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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?

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

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Rash Of Kidnappings Of Dozens Of

Rash of Kidnappings of Dozens of Shiites Iraq Government misplaces or Steals $8 Billion AP reports that Sunni Arab guerrillas kidnapped 22 Shiite shepherds and […]

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Israel Vs

Israel Vs

Israel vs. Bush & the Neoconservatives on Syria? Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Damascus makes perfect sense as domestic US politics. The […]

Juan Cole

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Breaking News British Sailors Freed

Breaking News British Sailors Freed

Breaking News: British Sailors Freed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced today that the 15 British sailors and Marines captured by Iran on March 23 would […]

Juan Cole

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11 Electricity Workers Killed At

11 Electricity Workers Killed at Checkpoint Democrats threaten to take On Bush on Iraq Funding Police discovered 14 bodies in Baghad, 7 in Baqubah and […]

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Cole In Salon Irans New Hostage Crisis

Cole In Salon Irans New Hostage Crisis

Cole in Salon: Iran’s New Hostage Crisis My column, “Iran’s new hostage crisis,” is out at Salon.com. Excerpt: ‘ The capture by Iranian Revolutionary Guards […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
21 Shiites From Mccains Market Killed 3

21 Shiites From Mccains Market Killed 3

21 Shiites from McCain’s Market Killed 3 US Troops Killed Massive Truck Bomb at Kirkuk Remember that Baghdad market visited on Sunday by Senator John […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Television Surge Of Violence In

Iranian Television: Surge of Violence in Iraq The USG Open Source Center translates an Iranian program discussing the increase of political violence in Iraq. Iranian […]

Juan Cole

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Hope Is Not Plan Thomas Mowles Edited

Hope Is Not Plan Thomas Mowles Edited

Hope is not A Plan Thomas Mowle’s edited book, Hope is not a Plan, is now available. Below is the amazon.com blurb. I have heard […]

Juan Cole

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15 Percent Increase In Iraq Deaths

Increase in Iraq Deaths Despite Surge 6 US GIs killed over weekend McCain Continues Magical Mystery Tour For all those journalists and politicians who keep […]

Juan Cole

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