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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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Half of all new Energy world-wide last year was Green

Half of all new Energy world-wide last year was Green

By Sean Buchanan | – ROME, Mar 31 2015 (IPS) – Driven by solar and wind, world investments in renewable energy reversed a two-year dip […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan's China Card

Afghanistan’s China Card

By Dilip Hiro | (Tomdispatch.com) – Call it an irony, if you will, but as the Obama administration struggles to slow down or halt its scheduled withdrawal […]

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War with Iran, by the Numbers

War with Iran, by the Numbers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Sen. John McCain and others on the American Right are in favor of dropping those pesky negotiations with […]

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Afghanistan
Lynching Farkhunda: Birth of Gender Equality and Accountability in Afghanistan?

Lynching Farkhunda: Birth of Gender Equality and Accountability in Afghanistan?

By Solaiman M Fazel | (Informed Comment) The brutal murder of a 27 year old Afghan female student, Farkhunda, at the hands of an angry […]

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Iran
What's at Stake in Nuclear Talks for Ordinary Iranians

What’s at Stake in Nuclear Talks for Ordinary Iranians

By Saideh Jamshidi Iran’s new round of nuclear negotiations with the United Nations is expected to be completed by March 31, today. But one thing […]

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Houthi
Saudi airstrike on Yemen Refugee Camp kills 45

Saudi airstrike on Yemen Refugee Camp kills 45

RT | – 45 people were killed and another 65 injured in an airstrike by a Saudi-led coalition at a refugee camp in Houthi-controlled northern […]

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Iraq
The Forgotten Iraq Front:  ISIL besieges the People of Ramadi

The Forgotten Iraq Front: ISIL besieges the People of Ramadi

VICE News | – “In early March, while the world was watching Iraqi government forces advance on the Islamic State (IS) in Tikrit, IS was […]

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Israel's Netanyahu jumps Shark with “Iran-Lausanne-Yemen” axis barb

Israel’s Netanyahu jumps Shark with “Iran-Lausanne-Yemen” axis barb

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, no longer allowed to sit at the adult table because of his past food […]

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Climate Change
Climate War on Planet Protested at U of Michigan 50 Yrs after 1st anti-Vietnam War Teach-in

Climate War on Planet Protested at U of Michigan 50 Yrs after 1st anti-Vietnam War Teach-in

Science for the People | – “This event marks the 50th anniversary of the nation’s first teach-in on the war in Vietnam, held at the […]

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