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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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Trump's Project 2025 abolishes Medicare; We need to Fight Back and Expand it

Trump’s Project 2025 abolishes Medicare; We need to Fight Back and Expand it

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, framed by former Trump administration staffers and secretly endorsed by Trump himself, […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

International Court of Justice
World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid, says its Presence in Palestinian Territories is Illegal

World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid, says its Presence in Palestinian Territories is Illegal

Human Rights Watch – (New York) –  The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion on July 19, 2024, with significant consequences for human rights protections in […]

Human Rights Watch

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Israel's Eilat Port has been Bankrupted by the Houthis supporting Palestinians of Gaza

Israel’s Eilat Port has been Bankrupted by the Houthis supporting Palestinians of Gaza

By Mustafa Abdulsalam | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Israeli port of Eilat officially declared its bankruptcy, after eight months of complete […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Over half of Turkey's Electricity now comes from Renewables as it seeks to Escape Energy Dependence on Russia

Over half of Turkey’s Electricity now comes from Renewables as it seeks to Escape Energy Dependence on Russia

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye is finally making strides toward a renewable grid. In the first half of 2024, according to the energy think […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why are North American Synagogues selling Palestinians' Real Estate in the West Bank?

Why are North American Synagogues selling Palestinians’ Real Estate in the West Bank?

( The New Arab ) – The marketing of ‘Anglo neighbourhoods’ in the occupied West Bank at real estate events in synagogues in Toronto, Los […]

Yoav Litvin

Artificial Intelligence
A.I. may kill us All, but not the Way you Think

A.I. may kill us All, but not the Way you Think

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The conventional Artificial Intelligence doomsday scenario runs like this. A robot acquires sentience and decides for some reason […]

John Feffer

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Ten Conflicts to Understand the New Middle East

Ten Conflicts to Understand the New Middle East

Review of : Christopher Phillips, Battleground: 10 Conflicts That Explain the New Middle East. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2024. Munich, Germany (Special […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

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Defeat Culture: The Decline and Fall of Presidential America

Defeat Culture: The Decline and Fall of Presidential America

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s not a happenstance or some sad mistake that, barring a surprise, Americans will go to the polls in November to […]

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
Hamas' War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity (HRW)

Hamas’ War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity (HRW)

“I Can’t Erase All the Blood from My Mind” Palestinian Armed Groups’ October 7 Assault on Israel October 7 Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes by […]

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