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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
China

Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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Sick On New Cold War With Iran At Our

Sick On New Cold War With Iran At Our

Sick on the New Cold War with Iran at our group blog, Columbia U. Political Scientist and former National Security Adviser Gary Sick lays out […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Third Of Iraqi Children Malnourished

Third Of Iraqi Children Malnourished

A third of Iraqi Children Malnourished Baghdad Neighborhoods Emptied by Snipers Skepticism on Gates-Rice Mission The aid organization Oxfam estimates that a third of Iraqis, […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Bonaparte Betrayed At Cairo At Napoleon

Bonaparte Betrayed At Cairo At Napoleon

Bonaparte Betrayed at Cairo At the Napoleon in Egypt blog, the story of how Gen. Bonaparte discovered during his march on Cairo that his wife […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Basra Governor Dismissed Fadhila Brands

Basra Governor Dismissed Fadhila Brands

Basra Governor Dismissed Fadhila Brands al-Maliki Gov. “the New Baath” Sunnis Complain about “Threats” The Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, the Iraqi Accord Front, traded […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Hearing On Us Embassy In Iraq Mayberry

Hearing On Us Embassy In Iraq Mayberry

Mayberry Testimony on Kidnapping of Workers for US Embassy Baghdad I mentioned story the other day briefly about allegations that the Kuwaiti contracting firm building […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al Maliki Tensions Severe With Petraeus

Al Maliki Tensions Severe With Petraeus

Al-Maliki Tensions Said Severe with Petraeus; US Raid in Karbala Steven R. Hurst and Qassim Abdul-Zahra of the Associated Press get the scoop that relations […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Epic News Release Responsibility To

Epic News Release Responsibility To

EPIC News Release: Responsibility to Iraqi Refugees Act The Education for Peace in Iraq Center sent this news release on an important bill that is […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
8 Us Troops Killed 100 Casualties In

8 Us Troops Killed 100 Casualties In

8 US Troops Killed 100 Casualties in Karrada Bombing KRG MP: US oil Interests driving Iraqi Legislation It was announced Thursday that Iraqi guerrillas had […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombings Kill Dozens In Street Crowds

Bombings Kill Dozens In Street Crowds

Bombings Kill dozens in Street Crowds Sunni Arabs threaten withdrawal from Parliament Iraqis were unified for a brief period on Wednesday as they came out […]

Juan Cole

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