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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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Afghanistan
How the Taliban are seeking to Reshape Afghanistan’s Schools to push their Ideology

How the Taliban are seeking to Reshape Afghanistan’s Schools to push their Ideology

By Enayat Nasir, University at Albany, State University of New York | – (The Conversation) – The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 was a […]

The Conversation

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What Rough Beast? President Biden’s Gaza Policy Leaves the Middle East in Flames

What Rough Beast? President Biden’s Gaza Policy Leaves the Middle East in Flames

This is my summation of President Joe Biden’s Middle East policies for Tomdispatch.com. Check out Tom Engelhardt’s searing introduction. And note his recommendation for my […]

Juan Cole

War
Oliver Stone talking about War in San Diego, a military Hub, is a perfect Fit

Oliver Stone talking about War in San Diego, a military Hub, is a perfect Fit

( The San Diego Union-Tribune) – To mark this year’s Veterans Day, the fifth anniversary of the foundation of Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Washington, […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Climate Crisis
Warped Government Priorities make Climate Disasters Worse

Warped Government Priorities make Climate Disasters Worse

When we fund wars and fossil fuel subsidies instead of green jobs and disaster recovery, we punish those who can least afford it. ( Otherwords.org […]

Basav Sen

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IPC warns of Imminent Israeli-caused Famine in Gaza, with 133K facing “Catastrophic Food Insecurity”

IPC warns of Imminent Israeli-caused Famine in Gaza, with 133K facing “Catastrophic Food Insecurity”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations is again warning of imminent famine in northern Gaza. A panel of the Integrated Food Security Phase […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Jordan Condemns Israeli Forces for Storming Jerusalem Church

Jordan Condemns Israeli Forces for Storming Jerusalem Church

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Israeli occupation forces storming a church in the Sanctuary of the […]

Middle East Monitor

Education
Protesting Flawed Disciplinary Process toward Student Protesters at Swarthmore

Protesting Flawed Disciplinary Process toward Student Protesters at Swarthmore

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Valerie Smith President Swarthmore College president@swarthmore.edu Dear President Smith and colleagues: We write on […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Conservative Muslim Cleric in North Gaza denounces Hamas for violating Islamic Laws of War

Conservative Muslim Cleric in North Gaza denounces Hamas for violating Islamic Laws of War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rushdi Abualouf of the BBC reported on a new fatwa or considered legal opinion issued by the conservative Salafi scholar […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Targeting UNRWA Could Harm Israel’s Own Interests

Targeting UNRWA Could Harm Israel’s Own Interests

srael is strengthening the case of those who question its international legitimacy

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