2009-04-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429210506/http://technorati.com/pop/blogs/ |archive-date=2009-04-29 }}</ref> Cole was a strong critic of the ] and is one of the most respected foreign policy commentators amongst ] bloggers.<ref>The Hotline: National Journal's Daily Briefing on Politics, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123183054/http://blogdirectory.nationaljournal.com/2006/10/informed_comment.html |date=2006-11-23 }}, ], October 2, 2006</ref>

The July 28, 2006 issue of '']'' featured a story on Cole's blog and its role in his career. Following essays by several academic bloggers, Cole was given a chance to respond to the question of whether academics should risk career advancement by blogging. He responded:
<blockquote>The question is whether Web-log commentary helps or damages an academic's career. It is a shameful question. Intellectuals should not be worrying about "careers", the tenured among us least of all. Despite the First Amendment, which only really protects one from the government, most Americans who speak out can face sanctions from other institutions in society. Journalists are fired all the time for taking the wrong political stance. That is why most bloggers employed in the private sector are anonymous or started out trying to be so.<ref>"? 7 Bloggers Discuss the Case of Juan Cole". ''Chronicle of Higher Education: The Chronicle Review'' 52:47 (28 July 2006) p. B6.</ref></blockquote>

In that same article, he was referred to as a ] by associate professor of culture and communication at ] ].<ref name=siva>{{cite news |url=http://chronicle.com/cgi2-bin/printable.cgi?article=http://chronicle.com/free/v52/i47/47b00602.htm |first=Siva |last=Vaidhyanathan |date=2006-06-28 |publisher=] |title=Can Blogging Damage Your Career? The Lessons of Juan Cole}} Dead link; no archive located.</ref>

== Other activities ==
In 2004, the ] requested Cole's testimony at hearings to better understand the situation in Iraq.<ref>'''', ], April 20, 2004.</ref>


==Views== ==Views==
Leading up to the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Cole chastised several candidates, including ], ], and ], for making bellicose statements about Iran in order to present themselves in a tougher or more conservative light.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/17/iran/ |title=The Iran hawks |work=Salon.com |date=October 17, 2007 |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref>


In 2002, Cole rejected the Bush administration's early claims of Iraqi cooperation with ], commenting that ] had "persecuted and killed both Sunni and Shiite fundamentalists in great number",<ref>{{cite news |first=Elizabeth |last=Sullivan |title=Iraq No Friend of al-Qaida, Experts Say |newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer |date=26 September 2002 |page=A11 }}</ref> as well as claims to the effect that Iraq was developing ].<ref>{{cite news |first=Nicholas |last=Blanford |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0909/p06s01-wome.html |title=Syria Worries U.S. Won't Stop at Iraq |newspaper=Christian Science Monitor |date=9 September 2002 |pages=6 }}</ref> Rather than making America safer, he says, the war has ironically had the opposite effect: inspiring anti-U.S. militants.
Generally speaking, Cole approaches the Middle East and Western Asia from the point of view of ]. Viewing the USA as a colonialist power, he sees it as defending the post-World War I "]/] architecture" (described as "a colossal failure") against ] or pan-Islamic challengers. These foundered for various reasons, especially "particularism". The U.S., like previous empires, seeks to take advantage of such internal rivalries in order to "divide and rule".<ref name="juancole2002">{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2002/09/architecture-of-middle-east-it-has-been.html|title=The Architecture of the Middle East |publisher=Juancole.com |date=September 7, 2002 |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref> ], he explains (after comparing several countries in the region), is the result of foreign occupation in combination with weak states.<ref name="juancole2002"/>


In 2004, Cole pointed out that he was against boycotting Israeli professors: "I have stood with Israeli colleagues and against any attempt to marginalize them or boycott them".<ref>{{cite web |last=Cole |first=Juan |date=December 8, 2004 |title=Character Assassination |url=http://www.juancole.com/2004/12/character-assassination-yes-im-aware.html |publisher=Informed Comment}}</ref>
Cole tends to value multinational (and especially UN) initiatives over unilateral military ones.<ref>Cole, Juan, , ''Informed Comment''.</ref> He favors multi-ethnic states over separatist movements. Given his background in the 1960s and 1970s religious counter-culture, he views Islam (along with other religions) as essentially good, but distorted by certain of its political appropriators (and critics).<ref>Cole, Juan, , ''Informed Comment'', 03/12/2006.</ref>


In a 2005 speech at the ], Cole was critical of the U.S. allying itself with offshoots of the ] in Iraq but vehemently opposing ] in Lebanon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mepc.org/forums_chcs/41.asp |title=scroll down to the questions section |publisher=Mepc.org |access-date=2009-04-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410164023/http://www.mepc.org/forums_chcs/41.asp |archive-date=April 10, 2009 }} at ].</ref>
===Iran===


According to ], Cole has done "hardly any independent research on the twentieth-century Middle East", and characterized Cole's analysis of this era as "derivative". He has also responded to Cole's criticism of Israeli policies and the influence of the "]", comparing them to accusations that have been made in anti-semitic writings.<ref name="Karsh">{{cite web |last=Karsh |first=Efraim |title=Juan Cole's Bad blog |url=http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/1945 |publisher=The New Republic (archived at ])}}</ref> Cole replied directly to Karsh in his blog.<ref name="WP-Karsh">{{cite web |last=Cole |first=Juan |date=October 12, 2006 |title=Misplaced Pages, Karsh and Cole |url=http://www.juancole.com/2006/10/wikipedia-karsh-and-cole-encyclopedia.html |publisher=Informed Comment}}</ref>
Cole supported the reformist president ] and rued his succession by ]. He reports that in 2003, Iran (addressing the Bush administration through the Swiss embassy) proposed a comprehensive peace agreement, which Bush refused even to discuss.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2006/05/iran-offered-recognition-of-israel.html |title=Iran Offered Recognition Of Israel |publisher=Juancole.com |date=May 26, 2006 |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref> He wrote of Ahmadinejad in 2007: "I profoundly disagree with his characterization of Israel, which is a legitimate United Nations member state". He also considers ] to be "monstrous".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2007/06/ahmadinejad-i-am-not-anti-semitic.html |title=Ahmadinejad: "I am not anti-Semitic" |publisher=Juancole.com |date=June 26, 2007}}</ref> Cole viewed the 2009 Iranian presidential election as having been<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/chatham-house-study-definitively-shows.html |title=Chatham House Study Definitively Shows |publisher=Juancole.com |date=June 22, 2009 |access-date=2012-08-26}}</ref> stolen by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.


