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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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Biden's $270 mn Gaza Aid Pier to be Mothballed, but "Famine has spread across the Entire Gaza Strip"

Biden’s $270 mn Gaza Aid Pier to be Mothballed, but “Famine has spread across the Entire Gaza Strip”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Navy Times reports that the US aid pier at Gaza will be permanently decommissioned. The $270 million pier could […]

Juan Cole

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Extreme Heat Waves Broiling the US in 2024 aren't Normal: How Climate Change is Heating up the World

Extreme Heat Waves Broiling the US in 2024 aren’t Normal: How Climate Change is Heating up the World

By Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowell and Jeffrey Basara, UMass Lowell | – (The Conversation) – Less than a month into summer 2024, the vast majority […]

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Who Thinks Donald Trump is Racist?  Other Racists, that’s Who

Who Thinks Donald Trump is Racist? Other Racists, that’s Who

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Former president Donald Trump often finds himself on the defensive against accusations of racism. He regularly denies the charges, distorting his […]

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The Great Soccer Massacre: Israeli Air Force Kills 29 Refugees as it tries to get at one Militant

The Great Soccer Massacre: Israeli Air Force Kills 29 Refugees as it tries to get at one Militant

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Turkish news service TRT reports from wire services that an Israeli air strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran's new Reformist President offers Hope to the West and Cover for the Conservative Establishment

Iran’s new Reformist President offers Hope to the West and Cover for the Conservative Establishment

By Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, SOAS, University of London | – (The Conversation) – Good news for democracy in Iran – words which in recent times, particularly […]

The Conversation

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Judgment Day for America’s Worst Supreme Court Justice

Judgment Day for America’s Worst Supreme Court Justice

( Tomdispatch.com ) – At least I had the courage to do the deed myself. That counts for something here on the other side of […]

Ariel Dorfman

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The French showed us how to Fight SCOTUS’s Immunization of Trump for 2nd-Term Despotism

The French showed us how to Fight SCOTUS’s Immunization of Trump for 2nd-Term Despotism

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The MAGA Supreme Court created a lawless presidency with their opinion on Trump immunity last week. In doing […]

Dan Dinello

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How Israeli PM Netanyahu relies on normalizing Genocide

How Israeli PM Netanyahu relies on normalizing Genocide

( Middle East Monitor ) – The UN has been stating that nowhere is safe in Gaza. Palestinians have been crying out the same, prior […]

Ramona Wadi

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Water Shortage: Was Iran’s late President Raisi a Martyr to Climate Change?

Water Shortage: Was Iran’s late President Raisi a Martyr to Climate Change?

By Tarique Niazi | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died on May 19 while returning from a ceremony […]

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