Juan Cole: Engaging the Muslim World

Middle East Analyst Juan Cole on US Policy

in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel and Beyond

Juan Cole, internationally respected historian and blogger, is a professor of history at the University of Michigan and a longtime analyst of US-Mideast affairs. His blog, Informed Comment, receives 250,000 unique hits every month. He is author of numerous books. In this interview Cole takes an in-depth look at US foreign policy under the Obama administration, from the plan for withdrawal from Iraq, to the escalation of the war in Afghanistan, the continued US drone attacks inside Pakistan, US policy toward Israel and the Occupied Territories and much more. Cole joins Amy Goodman on Democracy NOW! on the first day of the publication of his new book, Engaging the Muslim World.

For video, audio, or transcript, please go here: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/17/engaging_the_muslim_world_middle_east

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