] of '']'' has criticized Cole for what he deems as partisan bias on issues of war and peace, citing his support for wars supported by the U.S. ] as in the ] and Libya, while opposing wars supported by the U.S. ] such as the wars in Iraq.<ref>Sapienza, Jeremy, ,
Cole wrote numerous posts warning that the Bush administration was attempting to create a war with Iran. He suggested that sabre-rattling offered a way for two unpopular regimes to attract nationalistic support.<ref name="juancole3">{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2006/04/iran-can-now-make-glowing-mickey-mouse.html |title=Iran Can Now Make glowing Mickey Mouse Watches |publisher=Juancole.com |date=April 12, 2006 |access-date=2008-10-26}} </ref> He has also speculated that the Bush administration's objective in Iran was to control future supplies of oil and natural gas, while denying them to energy-hungry China and India.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2006/08/one-ring-to-rule-them-wholesale.html |title=One Ring To Rule Them Wholesale |publisher=Juancole.com |date=August 6, 2006 |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref>
''Antiwar.com'', August 23, 2011.</ref>

On the nuclear issue, Cole wrote in 2007 that "Iran is a good ten years away from having a bomb," and points out that ] and other leaders have condemned nuclear weapons as un-Islamic.<ref name="juancole3"/> Cole also dismissed the Bush administration's allegation that Iran has supported terrorism in Iraq or Afghanistan, arguing rather that the United States had lent support to anti-Iranian terrorist groups such as the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2007/10/us-sanctions-on-iran.html |title=Informed Comment: US Sanctions on Iran |publisher=Juancole.com |date=October 26, 2007 |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref>

Cole chastised several U.S. presidential candidates, including ], ], and ], for making bellicose statements about Iran in order to present themselves in a tougher or more conservative light.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/17/iran/ |title=The Iran hawks |work=Salon.com |date=October 17, 2007 |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref>

He is a board member of the ] (NIAC).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.niacouncil.org/about-niac/staff-board/|title=Staff and Board|website=NIAC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122233401/https://www.niacouncil.org/about-niac/staff-board/|archive-date=2020-01-22|access-date=2018-04-05}}</ref>


'''Ahmadinejad's remarks on Israel''' ===Ahmadinejad's remarks on Israel===
{{see also|Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Israel}} {{see also|Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Israel}}
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Cole and ] traded barbs regarding the translation and meaning of a passage referring to Israel in a speech by Iran President ]. Fathi Nazila of '']''{{'}}s ] bureau translated the passage as "Our dear Imam said that the occupying regime must be wiped off the map."<ref name="r26">{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/weekinreview/30iran.html?ex=1161230400&en=26f07fc5b7543417&ei=5070 | title = Text of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Speech | access-date = 2006-10-17 | last = Fathi | first = Nazila | date = October 30, 2005| newspaper = The New York Times }}</ref> Cole and ] traded barbs regarding the translation and meaning of a passage referring to Israel in a speech by Iran President ]. Fathi Nazila of '']''{{'}}s ] bureau translated the passage as "Our dear Imam said that the occupying regime must be wiped off the map."<ref name="r26">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/weekinreview/30iran.html?ex=1161230400&en=26f07fc5b7543417&ei=5070 |title=Text of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Speech |access-date=2006-10-17 |last=Fathi |first=Nazila |date=October 30, 2005|newspaper=The New York Times }}</ref>


In an article published at the '']'' website, Hitchens accused Cole of attempting to minimize and distort the meaning of the speech, which Hitchens understood to be a repetition of "the standard line" that "the state of Israel is illegitimate and must be obliterated." Hitchens also denigrated Cole's competence in both Persian and "plain English" and described him as a Muslim apologist.<ref name="Hitchens">{{cite web | publisher=] | title = The Cole Report: When it comes to Iran, he distorts, you decide | first = Christopher | last = Hitchens | date = May 2, 2006 | url = http://www.slate.com/id/2140947 | access-date = 2007-03-03 }}</ref> In an article published at the '']'' website, Hitchens accused Cole of attempting to minimize and distort the meaning of the speech, which Hitchens understood to be a repetition of "the standard line" that "the state of Israel is illegitimate and must be obliterated." Hitchens also denigrated Cole's competence in both Persian and "plain English" and described him as a Muslim apologist.<ref name="Hitchens">{{cite web |publisher=] |title=The Cole Report: When it comes to Iran, he distorts, you decide |first=Christopher |last=Hitchens |date=May 2, 2006 |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2140947 |access-date=March 3, 2007}}</ref>


