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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

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The Day Beyoncé Turned Black – SNL

Saturday Night Live | (Video satire) | – – “It’s the day white people never saw coming: when Beyoncé turned black.” Saturday Night Live: ” […]

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Kurds
Has the Turkish-Saudi direct Military Intervention in Syria Begun?

Has the Turkish-Saudi direct Military Intervention in Syria Begun?

London (Informed Comment) – The news that Turkey has begun military strikes against the Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG) militia inside Syria marks an ominous […]

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GOP Robo Speech: It isn’t Just Rubio (Cartoon)

Paul Jamiol | ( Jamiol’s World ) | – – Via Jamiol’s World See Jamiol’s second book, on what America is not

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Iran
Is Iran the most Stable Country in the Mideast 37 Years after its Revolution?

Is Iran the most Stable Country in the Mideast 37 Years after its Revolution?

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Palestine
Palestinian Refugees in Syria, besieged by ISIL, receive critical UN Aid at Last amid Faltering Ceasefire

Palestinian Refugees in Syria, besieged by ISIL, receive critical UN Aid at Last amid Faltering Ceasefire

TeleSur | – – Humanitarian aid has reached refugees in the Syrian town of Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, for the first time in […]

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Top 5 Scalia Rulings that helped Progressives

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Justice Antonin Scalia died in Texas on Saturday. IC sends condolences to his family. Scalia is […]

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GOP Candidates' Sick, Illegal, Fixation on Torture

GOP Candidates’ Sick, Illegal, Fixation on Torture

By John Kiriakou | (Otherwords.org) | – – GOP presidential candidates are endorsing torture, again. For anyone who cares deeply about being informed, watching Republican […]

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European Union
Muslims in Europe:  A Crisis of Liberalism, not a Clash of Civilizations

Muslims in Europe: A Crisis of Liberalism, not a Clash of Civilizations

Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN | ISLAMiCommentary | – – Are Muslims embraced as […]

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Russia
Russia Says World in 'New Cold War' over Syria

Russia Says World in ‘New Cold War’ over Syria

TeleSur | – – "Sometimes I wonder if it’s 2016 or if we live in 1962," Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told the Munich Security Conference, Saturday. […]

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