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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?

01/18/2026 By Paul Rogers

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Comedian Nazareth on Finding a Wife in Gaza

Comedian Nazareth on Finding a Wife in Gaza

In honor of the approaching season, some evangelical Christian Arab comedy from the Gaza Strip— just as a reminder that not everyone being half-starved by […]

Juan Cole

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Realnews: without US Commitment, Copenhagen Breaks Down

Realnews: without US Commitment, Copenhagen Breaks Down

From the Realnews network, an intelligent discussion of how lack of US leadership contributed to the failure of the Copenhagen climate conference. Features Adele Morris […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Charges Iran with Occupying Maysan Oil Well

Iraq Charges Iran with Occupying Maysan Oil Well

Al-Sharq al-Awsat [The Middle East] reports in Arabic that 11 Iranian troops occupied a small oil well on the Iraqi side of the border in […]

Juan Cole

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WTF? Ahmadinejad making Sense on Climate Change; Defends Nuclear Program as Alternative to Carbon Poisoning

WTF? Ahmadinejad making Sense on Climate Change; Defends Nuclear Program as Alternative to Carbon Poisoning

The USG Open Source Center translates Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at Copenhagen on consumerism, hydrocarbon imperialism, massive military budgets, and obscene profit-seeking as the […]

Juan Cole

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The Associated Press: Pakistan bans minister's travel after graft ruling

The Associated Press: Pakistan bans minister’s travel after graft ruling

The Associated Press: Pakistan bans minister's travel after graft ruling In summer-fall of 2007, the military dictatorship of Gen Pervez Musharraf was coming unravelled in […]

Juan Cole

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Babylon’s last alcohol seller arrested

Babylon’s last alcohol seller arrested

AFP: Babylon's last alcohol seller arrested: family Paul Wolfowitz said that Iraqi Shiites would be better friends for the US than the Saudis because they […]

Juan Cole

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OSC: Fatwa against Poppies, China Moves in; Obstacles to Trade with Pakistan

OSC: Fatwa against Poppies, China Moves in; Obstacles to Trade with Pakistan

The USG Open Source Center rounds up Afghanistan Development News for November. Critics of the war often allege that only economic improvement will settle the […]

Juan Cole

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| Pakistan | President Zardari under pressure after NRO ruling

| Pakistan | President Zardari under pressure after NRO ruling

DAWN.COM | Pakistan | President Zardari under pressure after NRO ruling Pakistan’s Supreme Court declined to extend a martial law ordinance that granted amnesty to […]

Juan Cole

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Pelosi says Obama must sell War; Contractor Surge in Afghanistan;

Pelosi says Obama must sell War; Contractor Surge in Afghanistan;

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says that it is up to President Obama to sell his troop surge to Democrats in Congress. Then she […]

Juan Cole

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