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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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Deep South, biggest Climate Deniers, will be among worst hit by Global Warming

Deep South, biggest Climate Deniers, will be among worst hit by Global Warming

Tan Copsy | ( Risky Business) | – – Atlanta, Georgia – The Southeastern United States and Texas are uniquely at risk from climate change, […]

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Campaign Finance
Could Scott Walker's Legal Victory Expand PAC Superpowers?

Could Scott Walker’s Legal Victory Expand PAC Superpowers?

By Robert Faturechi | (ProPublica) – – A Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling on Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign practices clears the way for state candidates to […]

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Christianity
A demolished Palestinian village comes back to life

A demolished Palestinian village comes back to life

By Melanie Nakashian | (Waging Nonviolence) | – – Among the hundreds of Palestinian villages that were evacuated between 1947 and 1951, there is one […]

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How Likely are the GOP Presidential Candidates Top 10 to drag us into War?

How Likely are the GOP Presidential Candidates Top 10 to drag us into War?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Fox Cable News announced its pick for the 10 Republican presidential candidates it will allow in […]

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Iran
Iran Moves To Silence criticism of Nuclear Deal by Hard Line Media

Iran Moves To Silence criticism of Nuclear Deal by Hard Line Media

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | – – Iran’s state media watchdog has suspended a hard-line publication and warned two other like-minded outlets for […]

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Japan
How Dropping the A-Bomb on Japan initiated the Military-Industrial Complex

How Dropping the A-Bomb on Japan initiated the Military-Industrial Complex

By Michael Hiltzik | (Author, Big Science) | – – This summer — August 6 and 9, to be precise — marks the 70th anniversary […]

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Environment
Why Israelis have cut down 800,000 Palestinian Olive Trees

Why Israelis have cut down 800,000 Palestinian Olive Trees

Text by Elle Kurancid, photos by Bryony Dunne | (Jadaliyya) | – – Olive tree felling is a longtime strategy of Israel’s occupation regime in […]

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Foreign Policy
Support for Iran Nuclear Deal:  L. A. Jews for Peace Statement

Support for Iran Nuclear Deal: L. A. Jews for Peace Statement

L.A. Jews for Peace | The agreement negotiated between the P5+1 (United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, Germany, and the European Union) and Iran […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Major Indirect Benefits of Obama's Climate Plan that could save the World

Major Indirect Benefits of Obama’s Climate Plan that could save the World

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama spoke on Monday on his plan to use the Environmental Protection Agency to pressure […]

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