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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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Iraqi Kurdistan forces take Bashiqa on road to Mosul

Iraqi Kurdistan forces take Bashiqa on road to Mosul

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Sunday, AFP reports in Arabic, Iraqi forces continued their advance on Mosul despite the car […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
101st Illegal Land Grab: Israel Squatters Seize Palestinian-owned lands in Jordan Valley

101st Illegal Land Grab: Israel Squatters Seize Palestinian-owned lands in Jordan Valley

IMEMC News | – – Late last week, Israeli settlers reportedly took over a Palestinian-owned area of land in al-Humma region of the northern Jordan […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Norman Finkelstein on 58 Years of Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Norman Finkelstein on 58 Years of Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Tommaso Segantini interviews Norman Finkelstein | (TeleSur) | – – Renowned scholar and political activist Norman Finkelstein speaks with teleSUR English about a range of […]

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Iraq
Will Kurdish Soldiers Withdraw From Parts Of Mosul Their Leaders Covet?

Will Kurdish Soldiers Withdraw From Parts Of Mosul Their Leaders Covet?

By Histyar Qader | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | – – Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan have agreed where Kurdish military should fight. But, as commanders worry, […]

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China
China’s Wind Co. Profits, share price soar by 60%:  2 Turbines an Hour being Installed

China’s Wind Co. Profits, share price soar by 60%: 2 Turbines an Hour being Installed

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The South China Post reports some incredible figures about the profitability China’s wind energy companies. A […]

Juan Cole

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ISIL feint toward Kirkuk defeated, but Kills hundreds in Mosul

ISIL feint toward Kirkuk defeated, but Kills hundreds in Mosul

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Aside from the slow, steady advances being made by the Iraqi army and its allies against […]

Juan Cole

Islam-hatred
Khizr Khan campaign ad for Hillary Clinton finishes off Trump

Khizr Khan campaign ad for Hillary Clinton finishes off Trump

Captain Khan | Hillary Clinton – Juan Cole from July 31 at Informed Comment: Donald Trump lashed out on Saturday against Ghazala and Khizr Khan […]

Juan Cole

Evolution
White College Students Angry they originated in Africa

White College Students Angry they originated in Africa

TeleSur | – – A group of white students at Texas State University stormed out of anthropology class Friday after the professor explained all humans […]

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Libya
Failing Libya

Failing Libya

By Alison Pargeter | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – If peace and national unity in Libya seem remote five years after the fall of the […]

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