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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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On Labor Day, American Workers are Poor because they Aren't Socialists

On Labor Day, American Workers are Poor because they Aren’t Socialists

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The emergence of the Democratic Socialists of America caucus in the Democratic Party and its stars such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel must Act Unilaterally to Impose Reality on Palestianians: Defense Minister Lieberman

Israel must Act Unilaterally to Impose Reality on Palestianians: Defense Minister Lieberman

Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel’s defence minister said Monday that negotiations with Palestinians on the situation in both Gaza and the occupied West Bank were pointless […]

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Director Gitai Blasts Netanyahu for “Cozying up to anti-Semites”

Israeli Director Gitai Blasts Netanyahu for “Cozying up to anti-Semites”

Venice (AFP) – Israeli director Amos Gitai lashed his country’s government Monday for trying to “turn culture into propaganda” and cosying up to the “worst […]

AFP

Donald Trump
McCain Funeral: TV makes it all about Personalities, elides Oil Drilling, War, Tax Cuts

McCain Funeral: TV makes it all about Personalities, elides Oil Drilling, War, Tax Cuts

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Cable television news shows and perhaps social media as well are misleading us by concentrating on personalities instead of issues, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Trump Aid Cuts to Palestinians Boost Tension, Embolden Israeli Hard Right

Trump Aid Cuts to Palestinians Boost Tension, Embolden Israeli Hard Right

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – US President Donald Trump’s swingeing cuts to aid for Palestinians will advance Israel’s interests but risk compromising a US-led peace […]

Joe Dyke

Qatar
Saudi Arabia again threatens Canal to make Neighbor Qatar an Island

Saudi Arabia again threatens Canal to make Neighbor Qatar an Island

Riyadh (AFP) – A Saudi official hinted Friday the kingdom was moving forward with a plan to dig a canal that would turn the neighbouring […]

AFP

Coal
Killing for Coal (Literally)

Killing for Coal (Literally)

(Otherwords.org) – Shocking as this sounds, the U.S. government is — by its own admission — willing to murder up to 1,600 Americans a year […]

Basav Sen

China
China defies Trump on Iran, Creating new Benchmark Crude Market in Yuan

China defies Trump on Iran, Creating new Benchmark Crude Market in Yuan

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – China’s new futures market in Shanghai is trading in the Chinese currency, the Yuan, rather than dollars. One reason for […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Public on Trump: 60%: Disapprove; 49%: Impeach! 53%; Guilty of Obstruction!

Public on Trump: 60%: Disapprove; 49%: Impeach! 53%; Guilty of Obstruction!

Washington (AFP) – Sixty percent of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s job performance and nearly half support impeachment, according to an opinion poll published […]

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