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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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Iraq Moves Closer to Obama-Type Plan for early US Withdrawal; Cabinet rejects Security Agreement

Iraq Moves Closer to Obama-Type Plan for early US Withdrawal; Cabinet rejects Security Agreement

The debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama about a timetable for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq may have just been overtaken by […]

Juan Cole

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When did McCain become a Neocon? Shiite MPs demand SOFA Renegotiation

When did McCain become a Neocon? Shiite MPs demand SOFA Renegotiation

Jonathan Landay carefully traces John McCain’s transformation from pragmatist to Neoconservative warmonger, which took place while Bush was still just a Texas politician. He rather […]

Juan Cole

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Powell's Finest Moment

Powell’s Finest Moment

What is remarkable to me about Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama on Meet the Press was its sincerity and the form of its reasoning. […]

Juan Cole

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Joe McCain: N. Virginia "Communist"; John McCain: Obama Socialist

Joe McCain: N. Virginia "Communist"; John McCain: Obama Socialist

Is McCain a far Right extremist? When McCain calls Obama a “socialist,” is he Red-baiting? Republicans back in the 1950s through the 1980s routinely accused […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Calls on Parliamentarians: ‘Just say ‘No’

Muqtada Calls on Parliamentarians: ‘Just say ‘No’

Muqtada al-Sadr called Saturday for Iraqi parliamentarians to reject the draft security agreement proposed by the Bush administration and PM Nuri al-Maliki. Tens of thousands […]

Juan Cole

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Maliki Implies Odierno Ouster; Thousands Protest Security Pact

Maliki Implies Odierno Ouster; Thousands Protest Security Pact

Although Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has approved a draft agreement on US troops in Iraq, it faces severe opposition from many parliamentarians and may not […]

Juan Cole

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McCain & Letterman; What about Liddy? Al E. Smith and the Candidates

McCain & Letterman; What about Liddy? Al E. Smith and the Candidates

John McCain returns to David Letterman’s Late Show in an attempt to redeem himself after his erratic behavior and earlier cancellation. It is the oddest […]

Juan Cole

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Losing Afghanistan after Winning It

Losing Afghanistan after Winning It

Nir Rosen reports on ‘How we lost the War We Won’ in Afghanistan: ‘ Until recently, Ghazni, like much of central Afghanistan, was considered reasonably […]

Juan Cole

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Game Over: A Good Neighbor in the Gulf?

Game Over: A Good Neighbor in the Gulf?

The third and final debate again went to Obama in the instant polls done by organizations such as CNN. Independents told CNN they generally thought […]

Juan Cole

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