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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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No, Iran's Grand Bazaar Protest doesn't mean the Government or Economy is Collapsing

No, Iran’s Grand Bazaar Protest doesn’t mean the Government or Economy is Collapsing

These were rallies of the economically privileged

Juan Cole

Immigration
What Have We Done?  Moral Injury and the Family Separation Policy

What Have We Done? Moral Injury and the Family Separation Policy

The concept of “moral injury” could help us understand the impact of the Trump administration’s family separation policy

Gail Ukockis

Iraq
Iraq bombs meeting of Daesh leaders in Syria; kills high-value targets

Iraq bombs meeting of Daesh leaders in Syria; kills high-value targets

Iraq has launched an air attack on a gathering of Daesh leaders inside neighbouring Syria, killing 45 members of the hardline militant group

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
Is Fertile Crescent Drying up?  Neighbors’ Dams, Global Heating, and Iraq’s Low Tigris

Is Fertile Crescent Drying up? Neighbors’ Dams, Global Heating, and Iraq’s Low Tigris

Multi-Billion Dollar Budget Needed To Keep Iraq’s Water Flowing

Niqash

Native Americans
Indian Country Remembers the Trauma of Children Taken from Their Parents

Indian Country Remembers the Trauma of Children Taken from Their Parents

This is not the first administration to order the forced separation of families

Mark Trahant

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Warning to US:  Erdogan has used same techniques as Trump to de-Democratize Turkey

Warning to US: Erdogan has used same techniques as Trump to de-Democratize Turkey

Erdogan’s rise as an authoritarian strong man is a key lesson to America about how Trump could move the US in a similar direction

Juan Cole

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Sarah Sanders complains about not being served in Restaurant after Urging same Treatment of Gays, Immigrants

Sarah Sanders complains about not being served in Restaurant after Urging same Treatment of Gays, Immigrants

Sara Sanders complained on Twitter about not being served at the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia. WaPo reports that the owner, Stephanie Wilkinson, insisted […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
“We Want the Children Free!”  “I Really Care!”: Cries from Inside Migrant Detention Camp

“We Want the Children Free!” “I Really Care!”: Cries from Inside Migrant Detention Camp

A group of people held at the center had been separated from their children as part of President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy

Javier Tovar

Iraq
In Post-ISIL Iraq, Cleric al-Sadr adds PM Haidar al-Abadi in Quest for Gov’t of National Unity

In Post-ISIL Iraq, Cleric al-Sadr adds PM Haidar al-Abadi in Quest for Gov’t of National Unity

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr said they had formed an alliance in a bid to create a new government

AFP

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