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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit

Neil Thompson

Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

09/11/2025 By Juan Cole

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

09/11/2025 By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

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National Security State
NSC Advisor Bolton won’t listen to Tape of Khashoggi Murder b/c Doesn’t Know Arabic

NSC Advisor Bolton won’t listen to Tape of Khashoggi Murder b/c Doesn’t Know Arabic

Bolton’s reluctance to hear the recording mirrored President Donald Trump’s position that there is no need for him to listen.

AFP

Donald Trump
Trump wants out of Mideast, blames Oil and Israel for Having to Stay

Trump wants out of Mideast, blames Oil and Israel for Having to Stay

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday, Trump bruited the notion of removing US troops from the Middle […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Trump cuts Palestinians off at Knees, Ending $5 bn in US AID Support

Trump cuts Palestinians off at Knees, Ending $5 bn in US AID Support

U.S. financing for UNRWA has also been blocked as part of President Trump’s blackmail tactics against the Palestinians

TeleSur

Pentagon
Into the Maws of the Lost “Long War”: Trump sends Abizaid to Saudi Arabia

Into the Maws of the Lost “Long War”: Trump sends Abizaid to Saudi Arabia

The Long War has now lasted twice as long as the average length of marriages in the US

Andrew J. Bacevich

Saudi Arabia
Kushner vastly overstated $14.5 bn. in US Arms Purchases by Saudis as $110 Bn

Kushner vastly overstated $14.5 bn. in US Arms Purchases by Saudis as $110 Bn

There has been minimal activity towards purchasing the defence equipment and arms laid out in the arms agreements

Middle East Monitor

Tunisia
Tunisia Demos: “The people want Bin Salman to be judged”, “No to the killer of Yemeni children”

Tunisia Demos: “The people want Bin Salman to be judged”, “No to the killer of Yemeni children”

“It’s inhuman to see an Arab leader killing his brothers in Yemen, and the murder of a journalist is the icing on the cake”

AFP

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Bowing to Saudi Pressure, Trump stops UN Yemen Ceasefire (-CNN)

Bowing to Saudi Pressure, Trump stops UN Yemen Ceasefire (-CNN)

Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, “threw a fit” when presented with an early draft of the document

Juan Cole

workers
Somehow Despite Trump “Tax Cut,” GM to fire 15% of Workers, Shutter Plants

Somehow Despite Trump “Tax Cut,” GM to fire 15% of Workers, Shutter Plants

Sen. Sherrod Brown said, “The company reaped a massive tax break from GOP tax bill and failed to invest that money in American jobs,.”

AFP

UAE
Emirates Bows to Int’l Pressure, Releases Jailed UK Ph.D. Student

Emirates Bows to Int’l Pressure, Releases Jailed UK Ph.D. Student

Hunt said on BBC radio of the spying charges: “We have never seen any evidence that they are true”

AFP

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