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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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Winter Sea Ice in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is in Disturbing Decline: 200 Scientists Sound Alarm

Winter Sea Ice in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is in Disturbing Decline: 200 Scientists Sound Alarm

By Andrew J Constable, University of Tasmania and Jess Melbourne-Thomas, CSIRO | – (The Conversation) – While the Southern Ocean around Antarctica has been warming […]

The Conversation

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With all Eyes on Gaza, Extremist Israeli Squatters seek to Ethnically Cleanse the Palestinian West Bank

With all Eyes on Gaza, Extremist Israeli Squatters seek to Ethnically Cleanse the Palestinian West Bank

Amman (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – I booked annual leave in early November to travel for a family visit in the occupied West Bank […]

Mohammed Samaana

Climate Crisis
How Global Warming shakes the Earth: Data show Storms and Waves gaining Strength as the Planet warms

How Global Warming shakes the Earth: Data show Storms and Waves gaining Strength as the Planet warms

By Richard Aster, Colorado State University | – As oceans waves rise and fall, they apply forces to the sea floor below and generate seismic […]

The Conversation

Arms Sales
Weapons R US: Confessions of a Recovering Arms Addict

Weapons R US: Confessions of a Recovering Arms Addict

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Perhaps you’ve heard of “Makin’ Thunderbirds,” a hard-bitten rock & roll song by Bob Seger that I listened to 30 years […]

William J. Astore

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Israeli Minister's Threat to Nuke Gaza displays Genocidal Mood: "There are no Civilians in Gaza"

Israeli Minister’s Threat to Nuke Gaza displays Genocidal Mood: “There are no Civilians in Gaza”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu, a member of the fascist Jewish Power bloc brought into government by Prime Minister […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza’s ‘graveyard’ for children: Why Palestinians must be included in the International Refugee Protection Regime

Gaza’s ‘graveyard’ for children: Why Palestinians must be included in the International Refugee Protection Regime

By Maissaa Almustafa, University of Waterloo | – Israeli airstrikes have destroyed apartment blocks and killed and injured hundreds of people at refugee camps in […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Suspend Arms to Israel, Palestinian Armed Groups, or Risk Complicity in Grave Abuses (HRW)

Suspend Arms to Israel, Palestinian Armed Groups, or Risk Complicity in Grave Abuses (HRW)

( Human Rights Watch ) – (Jerusalem) – Allies of Israel and backers of Palestinian armed groups should suspend the transfer of arms to the […]

Human Rights Watch

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If you agree that supporting independent journalism is important, please make a small contribution to Informed Comment this year.

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Israeli PM Netanyahu's Performative Genocide in Gaza

Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Performative Genocide in Gaza

(Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to destroy Hamas, whatever the cost to civilians in Gaza, is based on […]

Mark Karlin

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