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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

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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?

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Oil Sabotage Is As Bad As Ever

Oil Sabotage Is As Bad As Ever

Oil Sabotage is “As Bad as Ever”: Shahristani 60 Dead in violence In an interview with Patrick Cockburn of the Independent, Iraq’s Oil Minister, Hussein […]

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Chatham House Study On Iraq

Chatham House Study On Iraq

Chatham House Study on Iraq Fragmentation Gareth Stansfield of Exeter University has written a position paper for Chatham House in the UK, spelling out how […]

Juan Cole

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World Bank Reaction To Wolfowitz

World Bank Reaction To Wolfowitz

Ding, Dong, the Witz has Fled The reaction among World Bank employees at the news that Paul Wolfowitz, their president, will resign on June 30: […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Admits To Destroying Blairs Career

Bush Admits To Destroying Blairs Career

Bush Admits to Destroying Blair’s Career I just caught some of the Bush/Blair news conference on the adult version of CNN at noon. At one […]

Juan Cole

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Template I Give Up

Template I give up. The new templates I tried just weren’t working for large numbers of readers. In particular, webtv and palm users complained. For […]

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Iraq
200 Guerrillas Attack Mosul Police

200 Guerrillas Attack Mosul Police

200 Guerrillas Attack Mosul Police Truck Bombing Kills 45 (Chlorine?} Zebari rejects Pakistani Troops I don’t know if it was all hell, but a good […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Brief History Of Islamic State Of Iraq

Brief History Of Islamic State Of Iraq

A Brief History of the Islamic State of Iraq The USG Open Source Center translates a history of the Islamic State of Iraq posted to […]

Juan Cole

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New Template Whenever I Have Changed My

New Template Whenever I Have Changed My

New Template Whenever I have changed my template it has been traumatic for some readers, and I deeply apologize. Some are complaining about the font […]

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Iraq
Mahdi Army Police Fight In Nasiriyah

Mahdi Army Police Fight In Nasiriyah

Mahdi Army, Police Fight in Nasiriyah Fallon said to Oppose Iran Strike Serious fighting broke out Wednesday morning in the southern Shiite city of Nasiriyah, […]

Juan Cole

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