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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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Israeli Minister asserts that Starving 2 Million Palestinians is Morally and Legally permitted

Israeli Minister asserts that Starving 2 Million Palestinians is Morally and Legally permitted

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reported this week that the civil administrator of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank […]

Juan Cole

Israel Lobbies
AIPAC Hijacks Rep. Cori Bush's Race -- and Our Elections

AIPAC Hijacks Rep. Cori Bush’s Race — and Our Elections

( Code Pink ) – Representative Cori Bush, a progressive black woman from St. Louis, MO who is a member of the “Squad” and has […]

Medea Benjamin

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Inside the Nuclear-Weapons Lobby Today

Inside the Nuclear-Weapons Lobby Today

By Hekmat Aboukhater and William D. Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The Pentagon is in the midst of a massive $2 trillion multiyear plan to […]

Tomdispatch

Democratic Party
Walz called Gaza situation "Intolerable," sought ceasefire, praised Uncommitted; Shapiro did not

Walz called Gaza situation “Intolerable,” sought ceasefire, praised Uncommitted; Shapiro did not

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Presumptive Democratic Party standard-bearer Kamala Harris’ pick of Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate has widely been implied […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Zionism on the brink: The Gaza war beyond Netanyahu

Zionism on the brink: The Gaza war beyond Netanyahu

( Middle East Monitor ) – The idea that Israel’s war on Gaza is essentially waged and sustained by and for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]

Ramzy Baroud

Human Rights
Assassination is always unlawful – Regardless of who is Killed and on whose Orders

Assassination is always unlawful – Regardless of who is Killed and on whose Orders

By Mary Ellen O’Connell, University of Notre Dame | – (The Conversation) – >Assassination is a particular form of murder. Regardless of who carries out […]

The Conversation

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A Proclamation regarding the Anniversary of the First Nuclear War Crimes

A Proclamation regarding the Anniversary of the First Nuclear War Crimes

August 6 and 9: A Proclamation Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As I write, five of nine governments with arsenals of nuclear […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel
Turkey's Erdoğan threatens to intervene in Israel

Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens to intervene in Israel

( Globalvoices.org ) – A verbal spat between Turkey and Israel highlighted the country’s complicated relationship with Israel and Palestine and drew attention to Turkish […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Donald Trump
The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans

The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans

By Alec MacGillis | – ( ProPublica ) – In January 2023, a group of about 15 people gathered for three days at the Heritage […]

ProPublica

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