Juan Cole, PhD Biography |
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Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History at the University of Michigan |
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Con to the question "Should the US Have Attacked Iraq?" |
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"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, June 12, 2005
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| Involvement and Affiliations: |
Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History, University of Michigan (UM), 1995-present
Director, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, UM, 1992-1995
Associate Professor of History, UM, 1990-1995
Assistant Professor of History, UM, 1984-1990
President and Treasurer, Global Americana Institute, 2005-present
Editor, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 1999-2004
Editor, H-Mideast-Politics Electronic Forum, 1999-2004
Editor, H-Bahai Electronic Forum and Journal, 2003
Recipient, James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, 2005
Recipient, Hudson Research Professorship, 2003
Recipient, International Institute Award for Research in Turkey, UM, 1999
Recipient, Research Excellence Award, College of LSA, UM, 1997 |
| Education: |
PhD, Islamic Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 1984
MA, Arabic Studies/History, American University in Cairo, 1978
BA, History and Literature of Religion, Northwestern University, 1975 |
| Other: |
Legal name is Juan R.I. Cole |
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