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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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Police Killings of African-Americans exact Mental Health Toll: The Lancet

Police Killings of African-Americans exact Mental Health Toll: The Lancet

The disproportionately high rate at which unarmed black people die at the hands of police has an impact on the mental health of black Americans

AFP

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Not only Is Trump's Refugee Policy Morally Wrong, it is Illegal in US and Int'l Law

Not only Is Trump’s Refugee Policy Morally Wrong, it is Illegal in US and Int’l Law

The US is a signatory state to a 1967 protocol that binds it to act in concert with the UN High Commissioner on Refugees

Juan Cole

Immigration
Look Deeper:  Child Detention and the US's Paramilitary Politics Abroad

Look Deeper: Child Detention and the US’s Paramilitary Politics Abroad

Throughout Central America extreme inequality along with ruthless and repressive governments have led to a pathological politics

John Buell

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Turkey: Social Media Activists Resist Authoritarian Pres. Erdogan in Run-Up to Elections

Turkey: Social Media Activists Resist Authoritarian Pres. Erdogan in Run-Up to Elections

Essex (The Conversation) – Turkey will soon go to the polls for the fifth time in less than four years. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced […]

Rabia Karakaya Polat

Government surveillance
Are Police Tracking You Using Facial Recognition? (Video)

Are Police Tracking You Using Facial Recognition? (Video)

AJ+ explores the risks and benefits of facial recognition software

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

China
As Pentagon Encircles China, Does Military Conflict With Beijing Loom?

As Pentagon Encircles China, Does Military Conflict With Beijing Loom?

From Beijing, the strategic outlook articulated by Secretary of Defense James Mattis is clearly viewed as threatening

Michael T. Klare

Houthi
Yemen’s Huthis vow to fight on after losing Hodeida airport to Saudi-Backed Coalition

Yemen’s Huthis vow to fight on after losing Hodeida airport to Saudi-Backed Coalition

Yemen’s Huthi rebels vowed to fight on after pro-government forces seized Hodeida airport from them on Wednesday

AFP

Climate Change
Climate Terror Stalks us, and We Yawn-- 3 Decades Later

Climate Terror Stalks us, and We Yawn– 3 Decades Later

Global heating is a vastly bigger danger to us than terrorism or war

Juan Cole

Climate Change
$120 bn. in Coastal Property in Jeopardy from CO2-induced Sea-Level Rise

$120 bn. in Coastal Property in Jeopardy from CO2-induced Sea-Level Rise

Experts warn of a looming economic crisis caused by water-logged homes that will someday become uninhabitable

Kerry Sheridan

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