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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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Tech Giants criticized for Silencing Pro-Palestinian Narratives

Tech Giants criticized for Silencing Pro-Palestinian Narratives

Written byWalid El Houri Read this post in Malagasy, українська, عربي, English, Ελληνικά ( Globalvoices.org ) – The ongoing suppression of Palestinian voices on social […]

Global Voices

Iran
Is Iran’s anti-Israel and -American Rhetoric all Bark and no Bite?

Is Iran’s anti-Israel and -American Rhetoric all Bark and no Bite?

(The Conversation) – On August 27, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, told the newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and […]

Shahram Akbarzadeh

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Israeli PM Netanyahu says Recovering Hostages not a Priority, Occupies Philadelphi Corridor Instead

Israeli PM Netanyahu says Recovering Hostages not a Priority, Occupies Philadelphi Corridor Instead

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bilal Daher of the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports on Thursday evening’s knock-down, drag-out fight between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]

Juan Cole

Lebanon
Lebanon has made Survival an Art Form, after decades of War and Unrest

Lebanon has made Survival an Art Form, after decades of War and Unrest

By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – I first visited Lebanon in 1978, three years into the civil war and six […]

The Conversation

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Rebuking New York University for trying to Outlaw Criticism of Israel by Conflating Zionism with Judaism

Rebuking New York University for trying to Outlaw Criticism of Israel by Conflating Zionism with Judaism

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Linda G. Mills President, New York University linda.mills@nyu.edu   Georgina Dopico Provost, New York […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Muslims’ favorability Rating Falls this Year among Americans, as Gaza casts a Shadow and Biden spreads Misinformation

Muslims’ favorability Rating Falls this Year among Americans, as Gaza casts a Shadow and Biden spreads Misinformation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The University of Maryland issued a report this summer on a Critical Issues Poll that found an alarming rise in […]

Juan Cole

Israel
“Wipe it off the Face of the Earth!”  Israel’s War on the United Nations and International Law

“Wipe it off the Face of the Earth!” Israel’s War on the United Nations and International Law

( Middle East Monitor ) – Departing Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, has clearly had an unpleasant experience at the world’s largest […]

Ramzy Baroud

Israel/ Palestine
The West must end its Two-Tier Approach to Protection of Civilians in Gaza and Ukraine

The West must end its Two-Tier Approach to Protection of Civilians in Gaza and Ukraine

Published in: The New Arab Yasmine Ahmed Director, United Kingdom   YasmineAhmed001 ( Human Rights Watch ) – Britain’s response to the attack, delivered by Ambassador Barbara […]

Human Rights Watch

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The Truth about Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers

The Truth about Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers

Auburn, Al. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Author Zeke Hernandez’s new book is The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers (New York: […]

Richard Penaskovic

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