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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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What Is Hizbullah Western And Israeli

What is Hizbullah? Western and Israeli pundits keep comparing Hizbullah to al-Qaeda. It is a huge conceptual error. There is a crucial difference between an […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Threatens Us Over Israeli War

Sistani Threatens Us Over Israeli War

Sistani Threatens US over Israeli War on Lebanon The US punditocracy and ruling elite is fixated on Hizbullah as a “terrorist group” even though the […]

Juan Cole

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Why Mel Gibson Is Wrong It Is Not Very

Why Mel Gibson Is Wrong It Is Not Very

Why Mel Gibson is Wrong It is not very important or interesting that a Hollywood star has substance abuse problems. But the alleged sentiment expressed […]

Juan Cole

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Qana Massacre Part Ii Israeli War

Qana Massacre Part Ii Israeli War

The Qana Massacre, Part II Israeli war planes scored a direct hit on a building in the Shiite village of Qana where destitute farming folk, […]

Juan Cole

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Renewed Israeli Airstrikes Kill Family

Renewed Israeli Airstrikes Kill Family

Renewed Israeli Airstrikes Kill Family, Others, Wound 2 UN Troops; Nasrallah Vows Longer Range Rocket Strikes The Israelis continued air strikes on Saturday. Naharnet.com carries […]

Juan Cole

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Over Dozen Dead In Civil War Violence

Over Dozen Dead In Civil War Violence

Over a Dozen Dead in Civil War Violence Khafaji denounces Maliki for Visit to Bush Guerrillas detonated a car bomb in Kirkuk on Saturday, killing […]

Juan Cole

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Blair And Rhetoric Of False

Blair And Rhetoric Of False

Blair and the Rhetoric of False Equivalence The techniques of propaganda were on full display during the joint news conference of George W. Bush and […]

Juan Cole

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Islands In Arabia Patrick Mcgreevy

Islands In Arabia Patrick Mcgreevy

Islands in Arabia Patrick McGreevy writes from Beirut: ‘ Islands in Arabia Sitting on my balcony staring down at the Sea Gate of the American […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli Air Strikes Kill 15 Civilians

Israeli Air Strikes Kill 15 Civilians

Israeli Air Strikes Kill 15 Civilians: Hizbullah Fires longer range Missile, Misses The Daily Star reports: ‘ Israel’s powerful war machine pounded Lebanon for the […]

Juan Cole

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