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Juan R. I. Cole, Ph.D.
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Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History, University of Michigan (UM)
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| Position: |
CON
to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"
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| Reasoning: |
"My position on the war was in fact very complex. I thought it was a terrible idea, but declined to come out against it because I believed that if Saddam's genocidal regime could be removed by the international community in a legal way, that some good would have been accomplished. But the bottom line is that I thought a war would be legal only if the United Nations Security Council authorized it."
"Cole on Iraq, 2002-2003"
Informed Comment 6/12/05
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Credibility
Ranking: |
 Experts
PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Consulate Generals, heads of government, Cabinet-level positions, military generals/admirals, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the U.S.- Iraq conflict.
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| Involvement: |
- 1995-present - Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History, UM
- 1992-1995 - Director, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, UM
- 1990-1995 - Associate Professor of History, UM
- 1984-1990 - Assistant Professor of History, UM
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| Education: |
- Ph.D., Islamic Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 1984
- M.A., Arabic Studies/History, American University in Cairo, 1978
- B.A., History and Literature of Religion, Northwestern University, 1975
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Affiliations/
Honors:
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- 2005-present, President and Treasurer, Global Americana Institute
- 1999-2004, Editor, The International Journal of Middle East Studies
- 2003- Editor, H-Mideast-Politics Electronic Forum
- 1997- Editor, H-Bahai Electronic Forum and Journal
Awards received:
- James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, 2005
- Hudson Research Professorship, 2003
- International Institute Award for Research in Turkey, UM, 1999
- Research Excellence Award, College of LSA, UM, 1997
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| Other: |
Selected Publications:
- "A ‘Shiite Crescent’? The Regional Impact of the Iraq War," Current History, January 2006
- "The Reelection of Bush and the Fate of Iraq," Constellations, 2005, 12(2): 164-172
- "The Iraqi Shiites: On the history of America’s would-be allies," Boston Review, Fall, 2003
- Sacred Space and Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi`ite Islam, London: I.B. Tauris, 2002
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