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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing
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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing

Hamdullah Baycar

Karadeniz, Turkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants […]

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

07/04/2025 By Daanish Faruqi

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

07/04/2025 By Arnold R. Isaacs

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Colbert on Romney (Meet the Press, Video)

Colbert on Romney (Meet the Press, Video)

Comedian Stephen Colbert appeared on “Meet the Press” on Sunday to assess GOP standard bearer Mitt Romney: “A shambling mound of weakness” until the debate; […]

Juan Cole

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The Republican Assault on Minority Voting Rights (Goulka)

The Republican Assault on Minority Voting Rights (Goulka)

Jeremiah Goulka writes at Tomdispatch.com Of Republicans and Race Cards: Why I Used to Believe That Voter ID Laws Really Were Just Common Sense Democrats […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistan: Imran Khan’s march brings global attention to CIA drone strikes (Ross)

Alice K. Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: US peace activists joined politicians, lawyers and the world’s press on Sunday as they attempted […]

Juan Cole

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Turkey Slams UN on Syria, Implies NATO should Act; Syria bans Turkish Airlines

Turkey Slams UN on Syria, Implies NATO should Act; Syria bans Turkish Airlines

Tensions between Turkey and Syria are at an all-time high, with the two countries trading occasional light artillery barrages at the border and massing tanks […]

Juan Cole

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Conservative Media Spin Biden-Ryan Debate (Young Turks)

Conservative Media Spin Biden-Ryan Debate (Young Turks)

The Young Turks program on Current TV discusses the conservative spinning of the Biden-Ryan debate. No, CNN, Ryan did not win the debate (you over-represented […]

Juan Cole

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On Libya, Biden Let Ryan Get Away with Murder (Smith)

On Libya, Biden Let Ryan Get Away with Murder (Smith)

Fact-Check: Is Obama’s Foreign Policy “Unraveling”? by Christopher C. Smith In Thursday night’s vice-presidential debate, Paul Ryan claimed that the recent terrorist attack on the […]

Juan Cole

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US Classifies Torture Testimonies of accused al-Qaeda Prisoners (Currier)

US Classifies Torture Testimonies of accused al-Qaeda Prisoners (Currier)

Still Classified: Terror Suspects’ Own Accounts of Their Abuse by Cora Currier, writing at ProPublica In a motion unsealed last week, the government proposed new […]

Juan Cole

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A Post-Mortem on Muslim Rage:  What did the reaction to the Islamophobic Trailer Really Tell Us? (Abootalebi)

A Post-Mortem on Muslim Rage: What did the reaction to the Islamophobic Trailer Really Tell Us? (Abootalebi)

Ali R. Abootalebi writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Today’s journalism and social media, with their increasingly short news cycles, are good at […]

Juan Cole

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The Shameful Politicization of the Benghazi Consulate Attack

The Shameful Politicization of the Benghazi Consulate Attack

The Tea Party Congress, having, with Paul Ryan’s leadership, deeply cut funds for embassy security, held a hearing on Wednesday on the circumstances of the […]

Juan Cole

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