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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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Trump’s Climate Denial could Cost US $500 bn. a Year

Trump’s Climate Denial could Cost US $500 bn. a Year

Climate change is expected to cause growing losses to American infrastructure and property and impede the rate of economic growth

Kerry Sheridan

Climate Change
3 Charts: What Trump doesn’t Want you to Know about the Climate Emergency

3 Charts: What Trump doesn’t Want you to Know about the Climate Emergency

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration dropped the 1,000-page second volume of a congressionally-mandated study of the impact of the climate crisis on […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Trump dismisses as 'Feelings' CIA Finding that Saudi Crown Prince ordered Murder

Trump dismisses as ‘Feelings’ CIA Finding that Saudi Crown Prince ordered Murder

“No they didn’t conclude. They did not come to a conclusion.”

Middle East Monitor

UAE
British Universities Boycott United Arab Emirates over Student 'Spying' Life Sentence

British Universities Boycott United Arab Emirates over Student ‘Spying’ Life Sentence

Staff at Birmingham University have voted to boycott their campuses in the Emirates

Middle East Monitor

Environmentalism
Green New Deal? Bring It! But Don’t Forget Your Union Card

Green New Deal? Bring It! But Don’t Forget Your Union Card

To be truly transformational, any bold green jobs proposal must be rooted in the right to organize.

Lauren Burke

Pakistan
Pakistan: Baluch Separatists Storm “Oppressive’ Chinese Consulate in Karachi, kill 2 Policemen

Pakistan: Baluch Separatists Storm “Oppressive’ Chinese Consulate in Karachi, kill 2 Policemen

Karachi (Pakistan) (AFP) – Two policemen were killed on Friday when gunmen stormed the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said, with […]

AFP

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CIA has Recording of Saudi Crown Prince planning Hit on Khashoggi: Turkish 'Hurriyet'

CIA has Recording of Saudi Crown Prince planning Hit on Khashoggi: Turkish ‘Hurriyet’

The two Saudi officials are heard in the CIA recording discussing the “discomfort” created by Khashoggi’s public criticism

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
Democrats Need to Go Bold on Wages, Ed, or Why would their Big Win Matter?

Democrats Need to Go Bold on Wages, Ed, or Why would their Big Win Matter?

The party’s leaders have been far too cautious in the past. Newer ideas could spark real change in who owns and runs America.

Sam Pizzigati

UAE
United Arab Emirates Prince Targeted by Lawsuits over Yemen Atrocities

United Arab Emirates Prince Targeted by Lawsuits over Yemen Atrocities

Nearly 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen since the Saudi-led intervention began

AFP

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