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

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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Iran
No New Revolution: Iran's Grand Bazaar is now a Pillar of Establishment

No New Revolution: Iran’s Grand Bazaar is now a Pillar of Establishment

Despite its history of opposition to the state, it is seen as an institutional hub for conservative politics in Iran

The Conversation

Syria
As Syrian Government advances on Daraa, 250,000 Civilians Flee in Panic

As Syrian Government advances on Daraa, 250,000 Civilians Flee in Panic

More than a quarter of a million people have fled a Russian-backed government onslaught on southern Syria

Mohamad Abazeed

Donald Trump
Top 3 Grievances  against Trump the Founders would have Had

Top 3 Grievances against Trump the Founders would have Had

In the section of the Declaration of Independence on grievances, there are a number of paragraphs that resonate with today’s politics. The whole authoritarian thrust […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Trump’s Family Separation Continues: “I Just Want to Tell My Son I Love Him”

Trump’s Family Separation Continues: “I Just Want to Tell My Son I Love Him”

Many parents at Port Isabel — the primary facility housing separated parents — don’t know where their children are

ProPublica

Featured
Whitey on the Moon Again?

Whitey on the Moon Again?

The likelihood is that the government will pay for the lunar space station with borrowed money, making it enormously expensive

Juan Cole

Pentagon
The only Infrastructure Rebuilding Trump is doing is $700 Bn for the Pentagon

The only Infrastructure Rebuilding Trump is doing is $700 Bn for the Pentagon

A combination of fear, ideology, and influence peddling radically skews “debate” there in favor of military outlays above all else

Tomdispatch

Mexico
Leftist Wave sweeps Mexico: Can Lopez Obrador take on Corruption, Poverty… & Trump?

Leftist Wave sweeps Mexico: Can Lopez Obrador take on Corruption, Poverty… & Trump?

Lopez Obrador also benefited from widespread voter anger at the establishment political parties

Reese Erlich

Health
Burning Fossil fuels Even Causes Diabetes!  Air Pollution and Blood Glucose

Burning Fossil fuels Even Causes Diabetes! Air Pollution and Blood Glucose

Air pollution caused one in seven new cases of diabetes in 2016, according to a US study

AFP

Syria
Regime reclaims more ground in south Syria: monitor

Regime reclaims more ground in south Syria: monitor

A string of rebel-held locations in southern Syria passed into regime control Sunday

AFP

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