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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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Godzilla Carbon Emissions in 2010 Unprecedented

Godzilla Carbon Emissions in 2010 Unprecedented

The spike in carbon emissions in 2010, a 6% increase over 2009, was so humongous that the scientists measuring it initially thought that there must […]

Juan Cole

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Berube on Libya and the Left

Berube on Libya and the Left

Michael Berube does a post-mortem on Libya and the Left, and what he finds is not a pretty picture. Woolly thinking, outrageous lies, moon-eyed Qaddafi-worship, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Strangulation of Gaza by the Numbers

Israel’s Strangulation of Gaza by the Numbers

The Israeli navy illegally interfered with Gaza aid ships on the high seas, Friday, kidnapping the people on the two vessels and sending the ships […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Would Obama Greenlight an Israeli Attack on Iran?

Would Obama Greenlight an Israeli Attack on Iran?

The Israeli press notes that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and maverick Defense Minister Ehud Barak have been talking up a possible Israeli attack on […]

Juan Cole

Energy
A Hot Wet Thousand Years and 10 Green Energy Stories to Avert it

A Hot Wet Thousand Years and 10 Green Energy Stories to Avert it

The bad news is that I’ve been reading David Archer’s The Long Thaw on climate change projections, and he thinks that the Intergovernmental Panel on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Likud Government takes Revenge on Palestinians for UNESCO Membership

Likud Government takes Revenge on Palestinians for UNESCO Membership

The Pan-Arab London daily, al-Hayat, editorializes today that President Obama’s vote against Palestine’s membership in UNESCO demonstrates that his 2009 Cairo speech was “empty words.” […]

Juan Cole

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Romney Flip-Flops on Mideast, Too: Cole in Truthdig

Romney Flip-Flops on Mideast, Too: Cole in Truthdig

My column is out in Truthdig, entitled, “Mitt Romney’s Big Bad Ideas for the Middle East”. Excerpt: “The Arab revolutions of 2011 have already removed […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
UNESCO Palestine Vote Isolates US Further

UNESCO Palestine Vote Isolates US Further

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recognized Palestine as a full member on Monday setting off a crisis between the United States and […]

Juan Cole

Central Asia
Mahoney:  New Leadership in Kyrgyzstan Fateful for US Bases in Central Asia

Mahoney: New Leadership in Kyrgyzstan Fateful for US Bases in Central Asia

Jon Mahoney writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Many readers of Informed Comment will be interested in the outcome of the presidential elections […]

Juan Cole

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