Cole responded that while he personally despised "everything Ahmadinejad stands for, not to mention the odious Khomeini",<ref name="ICHitchens">{{cite web | url = http://www.juancole.com/2006/05/hitchens-hacker-and-hitchens.html | date = May 3, 2006 | title = Hitchens the Hacker; And, Hitchens the Orientalist And, "We don't Want Your Stinking War! | first = Juan | last = Cole | access-date = 2006-05-04 }}</ref> he nonetheless objected to the ''New York Times'' translation.<ref name="ICHitchens" /> Cole wrote that it inaccurately suggested Ahmadinejad was advocating an invasion of Israel ("that he wants to play Hitler to Israel's Poland"). He added that a better translation of the phrase would be "the occupation regime over Jerusalem should vanish from the page of time," a metaphysical if not poetic reference rather than a militaristic one.<ref name="ICHitchens"/> He also stated that Hitchens was incompetent to assess a Persian-to-English translation, and accused him of unethically accessing private Cole e-mails from an on-line discussion group.<ref name="ICHitchens"/><ref>News Hits staff, , ], 5/10/2006</ref><ref>Joel Mowbray, , ], May 22, 2006</ref> Cole responded that while he personally despised "everything Ahmadinejad stands for, not to mention the odious Khomeini",<ref name="ICHitchens">{{cite web |url=http://www.juancole.com/2006/05/hitchens-hacker-and-hitchens.html |date=May 3, 2006 |title=Hitchens the Hacker; And, Hitchens the Orientalist And, "We don't Want Your Stinking War! |first=Juan |last=Cole |access-date=2006-05-04 }}</ref> he nonetheless objected to the ''New York Times'' translation.<ref name="ICHitchens" /> Cole wrote that it inaccurately suggested Ahmadinejad was advocating an invasion of Israel ("that he wants to play Hitler to Israel's Poland"). He added that a better translation of the phrase would be "the occupation regime over Jerusalem should vanish from the page of time," a metaphysical if not poetic reference rather than a militaristic one.<ref name="ICHitchens"/> He also stated that Hitchens was incompetent to assess a Persian-to-English translation, and accused him of unethically accessing private Cole e-mails from an on-line discussion group.<ref name="ICHitchens"/><ref>News Hits staff, , ], 5/10/2006</ref><ref>Joel Mowbray, , ], May 22, 2006</ref>

===Iraq===

Cole was asked to address the pros and cons of the building war against Iraq in January 2003 for the journal of the University of Michigan International Institute. He wrote that any invasion of Iraq would inevitably be rejected by Iraqis and the Arab world as a form of neocolonialism. According to Cole: "The Sunnis of Iraq could well turn to groups like al-Qaida, having lost the ideals of the Baath. Iraqi Shi'ites might become easier to recruit into Khomeinism of the Iranian sort, and become a bulwark for the shaky regime in Shi'ite Iran." Considering the problem of ethnic politics, he commented, "A post-war Iraq may well be riven with factionalism that impedes the development of a well-ensconced new government." He rejected the argument that Baathist Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction" or backing of terrorism posed threats to the United States.<ref name="juancole2003-1">{{cite journal |url= http://www.juancole.com/2003/01/journal-of-international-institute.html |title= The Risks of Peace and The Costs of War ...|journal=Journal of the International Institute, University of Michigan <!--|date=Winter 2003 -->|volume= 10 |issue= 2 |page= 3 |date= January 28, 2003 |access-date= 2012-07-18}}</ref> Cole admitted that he had had "mixed feelings" on the issue—i.e., he opposed Saddam Hussein's regime, but feared disaster and opposed international illegality.<ref name="juancole2003-2">{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2003/03/british-are-asserting-that-there-has.html |title=British Are Asserting That There Has ...|publisher=Juancole.com |date=March 26, 2003 |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref> He was insistent that any war would be illegal without a UN Security Council resolution (which was not obtained by the Bush administration).<ref name="juancole2003-3">{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2003/01/chirac-warns-bush-not-to-launch-a-unilateral-attack-on-iraq.html |title=Chirac Warns Bush not to Launch a Unilateral Attack on Iraq ...|publisher=Juancole.com |date=2003-01-18 |access-date=2012-07-18}}</ref> His position on the war resembled that of the French government, which is generally held to have opposed it. By January 2003, he said he had become "cynical" about the Bush administration motives for the war.<ref name="juancole2003-4">{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2003/01/cynical-about-bush-administration-motives-for-attacking-iraq.html |title=Cynical about Bush Administration Motives for Attacking Iraq ...|publisher=Juancole.com |date=2003-01-30 |access-date=2012-07-18}}</ref> On the day of the U.S. invasion, Cole wrote that "for all the concerns one might have about the aftermath, the removal of Saddam Hussein and the murderous Baath regime from power will be worth the sacrifices that are about to be made on all sides."<ref name="juancole2003-5">{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2003/03/my-mind-and-heart-are-like-those-of-so.html |title=My Mind And Heart Are Like Those Of So ...|publisher=Juancole.com |date=March 19, 2003 |access-date=2011-03-31}}</ref> He has explained that this posting was not intended to show support for the invasion: "The passage quoted ... was not about whether the war was legal or not. Being from a military family, it mattered to me as an ethical issue whether troops lives were being lost for no good reason, in an illegal boondoggle. I decided on careful deliberation that even though the war was wrong, the lives lost would not be in vain, since a tyrannical regime would have fallen. To say that some good could come of an illegal act is not to endorse the illegal act."<ref name="juancole2006-6">{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2005/06/cole-on-iraq-2002-2003-by-way-it-has.html |title=Cole On Iraq 2002 2003 By Way It Has ... |publisher=Juancole.com |date=June 12, 2006|access-date=2012-07-18}}</ref>

Cole blamed the ] for creating what he calls a "failed state" in Iraq. He particularly cites its decision to disband the ], its treatment of prisoners, its alienation of neighboring countries, its corrupt economic policies, and long delays in organizing elections and forming a (weak) government.<ref>{{cite web | first = Juan | last = Cole | title = Critique of US Policy in Iraq | url = http://www.juancole.com/2006/05/critique-of-us-policy-in-iraq-bush.html | publisher = Informed Comment | date = 24 May 2006 }}</ref> Bush's decision to invade Iraq, Cole wrote in 2005, resulted from a "coalition of disparate forces" within the Bush administration, "each with its own rationale" for going to war. He identifies: Bush's own "obsession with restoring family honor" slighted by Saddam Hussein's remaining in power after the Gulf War; ]'s interest in benefits to the oil industry (he cites "billions in no-bid contracts for "—of which Cheney was CEO in the 1990s—and which "saved ] from bankruptcy"); Cheney's "], Cold War-inspired worldview—in which the U.S. battled an evil enemy"; Evangelical Christians who "wanted to missionize Iraq"; ]'s wanting to "turn Bush into a war president" to ensure re-election; and ]s who hoped to transform the Middle East and remove what they perceived as a danger to Israel.<ref>{{cite web | first = Juan | last = Cole | title = All the vice president's men | url = http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/salon65.html | work = Salon | date = 28 October 2005 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071205185136/http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/salon65.html | archive-date = 5 December 2007 }}</ref> The Bush administration's focus on purported weapons of mass destruction, he added, was an attempt to find a rationale acceptable to the public.

