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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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European Union Boycotts Israeli Colonies on the Palestinian West Bank

European Union Boycotts Israeli Colonies on the Palestinian West Bank

The Israeli government’s de facto annexation and colonization of the Palestinian West Bank is illegal in international law. United Nations members cannot acquire territory by […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq:  92-Year-Old Iraqi Man marries 22-Year-Old Woman

Iraq: 92-Year-Old Iraqi Man marries 22-Year-Old Woman

“A 92-year-old man in Iraq marries a woman 70 years his junior. Muslai Mohammed, one of the most prominent figures in his village, decided to […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Obama: “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago”

Obama: “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago”

President Obama has spoken out on the Trayvon Martin case, saying that “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.” He spoke of how […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Detroit’s Bankruptcy and America’s Future:  Robots, Race, Globalization and the 1%

Detroit’s Bankruptcy and America’s Future: Robots, Race, Globalization and the 1%

The big question is whether Detroit’s bankruptcy and likely further decline is a fluke or whether it tells us something about the dystopia that the […]

Juan Cole

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GOP to Poor American Kids:  Silly wabbits, Food Stamps are for Corporations! (Jamiol Cartoon)

GOP to Poor American Kids: Silly wabbits, Food Stamps are for Corporations! (Jamiol Cartoon)

The GOP-dominated House of Representatives has stripped food stamps from the farm bill, while supporting subsidies to agricultural corporations and lower taxes on the rich. […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Glenn Greenwald: Growing Backlash Against NSA Spying Shows Why U.S. Wants to Silence Edward Snowden

Glenn Greenwald: Growing Backlash Against NSA Spying Shows Why U.S. Wants to Silence Edward Snowden

In an epic boxing match, we have in one corner 600 pound gorillas like Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), head of the House Intelligence Committee that […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top Ten Ways Egypt Actually Does deeply Matter to the United States

Top Ten Ways Egypt Actually Does deeply Matter to the United States

A Pew poll shows that far fewer Americans are following events in Egypt closely now than in January-February 2011. Actually, about the same percentage are […]

Juan Cole

CIA
Obama Administration Facing Congressional Rebellion, Civil Suits over NSA Surveillance

Obama Administration Facing Congressional Rebellion, Civil Suits over NSA Surveillance

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU, among other important civil society organizations, are suing the Federal government over the National Security Agency’s unconstitutional domestic […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Guna People of Panama's islands Flee rising Seas

Guna People of Panama’s islands Flee rising Seas

The indigenous community of the Guna (Kuna) live on islands off Panama and along a narrow strip of its coast, in the province of Guna […]

Juan Cole

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