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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
Asia

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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Trumpism, Race and Authoritarianism: The Storm is Coming

Trumpism, Race and Authoritarianism: The Storm is Coming

By Clarence Lusane ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Consider Donald Trump to be in a racial bind when it comes to election 2024. After all, he […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
Top 3 Climate Catastrophes Menacing Florida, as DeSantis Erases Climate Change From Web Sites

Top 3 Climate Catastrophes Menacing Florida, as DeSantis Erases Climate Change From Web Sites

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When we think about Florida, we may think about flamingos. But in the Ron DeSantis regime, the state bird ought […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
"There is no Security:" Israel's Invasion of Rafah will not Eliminate Hamas or End the War

“There is no Security:” Israel’s Invasion of Rafah will not Eliminate Hamas or End the War

By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – The Gaza war has now entered its eighth month and a resolution to the […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
Biden's Potemkin Village: US Aid Dock Theatrics as Gaza Drowns in Starving Refugees amid Rivers of Shit

Biden’s Potemkin Village: US Aid Dock Theatrics as Gaza Drowns in Starving Refugees amid Rivers of Shit

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The story has it that Russian noble and officer Grigory Potemkin, who stole the Crimea from the Ottoman Empire in […]

Juan Cole

Iran
U.S. Seeks Shift In Iranian 'Decision-Making Calculus' Through Saudi-Israeli Normalization

U.S. Seeks Shift In Iranian ‘Decision-Making Calculus’ Through Saudi-Israeli Normalization

By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/RL) – The United States wants to force a gradual shift in Iran’s “decision-making calculus” by signing a defense deal with […]

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Climate Crisis
Extreme Heatwaves in South and Southeast Asia are a Sign of Disasters to Come

Extreme Heatwaves in South and Southeast Asia are a Sign of Disasters to Come

By Neven S. Fučkar, University of Oxford | – (The Conversation) – Since April 2024, wide areas of south and south-east Asia, from Pakistan to […]

The Conversation

Apartheid
S. Africa v. Israel on Rafah Genocide:  Endgame in which Gaza is utterly Destroyed for Human Habitation

S. Africa v. Israel on Rafah Genocide: Endgame in which Gaza is utterly Destroyed for Human Habitation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – South Africa returned to the International Court of Justice in the Hague on Thursday over the Israeli invasion of Rafah, […]

Juan Cole

Colonialism
How Israel is Carving up and Reoccupying Gaza

How Israel is Carving up and Reoccupying Gaza

By Rabia Ali | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As Israel shows no signs of stopping its devastating assault on the Palestinians in […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
The Forever Wars, MAGA and the Loneliness of Anger

The Forever Wars, MAGA and the Loneliness of Anger

( Tomdispatch.com) – An acquaintance who hails from the same New Jersey town as I do spends his free weekends crawling through the woods on […]

Andrea Mazzarino

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