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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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Israel/Gaza Cyberwar and Parallels to Abu Ghraib

Israel/Gaza Cyberwar and Parallels to Abu Ghraib

SC magazine reports that Muslim and Israeli hackers have been going at each other in cyberspace, as an adjunct to the fighting in Gaza: ‘More […]

Juan Cole

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Israel/Gaza Cyberwar and Parallels to Abu Ghraib

Israel/Gaza Cyberwar and Parallels to Abu Ghraib

SC magazine reports that Muslim and Israeli hackers have been going at each other in cyberspace, as an adjunct to the fighting in Gaza: ‘More […]

Juan Cole

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"It's Hell in Here" "They are Bombing 1.5 million People in a Cage"

"It’s Hell in Here" "They are Bombing 1.5 million People in a Cage"

CBS News broadcasts an interview with a Norwegian physician on the scene in Gaza. He says he has seen one military casualty come into the […]

Juan Cole

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"It's Hell in Here" "They are Bombing 1.5 million People in a Cage"

"It’s Hell in Here" "They are Bombing 1.5 million People in a Cage"

CBS News broadcasts an interview with a Norwegian physician on the scene in Gaza. He says he has seen one military casualty come into the […]

Juan Cole

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Have Bush and the Neocons Ruined it for the Israelis?

Have Bush and the Neocons Ruined it for the Israelis?

The Israeli propaganda blitz around their attack on Gaza has been greeted with uncharacteristic skepticism by the American public and even by some of the […]

Juan Cole

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Davidson Guest Op-Ed: "Whose Interest Defines National Interest?"

Davidson Guest Op-Ed: "Whose Interest Defines National Interest?"

Lawrence Davidson, author of Foreign Policy, Inc.: Privatizing America’s National Interest, writes in a guest op-ed for IC: Why is it that most Americans pay […]

Juan Cole

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Unlikelihood of a Shiite-Majority Cabinet in Iraq: 1939

Unlikelihood of a Shiite-Majority Cabinet in Iraq: 1939

A little bit of irony from the British archives on Iraq. “Muhammad al-Sadr, the President of the Senate, is believed to aspire one day to […]

Juan Cole

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Gaza 2008: Micro-Wars and Macro-Wars

Gaza 2008: Micro-Wars and Macro-Wars

With regard to the Arab-Israeli conflict, we have entered the age of micro-wars. The first wars that Israel fought with its Arab neighbors were conventional […]

Juan Cole

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Israel Destroys American School in Gaza, Kills Guard

Israel Destroys American School in Gaza, Kills Guard

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports of Israel’s heavy artillery bombardment of densely populated Gaza on Saturday that “The American […]

Juan Cole

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