Cole rejected the Bush administrations early claims of Iraqi cooperation with ], commenting that ] had "persecuted and killed both Sunni and Shiite fundamentalists in great number",<ref>{{cite news | first = Elizabeth | last = Sullivan | title = Iraq No Friend of al-Qaida, Experts Say | newspaper = Cleveland Plain Dealer | date = 26 September 2002 | page = A11 }}</ref> as well as claims to the effect that Iraq was developing ].<ref>{{cite news | first = Nicholas | last = Blanford | url = http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0909/p06s01-wome.html | title = Syria Worries U.S. Won't Stop at Iraq | newspaper = Christian Science Monitor | date = 9 September 2002 | pages = 6 }}</ref> Rather than making America safer, he says, the war has ironically had the opposite effect: inspiring anti-U.S. militants.

Cole, who began to call the Iraqi conflict a "civil war" as early as 2004,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2004/12/shiite-sunni-shiite-shiite-no-civil.html |title=Informed Comment |publisher=Juancole.com |date=December 2, 2004 |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref> in 2007 stated that it consists of three distinct wars: "for control of ] among Shiite militiamen; for control of ] and its hinterlands between Sunnis and Shiites; and for control of ] among Kurds, Arabs and ]."<ref>, ''Informed Comment'', November 13, 2007.</ref>

===Israel===

Cole is a strong ] and its treatment of Palestinians. He criticizes the nature of America's support for Israel and the activities of the ],<ref name="IsraelLobbyComment">{{cite web | url = http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/04/18/taboo/ | first = Juan | last = Cole | title = Breaking the silence | work = Salon.com | date = 19 April 2006 }}</ref> and claims that some senior US officials such as ] have dual loyalties to America and the ] party of Israel.<ref name="DualLoyal">{{cite web | first = Juan | last = Cole | url = http://www.juancole.com/2004/09/dual-loyalties-many-readers-have.html | title = Dual Loyalties | publisher = Informed Comment | date = 9 September 2004 }}</ref>

Cole opposes ] because he believes that the academic community in Israel is mostly opposed to the policies of ].<ref>{{cite web | first = Juan | last = Cole | url = http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i46/46b01301.htm | title = Why We Should Not Boycott Israeli Academics | publisher = The Chronicle of Higher Education | date = 26 July 2002}}</ref>

===Al-Qaeda===

Cole distinguishes "traditional" ] from various 4-6 man cells scattered around the world who may identify with its goal, and use the name, but are not otherwise in contact with it. The former group consists of perhaps 5,000 members ("probably no more than a few hundred of them actually dangerous to the United States") whose activities "should be combatted by good police and counter-terrorism work". According to Cole, the Bush administration's view of "al-Qaeda" conflates various unrelated Muslim groups into a "bogeyman".<ref name="bush-turns-to-fear-mongering-creation">{{cite web | url=http://www.juancole.com/2006/09/bush-turns-to-fear-mongering-creation.html | title= Bush Turns to Fear-Mongering Creation of "Islamic" Bogeyman}}</ref>

As of 2006, there were "less than 1000" foreign (i.e., genuine) al-Qaeda fighters in Iraq,<ref name="bush-turns-to-fear-mongering-creation"/> although the Bush administration's actions have caused increasing numbers of Iraqi Sunnis to sympathize or identify with that organization.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2005/09/911-77-and-830-on-fourth-year.html
|title=911 77 And 830 On Fourth Year |publisher=Juancole.com |date=September 11, 2005 |access-date=2008-10-26}} </ref> Such native sympathizers are referred to on his blog as "Salafi jihadis". Cole dismissed as "implausible" the prospect of such groups taking over Iraq.<ref name="bush-turns-to-fear-mongering-creation"/>

===Afghanistan===

Cole calls the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan "the right war at the right time", and credits it with breaking up a network of al-Qaeda training camps which posed a danger to the U.S.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2004/07/arguing-with-bush-yet-again-president.html |title=Arguing With Bush Yet Again President |publisher=Juancole.com |date=July 14, 2004 |access-date=2008-10-26}} </ref> Cole later criticized Bush for leaving the job half finished in Afghanistan to go off and fight in Iraq.<ref name="bush-turns-to-fear-mongering-creation"/>

Cole complains that Iraq has displaced Afghanistan from the public consciousness. "As for money, Iraq has hogged the lion's share," he writes. "What has been spent on reconstruction in Afghanistan is piddling."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2006/05/kabul-under-curfew-after-anti-us-anti.html |title=Kabul under Curfew after Anti-US, anti-Karzai Riots|publisher=Juancole.com |date=May 30, 2006 |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref> Talk of furthering democracy and women's rights, or eliminating ] cultivation there, has all but evaporated. "Half of Afghanistan's gross domestic product now comes from poppy sales."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2006/01/reconstruction-aid-to-afghanistan.html |title=Reconstruction Aid to Afghanistan Halved; Or, 'Don't Forget to Write!'|publisher=Juancole.com |date=January 3, 2006 |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref>

===Lebanon===

Cole lived in Beirut for several years, and was present for part of the 1975–1976 civil war. His overview of 20th century Lebanese history<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2005/03/lebanon-realignment-and-syria-it-is.html |title=Lebanon Realignment And Syria It Is|publisher=Juancole.com |date=March 1, 2005 |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref> blames the CIA for rigging elections there in 1957, in order to allow president ] a second term. (Chamoun had apparently persuaded ] that the ] leaned towards ].) This had the effect of forcing pro-] Arab nationalists outside the political process. Cole additionally blames the influx of 100,000 Palestinian refugees in 1948—and the various later military actions against them by Syria and Israel—for the condition of Lebanese politics today.

