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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
Asia

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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Israel/ Palestine
Movement for Palestinian State gains International Momentum, to Dismay of US Congress

Movement for Palestinian State gains International Momentum, to Dismay of US Congress

Palestinian authorities on Thursday protested the resolution passed by the US congress on Wednesday condemning movement toward a unilateral declaration by Palestinians of a Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

Energy
BP Platform Blow-Out was covered up in Azerbaijan: Wikileaks

BP Platform Blow-Out was covered up in Azerbaijan: Wikileaks

The Guardian reports from US State Department cables released by Wikileaks that the oil and gas giant, BP, experienced a platform disaster in the Caspian […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The Costs of War: Afghan Civilian Casualties Spike, says ICRC

The Costs of War: Afghan Civilian Casualties Spike, says ICRC

An important price of President Obama’s decision to pursue a big new military campaign in Afghanistan under the rubric of ‘counter-insurgency’ has been a spike […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Fox Management Ordered Reporters to Spin Global Warming

Fox Management Ordered Reporters to Spin Global Warming

Surprise! Management at Fox Cable “News” instructed journalists to spin reporting on climate change by casting doubt on the indisputable fact that the world has […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Domestic Crusaders and Islamophobia in Literature

Domestic Crusaders and Islamophobia in Literature

McSweeney’s is publishing Wajahat Ali’s important Muslim-American play: ‘ The Domestic Crusaders focuses on a day in the life of a modern Muslim Pakistani-American family […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
NIE Questions Progress in Afghanistan

NIE Questions Progress in Afghanistan

Congress has been briefed on a new National Intelligence estimate on Afghanistan that is said to throw cold water on the idea that the US […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Israel’s Nukes Destabilizing to Region (Wikileaks)

Egypt: Israel’s Nukes Destabilizing to Region (Wikileaks)

Whenever any US official says that Iran’s civilian nuclear enrichment program is destabilizing the Middle East by posing a proliferation problem, I wince. A civilian […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Karzai Wishes he had Joined Taliban

Karzai Wishes he had Joined Taliban

Rajiv Chandrasekaran of WaPo gets the scoop. His sources say that at a high level meeting in October, Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Karl Eickenberry […]

Juan Cole

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Former CIA Official Ray McGovern Defends Assange

Former CIA Official Ray McGovern Defends Assange

Former high-ranking CIA official Ray McGovern denounces smear campaign against Julian Assange of Wikileaks

Juan Cole

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