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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing
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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing

Hamdullah Baycar

Karadeniz, Turkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants […]

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

07/04/2025 By Daanish Faruqi

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

07/04/2025 By Arnold R. Isaacs

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Spanish Arab and Jewish Genetic Heritage

Spanish Arab and Jewish Genetic Heritage

Geneticists are now estimating that the Spanish Inquisition led to large amounts of intermarriage between nominally converted Muslims and Jews with Catholics in Spain after […]

Juan Cole

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Archeologists Discover Workers’ Town near Persepolis

Archeologists Discover Workers’ Town near Persepolis

Persepolis was the magnificent capital of ancient Iran, when that country ruled most of the civilized world, from Egypt to Central Asia and from Greece […]

Juan Cole

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Archeologists Discover Workers’ Town near Persepolis

Archeologists Discover Workers’ Town near Persepolis

Persepolis was the magnificent capital of ancient Iran, when that country ruled most of the civilized world, from Egypt to Central Asia and from Greece […]

Juan Cole

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Al-Maliki Refuses to Disband Councils; Talabani Invokes Constitutional Court; Basra Province Protests Iraqi Army

Al-Maliki Refuses to Disband Councils; Talabani Invokes Constitutional Court; Basra Province Protests Iraqi Army

The Kurdish president of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, is more or less threatening to sue the Shiite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki. Al-Maliki has been creating Arab […]

Juan Cole

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Al-Maliki Refuses to Disband Councils; Talabani Invokes Constitutional Court; Basra Province Protests Iraqi Army

Al-Maliki Refuses to Disband Councils; Talabani Invokes Constitutional Court; Basra Province Protests Iraqi Army

The Kurdish president of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, is more or less threatening to sue the Shiite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki. Al-Maliki has been creating Arab […]

Juan Cole

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State Universities versus State Prisons; And Marijuana Legalization as a Solution

State Universities versus State Prisons; And Marijuana Legalization as a Solution

Why is tuition so high in state universities that the NYT is wondering if families will go on being able to afford it? As someone […]

Juan Cole

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State Universities versus State Prisons; And Marijuana Legalization as a Solution

State Universities versus State Prisons; And Marijuana Legalization as a Solution

Why is tuition so high in state universities that the NYT is wondering if families will go on being able to afford it? As someone […]

Juan Cole

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The Stupidity of Attacking Iran

The Stupidity of Attacking Iran

The stupidity of attacking Iran (again) And don’t forget about the Joint Experts’ Statement on Iran, which we are pressing on Congress and the Obama […]

Juan Cole

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The Stupidity of Attacking Iran

The Stupidity of Attacking Iran

The stupidity of attacking Iran (again) And don’t forget about the Joint Experts’ Statement on Iran, which we are pressing on Congress and the Obama […]

Juan Cole

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