Cole often points out the incongruity of the U.S. allying itself with offshoots of the ] in Iraq but vehemently opposing ] in Lebanon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mepc.org/forums_chcs/41.asp |title=scroll down to the questions section |publisher=Mepc.org |access-date=2009-04-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410164023/http://www.mepc.org/forums_chcs/41.asp |archive-date=April 10, 2009 }} at ].</ref>

During the ], Cole accused both sides of committing "war crimes" against civilians. Cole stated that " every right to defend itself against ] and his mad bombers" while voicing disapproval for the "wholesale indiscriminate destruction and slaughter in which the Israelis have been engaged against the Lebanese in general".<ref>{{cite web | first = Juan | last = Cole | title = Israel Widens Airstrikes; 140 Civilians Dead since Weds; Nasrallah Threatens Haifa with Worse Attacks | url = http://www.juancole.com/2006/07/israel-widens-airstrikes-140-civilians.html | publisher = Informed Comment | date = 17 July 2006 }}</ref>

===Pakistan===

Cole censures the ] administration for not pushing for ] in Pakistan. Such a development would not threaten U.S. interests, he writes, since whenever elections have been held, ]-like movements have not received much support from voters. On the contrary, the danger is that U.S. support for Musharraf may alienate middle-class Pakistanis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/06/musharraf/ |title=Bush and Musharraf's grand illusion &#124; Salon |work=Salon.com |author=Juan Cole |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref>

===Libya===

Cole supported the ]-led ], which he described as "the UNSC-authorized intervention", and criticized those on the left who did not.<ref>{{Citation | last = Cole | first = Juan | date = March 27, 2011 | title = An Open Letter to the Left on Libya | url = http://www.juancole.com/2011/03/an-open-letter-to-the-left-on-libya.html | website = Informed Comment | access-date = 8 June 2015 }}</ref> When Cole was asked in 2015 how he felt about the results of the intervention, he said, "It wasn't an intervention, it was a revolution. Revolutions are messy. It turned out better than Syria, where there wasn't a significant intervention."<ref>{{Cite web | last = Cole | first = Juan | date = 16 February 2015 | title = Avenging its Christians, Egypt Bombs Libya in first formal Campaign since 1991 | url = http://www.juancole.com/2015/02/avenging-christians-campaign.html | website = Informed Comment | access-date = 17 February 2015 }} See comment and reply .</ref>


==CIA harassment allegations== ==CIA harassment allegations==
In 2011, ] reported in '']'' that ], a former ] officer who was a top ] official during the administration of President ], "said the White House at least twice asked intelligence officials to gather sensitive information" on Cole "in order to discredit him".<ref name=CIA>] (2011-06-15) , '']''</ref> "In an interview, Mr. Carle said his supervisor at the ] told him in 2005 that White House officials wanted 'to get' Professor Cole, and made clear that he wanted Mr. Carle to collect information about him, an effort Mr. Carle rebuffed. Months later, Mr. Carle said, he confronted a CIA official after learning of another attempt to collect information about Professor Cole. Mr. Carle said he contended at the time that such actions would have been unlawful."<ref name=CIA/> In 2011, ] reported in '']'' that ], a former ] officer who was a top ] official during the administration of President ], "said the White House at least twice asked intelligence officials to gather sensitive information" on Cole "in order to discredit him".<ref name=CIA>] (2011-06-15) , '']''</ref> "In an interview, Mr. Carle said his supervisor at the ] told him in 2005 that White House officials wanted 'to get' Professor Cole, and made clear that he wanted Mr. Carle to collect information about him, an effort Mr. Carle rebuffed. Months later, Mr. Carle said, he confronted a CIA official after learning of another attempt to collect information about Professor Cole. Mr. Carle said he contended at the time that such actions would have been unlawful."<ref name=CIA/>


== Lack of Yale appointment ==
== Criticism ==
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According to "several Yale faculty members", the decision to overrule Cole's approval was "highly unusual".<ref>Leibovitz, Liel. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615194357/http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=12578 |date=2006-06-15 }}, ], 2006-06-02. Retrieved on 7 June 2006.</ref> Yale Deputy Provost Charles Long stated that "Tenure appointments at Yale are very complicated and they go through several stages, and can fail to pass at any of the stages. Every year, at least one and often more fail at one of these levels, and that happened in this case."<ref name="tenure">{{cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Ross |newspaper=] |url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=32950 |title=Univ. denies Cole tenure |date=June 10, 2006 |access-date=2006-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820112025/http://www.yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=32950 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=2006-08-20}}</ref> The history department vote was 13 in favor, seven opposed, and three abstentions.<ref>{{cite news |last=Leibovitz |first=Liel |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=12578 |title=Middle East Wars Flare Up At Yale |newspaper=] |date=2 June 2006 |access-date=2006-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615194357/http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=12578 |archive-date=15 June 2006 }}</ref> Professors interviewed by the '']'' said "the faculty appeared sharply divided."<ref name="tenure" />
=== Yale controversy ===
In 2006, Cole was nominated to teach at ] and was approved by both Yale's sociology and history departments. However, the senior appointments committee overruled the departments, and Cole was not appointed.

