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

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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First, Shut down all the Coal Plants:  AEP forced to Shutter Engines of Climate Change, Mercury Poisoning (Chamberlain)

First, Shut down all the Coal Plants: AEP forced to Shutter Engines of Climate Change, Mercury Poisoning (Chamberlain)

Jacob Chamberlain writes at Common Dreams In a victory for advocates of clean air and water, energy giant American Electric Power will now be shutting […]

Juan Cole

Iran
“Argo” as Orientalism and why it Upsets Iranians

“Argo” as Orientalism and why it Upsets Iranians

The taking of US diplomatic personnel hostage by radical Iranian activists and angry crowds in November of 1979, and then the backing for this action […]

Juan Cole

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Redefining Torture and the Waterboarding of Americans (Turse)

Redefining Torture and the Waterboarding of Americans (Turse)

Nick Turse writes at Tomdispatch.com: Try to remain calm — even as you begin to feel your chest tighten and your heart race.  Try not […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Bahrain’s Agony Continues 2 Years Later

Bahrain’s Agony Continues 2 Years Later

Bahrain national dialogue talks began again on Sunday as two small parties came back to the table after a token protest against what they called […]

Juan Cole

Iran
A Different View of Iran, 2013 (Video)

A Different View of Iran, 2013 (Video)

Meh Heyd did a mash-up of iPhone video he just took on a trip to Iran and set it to music. In the US we […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Prisoner Jaradat's death in Israeli Cell Provokes Further Protests

Palestinian Prisoner Jaradat’s death in Israeli Cell Provokes Further Protests

Arafat Jaradat was detained by Israeli authorities near Hebron last Monday at a protest of illegal Israeli squatting on Palestinian land. On Saturday the 30=year-old […]

Juan Cole

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Today’s top Green Energy Good News

Today’s top Green Energy Good News

Russia is funding research into powering its airplanes with solar energy. The airline industry is being hurt by high fuel prices, and solar-powered planes would […]

Juan Cole

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Should Anonymous Billionaires be able Secretly to buy our Elections?  Lawsuit against IRS says Not (Barker)

Should Anonymous Billionaires be able Secretly to buy our Elections? Lawsuit against IRS says Not (Barker)

Kim Barker writes at ProPublica A former Illinois congressional candidate and a government watchdog organization have teamed up to sue the Internal Revenue Service, claiming […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Can Solar Energy save India’s Taj Mahal?

Can Solar Energy save India’s Taj Mahal?

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh says that it wants to develop Agra as a solar city in part so as to save the Taj […]

Juan Cole

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