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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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African-Americans
Race inequality between US Whites and African-Americans by the Numbers (Again)

Race inequality between US Whites and African-Americans by the Numbers (Again)

By Juan Cole | — With regard to employment, African-Americans got hit harder by the Bush Depression than did whites, and jobs have not come […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran:  US War Hawks go on Offensive after Nuclear Energy Talk Deadlines are Postponed

Iran: US War Hawks go on Offensive after Nuclear Energy Talk Deadlines are Postponed

by Jim Lobe | (Inter Press Service) | — Buoyed by the failure of the U.S. and five other powers to reach a comprehensive agreement […]

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African-Americans
The Ferguson, Mo. Shooting in American History: What to Tell the Children

The Ferguson, Mo. Shooting in American History: What to Tell the Children

By Julian Hipkins III (Zinn Education Project) In light of the grand jury decision, we share this collection of teaching ideas and resources, originally published […]

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Barack Obama
Sen. Lindsey Graham furious GOP House Benghazi Report Shows He Wasted All our Time & Money

Sen. Lindsey Graham furious GOP House Benghazi Report Shows He Wasted All our Time & Money

The Young Turks | — “”Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday blasted a House GOP-led investigation that recently debunked myths about the 2012 Benghazi attack. […]

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Economy
Iraq:  A Bigger Threat than Extremists?  Economy on Verge of Collapse

Iraq: A Bigger Threat than Extremists? Economy on Verge of Collapse

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | via Niqash.org The Iraqi dinar: there might not be enough oil revenue coming into Iraq next year. The high […]

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As SecDef Hagel Exits, an Iraq Daesh/ISIL Scorecard

As SecDef Hagel Exits, an Iraq Daesh/ISIL Scorecard

By Juan Cole | — Mosul rose up in alliance with Daesh /ISIL against the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on June 9 […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Top Five Washington Assumptions on Mideast that Are not True

Top Five Washington Assumptions on Mideast that Are not True

By Andrew J. Bacevich (Tomdispatch.com) | — “Iraq no longer exists.” My young friend M, sipping a cappuccino, is deadly serious. We are sitting in […]

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Islam
Jerusalem: This Is Why The Temple Mount Matters To one Israeli-American

Jerusalem: This Is Why The Temple Mount Matters To one Israeli-American

AJ+ | — “For Jews, the Temple Mount (known as Haram as-Sharif, or “Noble Sanctuary,” to Muslims) is their religion’s holiest site. The Temple Mount […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Syrian Refugees Between a Legal Rock and a Hard Place in Lebanon

Syrian Refugees Between a Legal Rock and a Hard Place in Lebanon

By Oriol Andrés Gallart | — BEIRUT, Nov 21 2014 (IPS) – Staring at the floor, Hassan, a 21-year-old Syrian refugee from Idlib in northwestern […]

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