According to "several Yale faculty members", the decision to overrule Cole's approval was "highly unusual".<ref>Leibovitz, Liel. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615194357/http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=12578 |date=2006-06-15 }}, ], 2006-06-02. Retrieved on 7 June 2006.</ref> Yale Deputy Provost Charles Long stated that "Tenure appointments at Yale are very complicated and they go through several stages, and can fail to pass at any of the stages. Every year, at least one and often more fail at one of these levels, and that happened in this case."<ref name="tenure">{{cite news | last = Goldberg | first = Ross | newspaper = ] | url = http://www.yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=32950 | title = Univ. denies Cole tenure | date = June 10, 2006 | access-date = 2006-06-10 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060820112025/http://www.yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=32950 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-08-20}}</ref> The history department vote was 13 in favor, seven opposed, and three abstentions.<ref>{{cite news | last = Leibovitz | first = Liel | url = http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=12578 | title = Middle East Wars Flare Up At Yale | newspaper = ] | date = 2 June 2006 | access-date = 2006-06-07 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060615194357/http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=12578 | archive-date = 15 June 2006 }}</ref> Professors interviewed by the '']'' said "the faculty appeared sharply divided."<ref name="tenure" />


Yale historian ] commented that the deep divisions in the appointment committee were the primary reasons that Cole was rejected: "There was also concern, aside from the process, about the nature of his blog and what it would be like to have a very divisive colleague."<ref name="tenure" /> Yale political science professor ] commented, "It would be very comforting for Cole's supporters to think that this got steamrolled because of his controversial blog opinions. The blog opened people's eyes as to what was going on."<ref>David White, , ], August 3, 2006.</ref> Another Yale historian, ], said of Cole's rejection: "In this case, academic integrity clearly has been trumped by politics."<ref name="Weiss">], , '']'', July 3, 2006.</ref> Yale historian ] commented that the deep divisions in the appointment committee were the primary reasons that Cole was rejected: "There was also concern, aside from the process, about the nature of his blog and what it would be like to have a very divisive colleague."<ref name="tenure" /> Yale political science professor ] commented, "It would be very comforting for Cole's supporters to think that this got steamrolled because of his controversial blog opinions. The blog opened people's eyes as to what was going on."<ref>David White, , ], August 3, 2006.</ref> Another Yale historian, ], said of Cole's rejection: "In this case, academic integrity clearly has been trumped by politics."<ref name="Weiss">], , '']'', July 3, 2006.</ref>


In an interview on '']'', Cole said that he had not applied for the post at Yale: "Some people at Yale asked if they could look at me for a senior appointment. I said, 'Look all you want.' So that's up to them. Senior professors are like baseball players. You're being looked at by other teams all the time. If it doesn't result in an offer, then nobody takes it seriously." He described the so-called "scandal" surrounding his nomination as "a tempest in a teapot" that had been exaggerated by "neo-con journalists": "Who knows what their hiring process is like, what things they were looking for?"<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130014756/http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06%2F08%2F04%2F1418253 |date=2006-11-30 }}, ], August 4, 2006</ref> In an interview on '']'', Cole said that he had not applied for the post at Yale: "Some people at Yale asked if they could look at me for a senior appointment. I said, 'Look all you want.' So that's up to them. Senior professors are like baseball players. You're being looked at by other teams all the time. If it doesn't result in an offer, then nobody takes it seriously." He described the so-called "scandal" surrounding his nomination as "a tempest in a teapot" that had been exaggerated by "neo-con journalists": "Who knows what their hiring process is like, what things they were looking for?"<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130014756/http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06%2F08%2F04%2F1418253 |date=2006-11-30 }}, ], August 4, 2006</ref>

=== Other controversies ===

] in the '']'' has written that "Cole suggests that many ] officials hold ], a frequent anti-Semitic theme."<ref name="DeclineOfMES">{{cite web | url = http://www.meforum.org/article/789 | title = Juan Cole and the Decline of Middle Eastern Studies | first = Alexander H | last = Joffe | publisher = Middle East Quarterly | date = Winter 2006 }}</ref> Cole argues that his critics have "perverted the word 'antisemitic{{' "}}, and also points out that "in the Middle East Studies establishment in the United States, I have stood with Israeli colleagues and against any attempt to marginalize them or boycott them".<ref>{{cite web | first = Juan | last = Cole | url = http://www.juancole.com/2004/12/character-assassination-yes-im-aware.html | title = Character Assassination | publisher = Informed Comment | date = December 8, 2004 }}</ref>

According to ], Cole has done "hardly any independent research on the twentieth-century Middle East", and characterized Cole's analysis of this era as "derivative". He has also responded to Cole's criticism of Israeli policies and the influence of the "]", comparing them to accusations that have been made in anti-semitic writings.<ref name="Karsh">{{cite web | title = Juan Cole's Bad blog | url = http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/1945 | first = Efraim | last = Karsh | publisher = The New Republic (archived at ])}}</ref>

Jeremy Sapienza of '']'' has criticized Cole for what he deems as partisan bias on issues of war and peace, citing his support for wars supported by the U.S. ] as in the ] and Libya, while opposing wars supported by the U.S. ] such as the wars in Iraq.<ref>Sapienza, Jeremy, ,
''Antiwar.com'', August 23, 2011.</ref>


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American scholar
Juan Cole
Cole giving a lecture at the University of Minnesota (2007)
BornJohn Ricardo Irfan Cole
(1952-10-23) October 23, 1952 (age 72)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Alma mater
OccupationHistorian
Spouse Shahin Malik ​(m. 1982)
Children1

John Ricardo Irfan "Juan" Cole (born October 23, 1952) 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).

Background

Cole was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His father served in the United States Army Signal Corps. When Cole was age two, his family left New Mexico for France. His father completed two tours with the U.S. military in France (a total of seven years) and one 18-month stay at Kagnew Station in Asmara, Eritrea (then Ethiopia). Cole was schooled at twelve schools in twelve years, at a series of dependent schools on military bases but also sometimes in civilian schools. Some schooling occurred in the United States, particularly in North Carolina and California.

Baháʼí studies

Cole converted to the Baháʼí Faith in 1972 and spent 25 years writing and travelling in support of the religion. He had several works published through Baháʼí publishers and co-edited an online journal (Occasional Papers in the Shaykhi, Babi, and Baha'i Religions). Some of these were unofficial translations, and two volumes by/about early Baháʼí theologian Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl.

