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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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Why Americans are Angry:  The Minimum Wage Trap

Why Americans are Angry: The Minimum Wage Trap

By Peter Van Buren | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – When presidential candidate Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality, and when other candidates speak about […]

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Russia
Syria: Instead of a Cease-Fire, have Great Powers unleashed new Proxy Wars?

Syria: Instead of a Cease-Fire, have Great Powers unleashed new Proxy Wars?

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – MADRID (IPS) – – When 25 million Syrians–half of them refugees abroad or at home […]

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George W. Bush, who Mirrored & Inflamed Public passions, attacks Trump for It

George W. Bush, who Mirrored & Inflamed Public passions, attacks Trump for It

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – George W. Bush came out of political exile on Monday to be his brother JEB!’s surrogate […]

Juan Cole

Campaign Finance
Hot Sugar Daddies Of The 2016 Election

Hot Sugar Daddies Of The 2016 Election

Francesca Fiorentini | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “Political sugar daddies have a strong grip on the 2016 election. These billionaires know what they […]

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Iraq
Confirmed:  ISIL used Mustard Gas Against Kurds in Iraq

Confirmed: ISIL used Mustard Gas Against Kurds in Iraq

TeleSur | – – A chemical weapons investigator confirmed earlier reports that the extremist group used the banned chemical weapon. [ISIL] used chemical weapons against […]

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Israel/ Palestine
UK Government to Ban Universities, Public Bodies from BDS of Israel

UK Government to Ban Universities, Public Bodies from BDS of Israel

By IMEMC | – – On February 14th, 2016, the UK Government announced that it would be setting up guidelines to prevent public bodies from […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Why is ISIL still trying to Slaughter and Enslave the ancient Yazidi Minority?

Why is ISIL still trying to Slaughter and Enslave the ancient Yazidi Minority?

By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – On February 3, the New York Times quoted the desperate plea of a Yazidi, a […]

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African-Americans
Could a post-Scalia court restore Campaign Finance Sanity & pull back from Plutocracy?

Could a post-Scalia court restore Campaign Finance Sanity & pull back from Plutocracy?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – There is no guarantee that the successor to the late Justice Antonin Scalia will be a […]

Juan Cole

Foreign Policy
Will Obama Sign Israel Trade Bill regularizing Colonies in Palestine, Discouraging BDS?

Will Obama Sign Israel Trade Bill regularizing Colonies in Palestine, Discouraging BDS?

By IMEMC | – – US President Barack Obama reportedly intends to sign a sweeping trade agreement which includes provisions that fail to differentiate between […]

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