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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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Lawrence Wrights Play My Trip To Al

Lawrence Wright’s Play “My Trip to Al-Qaeda” Don’t Miss the Special Engagement of Pulitzer Prize-Winner Lawrence Wright’s My Trip To Al-Qaeda ——————————————————————————– May 10, 2007 […]

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Abdullah Ii To Cheney Israeli

Abdullah Ii To Cheney Israeli

Abdullah II to Cheney: Israeli-Palestinian Problem Linked to Iraq 5 US GIs Killed Massive Manhunt for 3 Captured GIs Sunni Arab guerrillas killed 5 US […]

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Cole On Laffaire Wolfowitz My Column

Cole On Laffaire Wolfowitz My Column

Cole on L’Affaire Wolfowitz My column, “Wolfowitz’s Fatal Flaw,” is available at Salon.com. Excerpt: ‘ The small morality play unfolding at the World Bank tells […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
137 Killed By Guerrillas Us To Talk To

137 Killed By Guerrillas Us To Talk To

137 Killed by Guerrillas US to Talk to Iran In a tidal wave of violence, 137 persons were killed or found dead in Iraq on […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
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Sunni Arab Guerrillas Attacked Small Us

Cheney in Saudi Arabia 5 US Troops Killed, 3 Missing Iraqi Parliament Decries Walls Cheney is trying to convince King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia not […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Jordanian Dailies On Cheneys Middle

Jordanian Dailies On Cheneys Middle

Jordanian Dailies on Cheney’s Middle East Trip The USG Open Source Center paraphrases reports in the Jordanian press on US Vice President Dick Cheney’s current […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sciri Adopts Sistani Emphasizes

Sciri Adopts Sistani Emphasizes

SCIRI Adopts Sistani, emphasizes Iraqiness Bombings kill 26, wound 60 The Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq held its annual party convention on Thursday […]

Juan Cole

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Protest Over Detention Of Haleh

Protest Over Detention Of Haleh

Protest over Detention of Haleh Esfandiari The Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association helped craft MESA’s letter protesting the detention by […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Congress Passes Short Lease Bill For

Congress Passes Short Lease Bill For

Congress Passes Short-Leash Bill for Bush 9 Iraqi captives executed Congress passed an appropriations bill that only funded the Iraq War for about three months […]

Juan Cole

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