In 1994 Cole participated in a discussion group that became a forum for dissent among Baháʼí academics against the Baháʼí administration. Cole was perceived as leading a dissident faction, and resigned his membership in 1996 after being confronted by Baháʼí leadership. He declared himself a Unitarian Universalist. Soon after his resignation, Cole created an email list and website called H-Bahai, which became a repository of both primary source material and critical analysis on the religion. Cole went on to critically attack the Baháʼí Faith in several books and articles written from 1998–2002, describing a prominent Baháʼí as "inquisitor" and "bigot", and accusing Baháʼí institutions of cult-like tendencies.

Appointments and awards

Cole was awarded Fulbright-Hays fellowships to India (1982) and to Egypt (1985–1986). In 1991 he held a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for the study of Shia Islam in Iran. From 1999 until 2004, Juan Cole was the editor of The International Journal of Middle East Studies. He has served in professional offices for the American Institute of Iranian Studies and on the editorial board of the journal Iranian Studies. He is a member of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, and served as the organization's president for 2006. In 2006, he received the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism administered by Hunter College. He is a member of the Community Council of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC).

Notable work

Cole founded the Global Americana Institute to translate works concerning the United States into Arabic. The first volume was selected works of Thomas Jefferson, and the second was a translation of a biography of Martin Luther King Jr. along with selected speeches and writings.

Current affairs history

After September 11, 2001, Cole turned increasingly to writing on radical Muslim movements, the Iraq War, United States foreign policy, and the Iran crisis. He calls his work not "contemporary history" but "current affairs history".

Cole testified on Iraq before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in 2004.

Informed Comment blog

Since 2002, Cole has published the blog Informed Comment, covering "History, Middle East, South Asia, Religious Studies, and the War on Terror". Cole's prominence quickly rose through his blog, and Foreign Policy commented in 2004, "Cole's transformation into a public intellectual embodies many of the dynamics that have heightened the impact of the blogosphere. He wanted to publicize his expertise, and he did so by attracting attention from elite members of the blogosphere. As Cole made waves within the virtual world, others in the real world began to take notice".

In 2006 National Journal called Cole "the most respected voice on foreign policy on the left" and his blog ranked the 99th most popular in 2009, but it has since fallen off the list.

Views

Leading up to the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Cole chastised several candidates, including Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, and Mitt Romney, for making bellicose statements about Iran in order to present themselves in a tougher or more conservative light.

In 2002, Cole rejected the Bush administration's early claims of Iraqi cooperation with Al-Qaeda, commenting that Saddam Hussein had "persecuted and killed both Sunni and Shiite fundamentalists in great number", as well as claims to the effect that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction. Rather than making America safer, he says, the war has ironically had the opposite effect: inspiring anti-U.S. militants.

In 2004, Cole pointed out that he was against boycotting Israeli professors: "I have stood with Israeli colleagues and against any attempt to marginalize them or boycott them".

In a 2005 speech at the Middle East Policy Council, Cole was critical of the U.S. allying itself with offshoots of the Islamic Dawa Party in Iraq but vehemently opposing Hezbollah in Lebanon.

According to Efraim Karsh, Cole has done "hardly any independent research on the twentieth-century Middle East", and characterized Cole's analysis of this era as "derivative". He has also responded to Cole's criticism of Israeli policies and the influence of the "Israel lobby", comparing them to accusations that have been made in anti-semitic writings. Cole replied directly to Karsh in his blog.

Jeremy Sapienza of Antiwar.com has criticized Cole for what he deems as partisan bias on issues of war and peace, citing his support for wars supported by the U.S. Democratic Party as in the Balkans and Libya, while opposing wars supported by the U.S. Republican Party such as the wars in Iraq.

Ahmadinejad's remarks on Israel

See also: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Israel

Cole and Christopher Hitchens traded barbs regarding the translation and meaning of a passage referring to Israel in a speech by Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Fathi Nazila of The New York Times's Tehran bureau translated the passage as "Our dear Imam said that the occupying regime must be wiped off the map."

In an article published at the Slate website, Hitchens accused Cole of attempting to minimize and distort the meaning of the speech, which Hitchens understood to be a repetition of "the standard line" that "the state of Israel is illegitimate and must be obliterated." Hitchens also denigrated Cole's competence in both Persian and "plain English" and described him as a Muslim apologist.

Cole responded that while he personally despised "everything Ahmadinejad stands for, not to mention the odious Khomeini", he nonetheless objected to the New York Times translation. Cole wrote that it inaccurately suggested Ahmadinejad was advocating an invasion of Israel ("that he wants to play Hitler to Israel's Poland"). He added that a better translation of the phrase would be "the occupation regime over Jerusalem should vanish from the page of time," a metaphysical if not poetic reference rather than a militaristic one. He also stated that Hitchens was incompetent to assess a Persian-to-English translation, and accused him of unethically accessing private Cole e-mails from an on-line discussion group.

CIA harassment allegations

In 2011, James Risen reported in The New York Times that Glenn Carle, a former Central Intelligence Agency officer who was a top counterterrorism official during the administration of President George W. Bush, "said the White House at least twice asked intelligence officials to gather sensitive information" on Cole "in order to discredit him". "In an interview, Mr. Carle said his supervisor at the National Intelligence Council told him in 2005 that White House officials wanted 'to get' Professor Cole, and made clear that he wanted Mr. Carle to collect information about him, an effort Mr. Carle rebuffed. Months later, Mr. Carle said, he confronted a CIA official after learning of another attempt to collect information about Professor Cole. Mr. Carle said he contended at the time that such actions would have been unlawful."

Lack of Yale appointment

In 2006, Cole was nominated to teach at Yale University and was approved by both Yale's sociology and history departments. However, the senior appointments committee overruled the departments, and Cole was not appointed.

According to "several Yale faculty members", the decision to overrule Cole's approval was "highly unusual". Yale Deputy Provost Charles Long stated that "Tenure appointments at Yale are very complicated and they go through several stages, and can fail to pass at any of the stages. Every year, at least one and often more fail at one of these levels, and that happened in this case." The history department vote was 13 in favor, seven opposed, and three abstentions. Professors interviewed by the Yale Daily News said "the faculty appeared sharply divided."

