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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade
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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Mohammad Eslami

Chinese policy and security circles interpret the tariff threat less as an attempt to alter Iran’s behavior than as a signal to third parties

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

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Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (80)

Omar Khayyam (80)

A codger staggered drunk  out of the bar, a prayer rug over his shoulder and a wine glass in hand. I said, old man,  what’s […]

Juan Cole

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Basic Facts on Clothing and Murder for American Bigots

Basic Facts on Clothing and Murder for American Bigots

Dear American bigots: Basic Fact: Wearing a veil, as Iraqi-American Shaima al-Awady did before she was brutally murdered in her home as part of a […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Faster than Expected Climate Change means drought, war, famine for Middle East, Africa

Faster than Expected Climate Change means drought, war, famine for Middle East, Africa

A new study just published in Nature Geoscience has found it plausible for the first time that the world’s average surface temperature could rise by […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (78)

Omar Khayyam (78)

You ignoramus!   This bodily form is nothing. and this speckled dome  of the nine heavens is nothing. Be happy that in the realm of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Peace Marchers Protest Iran War Talk in Tel Aviv

Israeli Peace Marchers Protest Iran War Talk in Tel Aviv

Haaretz reports that hundreds of Israeli peace activists marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest all the talk of striking Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities. […]

Juan Cole

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Western Intelligence Analysts Worry that Iran Sanctions are Hurting West: IRGC

Western Intelligence Analysts Worry that Iran Sanctions are Hurting West: IRGC

The USG Open Source Center translates an article from Javan, an organ of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC: Iran’s National Guard), analyzing alleged Western […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (71)

Omar Khayyam (71)

Now that the rose of your  good fortune is blooming, why are you standing there with no glass in your hand? Have some wine– fate […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
The Arab Revolutions Continue, its Just not Mostly on American TV

The Arab Revolutions Continue, its Just not Mostly on American TV

Friday is a traditional day of protest in the Arab world, and yesterday did not disappoint. In addition, there were some important developments in the […]

Juan Cole

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Geraldo wears the Hoodies he Blames for Shooting

Geraldo wears the Hoodies he Blames for Shooting

See also Geraldo in a hoodie

Juan Cole

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