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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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Russia Condemns US Mission Creep, New Bombing Plans for Syria

Russia Condemns US Mission Creep, New Bombing Plans for Syria

Russia Today | (Video Report) | – – Editorial note: Russia Today is an organ of the Russian government, so this report is not independent, […]

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Israel
Pic of the Day: Palestinians shield Israeli policewoman from stone-throwers

Pic of the Day: Palestinians shield Israeli policewoman from stone-throwers

Striking photo of Palestinians shielding Israeli policewoman from stones thrown by settlers. https://t.co/gburzyw8jP pic.twitter.com/8N6hDqgaFl — Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) August 2, 2015 N.B. A reader wrote […]

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Apartheid
Rebuilding destroyed Palestinian homes: Resistance one house at a time

Rebuilding destroyed Palestinian homes: Resistance one house at a time

By: Anna Kokko | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – ANATA (Ma’an) — In the northeastern corner of the Palestinian village of Anata, between the […]

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Grandson of Meir Kahane arrested for burning baby; part of extremist network

Grandson of Meir Kahane arrested for burning baby; part of extremist network

By Celine Hagbard | (IMEMC News ) As Israeli investigators release their findings that a right-wing Jewish terrorist network is gaining power throughout Israel and […]

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Barack Obama
Top 5 Ways Obama’s ‘All of the Above’ Politics led to Sanders & Trump

Top 5 Ways Obama’s ‘All of the Above’ Politics led to Sanders & Trump

By Juan Cole – (Informed Comment) – It is said that one of the things President Obama wanted to talk to comedian Jon Stewart about […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Turkey's AKP strikes back: the Politics of attacking both KurdS & ISIL

Turkey’s AKP strikes back: the Politics of attacking both KurdS & ISIL

By Tristan Dunning – (The Conversation) – – Tristan Dunning, The University of Queensland Stemming from a presumed Islamic State (IS) suicide bombing killing 32 […]

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Domestic Terrorism
America’s Mass Killings and our National Security State

America’s Mass Killings and our National Security State

By Karen J. Greenberg – Tomdispatch.com Imagine that you’re in the FBI and you receive a tip — or more likely, pick up information through […]

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Iraq
It’s Dictatorship & Sectarianism, Stupid! – Rethinking the war on Daesh/ ISIL

It’s Dictatorship & Sectarianism, Stupid! – Rethinking the war on Daesh/ ISIL

By: Ramzy Baroud – (Ma’an News Agency) – – As much of the Middle East sinks deeper into division between competing political camps, the so-called […]

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Another Bush Legacy in Iraq: Barzani asks PKK to Leave

Another Bush Legacy in Iraq: Barzani asks PKK to Leave

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Sunday morning, Kurdish separatist guerrillas launched a suicide-bombing strike on Turkish forces in Angri province, […]

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