Yale historian Paula Hyman commented that the deep divisions in the appointment committee were the primary reasons that Cole was rejected: "There was also concern, aside from the process, about the nature of his blog and what it would be like to have a very divisive colleague." Yale political science professor Steven B. Smith commented, "It would be very comforting for Cole's supporters to think that this got steamrolled because of his controversial blog opinions. The blog opened people's eyes as to what was going on." Another Yale historian, John M. Merriman, said of Cole's rejection: "In this case, academic integrity clearly has been trumped by politics."

In an interview on Democracy Now!, Cole said that he had not applied for the post at Yale: "Some people at Yale asked if they could look at me for a senior appointment. I said, 'Look all you want.' So that's up to them. Senior professors are like baseball players. You're being looked at by other teams all the time. If it doesn't result in an offer, then nobody takes it seriously." He described the so-called "scandal" surrounding his nomination as "a tempest in a teapot" that had been exaggerated by "neo-con journalists": "Who knows what their hiring process is like, what things they were looking for?"

Selected bibliography

Monographs and edited works

Selected recent journal articles and book chapters

Reference:

  • "Islamophobia and American Foreign Policy Rhetoric: The Bush Years and After". In John L. Esposito and Ibrahim Kalin, eds., Islamophobia: the Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 127–142.
  • "Shi'ite Parties and the Democratic Process in Iraq". In Mary Ann Tetreault, Gwen Okruhlik, and Andrzej Kapiszewski, eds. Political Change in the Arab Gulf States: Stuck in Transition. (Boulder, Co.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2011). pp. 49–71.
  • "Notes on 'Iran Today.' Michigan Quarterly Review. (Winter, 2010), pp. 49–55.
  • "Playing Muslim: Bonaparte's Army of the Orient and Euro-Muslim Creolization". In David Armitage and Sanjay Subrahmaniyam, eds., The Age of Revolutions in Global Context, c. 1760-1840. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), pp. 125–143.
  • "Struggles over Personal Status and Family Laws in Post-Baathist Iraq". In Kenneth Cuno and Manisha Desai, eds., Family, Gender and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2009), pp. 105–125.
  • "Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in the Twentieth Century". Macalester International, Volume 23 (Spring 2009): 3–23.
  • "The Taliban, Women and the Hegelian Private Sphere", in Robert D. Crews and Amin Tarzi, The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2008), pp. 118–154 (revised version of Social Research article below.)
  • "Islamophobia and American Foreign Policy" Islamophobia and the Challenges of Pluralism in the 21st Century, (Washington, D.C.: ACMCU Occasional Papers, Georgetown University, 2008). Pp. 70–79.
  • "Marsh Arab Rebellion: Grievance, Mafias and Militias in Iraq", Fourth Wadie Jwaideh Memorial Lecture, (Bloomington, IN: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University, 2008). pp. 1–31.
  • "The Decline of Grand Ayatollah Sistani's Influence". Die Friedens-Warte: Journal of International Peace and Organization. Vol. 82, nos.2–3 (2007): 67–83.
  • "Shia Militias in Iraqi Politics". In Markus Bouillon, David M. Malone and Ben Rowswell, eds., Iraq: Preventing a New Generation of Conflict (Boulder, Co.: Lynne Rienner, 2007), pp. 109–123.
  • "Anti-Americanism: It's the Policies". AHR Forum : Historical Perspectives on Anti-Americanism. The American Historical Review, 111 (October, 2006): 1120–1129.
  • "The Rise of Religious and Ethnic Mass Politics in Iraq", in David Little and Donald K. Swearer, eds., Religion and Nationalism in Iraq: A Comparative Perspective (Cambridge, Mass.: Center for the Study of the World Religions/ Harvard University Press, 2006), pp. 43–62.
  • "Muslim Religious Extremism in Egypt: A Historiographical Critique of Narratives", in Israel Gershoni, et al., eds. Middle East Historiographies: Narrating the Twentieth Century (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006), pp. 262–287.
  • "Of Crowds and Empires: Afro-Asian Riots and European Expansion, 1857–1882". In Fernando Coronil and Julie Skurski, eds. States of Violence. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2006, pp. 269–305.
  • "Empires of Liberty? Democracy and Conquest in French Egypt, British Egypt and American Iraq". In Lessons of Empire: Imperial Histories and American Power. Ed. Calhoun, Craig, Frederick Cooper and Kevin W. Moore, eds. New York: The New Press, 2006. pp. 94–115. .
  • "A 'Shiite Crescent'? The Regional Impact of the Iraq War". Current History. (January 2006): 20–26.
  • Juan Cole et al., "A Shia Crescent: What Fallout for the U.S.?" Middle East Policy Volume XII, Winter 2005, Number 4, pp. 1–27. (Joint oral round table).
  • "The United States and Shi'ite Religious Factions in Post-Ba'thist Iraq", The Middle East Journal, Volume 57, Number 4, Autumn 2003, pp. 543–566.
  • "The Imagined Embrace: Gender, Identity and Iranian Ethnicity in Jahangiri Paintings". In Michel Mazzaoui, ed. Safavid Iran and her Neighbors (Salt Lake City: Utah University Press, 2003), pp. 49–62.
  • "Mad Sufis and Civic Courtesans: The French Republican Construction of Eighteenth-Century Egypt". In Irene Bierman, ed. Napoleon in Egypt. (London: Ithaca Press, 2003), pp. 47–62.
  • "Al-Tahtawi on Poverty and Welfare", in Michael Bonner, Mine Ener and Amy Singer, eds. Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003), pp. 223–238.

Translations

References

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  2. http://events.umn.edu/event?occurrence=398490;event=114965 Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine Dead link at University of Minnesota Events web page.
  3. "Juan Cole Interview: Conversations with History; Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley". 2005. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  4. They are: Letters and Essays 1886-1913 (Rasa'il va Raqa'im) of Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani (Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1985); and Miracles and Metaphors (Ad-Durar al-bahiyyah) of Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani (Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1982).
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  40. (2012-06-15) Juan R. I. Cole Publications

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