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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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China smashes 2020 solar power target, leaves US & Europe in Dust

China smashes 2020 solar power target, leaves US & Europe in Dust

By Sam Morgan | ( EURACTIV.com) | – – China eclipses Europe as 2020 solar power target is smashed. China has reached its 2020 solar […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Pentagon Admits it Low-Balled Public on Troop Levels

Afghanistan: Pentagon Admits it Low-Balled Public on Troop Levels

TeleSur | – – The news comes prior to a boost in U.S. forces as part of Trump’s “new approach” to quelling the Afghan insurgency. […]

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Climate Change
Trump’s offer to Harvey Victims  (Cartoon)

Trump’s offer to Harvey Victims (Cartoon)

Paul Jamiol | ( Jamiol’s World) | – – Via Jamiol’s World

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The Criminals who amplified Harvey: Trump & Cabinet must Resign

The Criminals who amplified Harvey: Trump & Cabinet must Resign

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The whole Trump administration should resign in shame, since they have lied to the American people […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Epic Mumbai Flooding: 21 million People told to stay Home

Epic Mumbai Flooding: 21 million People told to stay Home

India Today | (Video News Report) | – – “The water levels at many places receded in Mumbai, but the situation remains far from normal. […]

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Climate Change
Are Houstonians 1st Wave of New Climate Change Refugees?

Are Houstonians 1st Wave of New Climate Change Refugees?

By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – – As parts of eastern Texas go underwater, the scenes of people fleeing for their lives are […]

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Displaced and Refugees
20,000 Civilians Trapped in besieged ISIL capital: “The Worst Place on Earth”

20,000 Civilians Trapped in besieged ISIL capital: “The Worst Place on Earth”

By Roshni Majumdar | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 2017 (IPS) – The battle to reclaim Raqqa, the de facto […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
US Prepares for More Airstrikes in Afghanistan

US Prepares for More Airstrikes in Afghanistan

TeleSur | – – The number of U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan has already dramatically spiked since Trump took office in January. Fighter pilots at the […]

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Is Israel's Netanyahu preparing for War on Iranian Special Ops in Syria?

Is Israel’s Netanyahu preparing for War on Iranian Special Ops in Syria?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu filled the ear of visiting UN secretary general Antonio Guterres with […]

Juan Cole

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