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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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Pakistani Newspapers Critical of Bush Policy

Pakistani Newspapers Critical of Bush Policy

The USG Open Source Center translates excerpts from Pakistani newspaper editorials concerning the visit over the weekend of US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte […]

Juan Cole

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Congress Digs in its Heels over Iraq Funding; Iran-US Talks on Iraq Security

Congress Digs in its Heels over Iraq Funding; Iran-US Talks on Iraq Security

My analysis of this NYT piece is that Bush and the Republicans are betting that they can portray as irresponsible and unpatriotic the Democrats in […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Extremists Move North Security Guards arrested by Iraqi militiary

Extremists Move North Security Guards arrested by Iraqi militiary

AP reports that US generals in Iraq are talking about the move to northern Iraq of the most violent Sunni religious guerrillas (the US calls […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sunni Groups at Odds with Each Other

Sunni Groups at Odds with Each Other

The USG Open Source Center reports on wrangling between two Sunni groups, the more urban and small-town Sunni fundamentalists of the Iraqi Accord Front [al-Tawafuq] […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Gov’t Inaction Poses Grave Risks: US Officers 17 Killed in Sunday Bombing Wave

Iraqi Gov’t Inaction Poses Grave Risks: US Officers 17 Killed in Sunday Bombing Wave

According to the Washington Post’s Tom Ricks, US officers in Iraq are saying that the failure of the government of PM Nuri al-Maliki to capitalize […]

Juan Cole

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Satellite Channels, Blogs, Criticize Musharraf

Satellite Channels, Blogs, Criticize Musharraf

The USG Open Source Center surveys electronic media in and about Pakistan, reporting on the situation with regard to closure or blocking of television channels, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
US Increasingly Alone in Iraq Dozens Killed or Found Dead on Saturday

US Increasingly Alone in Iraq Dozens Killed or Found Dead on Saturday

Top British Gen. Sir Richard Dannatt says that British troops are overstretched by their missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and are suffering from “Iraq fatigue.” […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Satellite T.V. on Iraqi Security Developments

Satellite T.V. on Iraqi Security Developments

The USG Open Source Center reports on how Arabic television is reporting on political and security developments in Iraq. ‘Al-Sharqiyah, Al-Iraqiyah Report on Political, Security […]

Juan Cole

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Farhi: IAEA Finds Iran did not Divert Material to Weapons

Farhi: IAEA Finds Iran did not Divert Material to Weapons

Some Saturday reading: At our Global Affairs group blog, Farideh Farhi takes a closer look at the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran. This issue […]

Juan Cole

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