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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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Syria: Impose Arms Embargo on Regime Following Deadly Airstrikes

Syria: Impose Arms Embargo on Regime Following Deadly Airstrikes

Human Rights Watch | – – (New York) – The United Nations Security Council should impose an arms embargo on the Syrian government following the […]

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Democracy
Iran Pres. Rouhani criticizes Hardliners, is slapped down by Revolutionary Guards

Iran Pres. Rouhani criticizes Hardliners, is slapped down by Revolutionary Guards

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | – – Iran’s Guardians Council, long accused of being a tool for hard-liners in factional power struggles, is […]

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Climate Change
Global Warming: Humans made California drought 15-20% worse by Burning Coal, Gas, Oil

Global Warming: Humans made California drought 15-20% worse by Burning Coal, Gas, Oil

By Park Williams | (The Conversation) | – – With each passing year, human-caused global warming bullies California for more water. Each year, the heat […]

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Authoritarianism
Crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan:  Attacked by ISIL & Turkey; and Now Leaderless

Crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan: Attacked by ISIL & Turkey; and Now Leaderless

Honar Hama Rasheed | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | – – As the issue of Iraqi Kurdistan’s vacant presidency heats up, delegations from the US, Turkey […]

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Authoritarianism
Huge ISIL Blast at Cairo Security Bldg. Injures 29;  Sisi Security Claims in Tatters

Huge ISIL Blast at Cairo Security Bldg. Injures 29; Sisi Security Claims in Tatters

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – An enormous explosion damaged a building housing secret police in a northern district of Cairo (Shubra […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
Israel and the BDS debate: two scholars respectfully agree to differ

Israel and the BDS debate: two scholars respectfully agree to differ

By Ingrid Matthews and James Arvanitakis | (The Conversation) | – – From Australia, we watch Israel at a great distance, safe in the knowledge […]

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Foreign Policy
"The Iranian Threat":  Who Is the Gravest Danger to World Peace?

“The Iranian Threat”: Who Is the Gravest Danger to World Peace?

By Noam Chomsky | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Throughout the world there is great relief and optimism about the nuclear deal reached in Vienna […]

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Trump Takes on the World

Trump Takes on the World

By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – It was 1972. The flamboyant rock star Alice Cooper, not quite a household name […]

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Barack Obama
No, AP, Iran doesn't get to Inspect its own Nuclear Facilities under Deal

No, AP, Iran doesn’t get to Inspect its own Nuclear Facilities under Deal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Eminent Iran and security expert Gary Sick pointed out in an email late Wednesday that the […]

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