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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%
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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Car News China reports that in the first half of 2025, consumers in that country bought 10,891,000 passenger vehicles. But […]

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

08/12/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

08/12/2025 By The Conversation

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Is Washington's Defense of Israel's War destroying the Edifice of the Liberal International Order?

Is Washington’s Defense of Israel’s War destroying the Edifice of the Liberal International Order?

Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – We are in an age of firsts. The October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel set […]

Ali Abootalebi

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No, Dubai’s Massive Desert Storm wasn’t Caused by Cloud Seeding; but 2,400 gigatonnes of CO2 is Changing our Climate

No, Dubai’s Massive Desert Storm wasn’t Caused by Cloud Seeding; but 2,400 gigatonnes of CO2 is Changing our Climate

By Richard Washington, University of Oxford | – Some years ago, I found myself making my way up the narrow stairs of a Learjet on […]

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The Decline and Fall of the American Empire

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire

( Tomdispatch.com) – Let one old man deal with two others. I turn 80 in July, which makes me just over a year-and-a-half younger than […]

Tom Engelhardt

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US House awards Israel $26 Billion so it can go on Killing or Wounding a Palestinian Child every 10 Minutes

US House awards Israel $26 Billion so it can go on Killing or Wounding a Palestinian Child every 10 Minutes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US House of Representatives voted $26 billion for Israel on Saturday to reward it for its ongoing war crimes […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Human-Caused Climate Change will cut your Paycheck by a Fifth over the next 26 Years

Human-Caused Climate Change will cut your Paycheck by a Fifth over the next 26 Years

By Julian Wettengel | – Clean Energy Wire ) – The damaging effects of climate change are set to hit economic growth severely across most […]

Clean Energy Wire

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The Irony: Israel's Supporters use "anti-Woke" Playbook to censor Palestinian Voices

The Irony: Israel’s Supporters use “anti-Woke” Playbook to censor Palestinian Voices

By Nasim Ahmed | – In recent years, a new line of attack has emerged from many pro-Israel groups, conservative commentators, politicians and activists – […]

Middle East Monitor

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Red Lines and Rockets: Reframing the War on Gaza

Red Lines and Rockets: Reframing the War on Gaza

Madison, Wisconsin (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Barely a day after Iran fired drones, cruise, and ballistic missiles westward across the desert skies towards […]

Jennifer Loewenstein

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Israel's Limited Attack on Iran Appears Aimed at De-Escalating Conflict

Israel’s Limited Attack on Iran Appears Aimed at De-Escalating Conflict

By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/RL ) – Israel had vowed to make Iran pay for Tehran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack on April 13. But […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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Learning about Patience and Impatience: Top Three Principles from the Great Sufi Scholar al-Ghazali

Learning about Patience and Impatience: Top Three Principles from the Great Sufi Scholar al-Ghazali

By Liz Bucar, Northeastern University | – From childhood, we are told that patience is a virtue and that good things will come to those […]

The Conversation

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