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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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Is China Stealing a March on Trump in Pakistan amid New Trade War?

Is China Stealing a March on Trump in Pakistan amid New Trade War?

The outbreak of tit-for-tat tariffs means the US-Sino confrontation now embraces both the military sphere in the South China Sea and over Taiwan

Neil Thompson

Afghanistan
Did You Hear about the Great Afghan Peace March?  MSM Ignores Nonviolent Activists

Did You Hear about the Great Afghan Peace March? MSM Ignores Nonviolent Activists

Dozens of peace protesters arrived in Kabul on Monday after walking hundreds of kilometers across war-battered Afghanistan

Mushtaq Mojaddidi

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It's all about the Midterms: Trump took those Children Hostage to Stoke his Base

It’s all about the Midterms: Trump took those Children Hostage to Stoke his Base

Some 46% of Republicans approve of separating children from their parents at the border, according to an Ipsos poll done for the Daily Beast

Juan Cole

Houthi
What do the Warring Parties in Yemen Want, now that the Conflict is Heating Up?

What do the Warring Parties in Yemen Want, now that the Conflict is Heating Up?

The military conflict now escalating in Yemen threatens the lives of more than 250,000 people in the port city Hodeidah

Kelly McFarland

Syria
Plot Thickens:  Israeli Airstrike blamed for Killing 22 Iraqi Shiite Militiamen in Syria

Plot Thickens: Israeli Airstrike blamed for Killing 22 Iraqi Shiite Militiamen in Syria

More than 20 fighters from an Iraqi paramilitary force key to the battle against ISIS were killed in a Syria air raid the US linked to Israel

AFP

Immigration
Listen to Children Who've Just Been Separated from their Parents at the Border

Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated from their Parents at the Border

The desperate sobbing of 10 Central American children separated from their parents makes for excruciating listening

Ginger Thompson

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Top Six Dictators who also Divided Children from Parents like Trump/Sessions

Top Six Dictators who also Divided Children from Parents like Trump/Sessions

Some of the most notorious dictators of the modern era separated parents from their children

Juan Cole

Yemen
Yemen: Saudi-Led Attack on Hodeida Displaces Nearly 5,000, Endangers 70% of Food Imports

Yemen: Saudi-Led Attack on Hodeida Displaces Nearly 5,000, Endangers 70% of Food Imports

Yemeni pro-government forces, backed by Saudi Arabia, battled Huthi rebels around the key port city of Hodeida on Sunday

Fawaz al-Haidari

Poverty
Being Poor in an America run by Billionaires and Hemorrhaging War Budgets

Being Poor in an America run by Billionaires and Hemorrhaging War Budgets

Americans who barely made it through the recent recession now find themselves in conditions (in supposed good times) that seem to be worsening

Beverly Gologorsky

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