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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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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (125)

Omar Khayyam (125)

That lapis lazuli dome and golden tray  have turned time and again, and will revolve yet more. We, too, by the command of fate, arrived […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli Security Elite Slams Netanyahu, sidetracks War on Iran

Israeli Security Elite Slams Netanyahu, sidetracks War on Iran

Not only are high officials and former officials of the Israeli security establishment pushing hard back against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s seeming rush to war […]

Juan Cole

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He that would make his own liberty secure… (Tom Paine Poster)

He that would make his own liberty secure… (Tom Paine Poster)

Juan Cole

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Obama: Clark Kent at home, Imperial Superman Abroad (Engelhardt)

Obama: Clark Kent at home, Imperial Superman Abroad (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch: The Obama Contradiction Weakling at Home, Imperial President Abroad By Tom Engelhardt He has few constraints (except those he’s internalized). […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi-Egypt Crisis Points to Conflict between New Democracies, Old Autocracies

Saudi-Egypt Crisis Points to Conflict between New Democracies, Old Autocracies

The closure of the Saudi embassy and consulates in Egypt, and the continued demonstrations in Cairo in front of the Ministry of Interior, point to […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Humor at White House Correspondents' Dinner

Obama Humor at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

This is C-Span’s video of President Barack Obama’s mostly tongue-in-cheek address at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “[Hillary] won’t stop drunk-texting me from Cartagena.” “It’s […]

Juan Cole

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Sultan Mosque Singapore (Photo)

Sultan Mosque Singapore (Photo)

Photo by Juan Cole, June, 2009 Sultan Mosque, Singapore Constructed 1928 Architect: Denis Santry of Swan and Maclaren Replaced: Mosque of Sultan Hussein, 1824-1826

Juan Cole

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“America Does not Go Abroad in Search of Monsters to Destroy” – John Quincy Adams (Poster)

“America Does not Go Abroad in Search of Monsters to Destroy” – John Quincy Adams (Poster)

Juan Cole

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Israeli Spy Chief Condemns Netanyahu for Iran Hype, Messianism

Israeli Spy Chief Condemns Netanyahu for Iran Hype, Messianism

Former head of Israeli domestic intelligence (Shin Bet), Yuval Diskin, said Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are misleading […]

Juan Cole

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