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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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Saudi Ambassador Calls On Palestinians

Saudi Ambassador Calls On Palestinians

Saudi Ambassador Calls on Palestinians to Use Gandhian Tactics Saudi Elected Parliament within the Decade? I heard the Saudi ambassador to the US, Prince Turki […]

Juan Cole

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Zarqawi Effect My Article On Aftermath

Zarqawi Effect My Article On Aftermath

The Zarqawi Effect My article on the aftermath of the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the Muslim world is out in Salon.com. Excerpt: ‘ […]

Juan Cole

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Civil War Violence Leaves 60 Dead Over

Civil War Violence Leaves 60 Dead Over

Civil War Violence Leaves 60 Dead over 100 Wounded 130,000 Displaced in Past 4 Months Bombings and other civil war violence took the lives of […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Petroleum Exports Up 25 Killed

Iraqi Petroleum Exports Up 25 Killed

Iraqi Petroleum Exports up 25 killed in Civil War Violence Borzou Daragahi of the LA Times reports severe doubts about PM Maliki’s reconciliation plan in […]

Juan Cole

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23 Killed In Renewed

23 Killed In Renewed

23 Killed in Renewed ViolenceReconciliation Plan to be Unveiled US troops had briefly arrested, then released, Shaikh Jamal Abdul Karim al-Dabaan. He is the chief […]

Juan Cole

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Militias Oppressing Iraqi Women Usg

Militias Oppressing Iraqi Women Usg

Militias Oppressing Iraqi Women The USG Open Source Center translates an article about the oppression of women in the new Iraq. Woman’s Rights Observatory on […]

Juan Cole

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Bombings In Basra Hibhib Kill At Least

Bombings In Basra Hibhib Kill At Least

Bombings in Basra, Hibhib kill at least 20 Ayman al-Zawahiri, the number 2 man in al-Qaeda, released a video Friday in which he pledged that […]

Juan Cole

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Cair Miami Cult Not Muslims I Just Saw

Cair Miami Cult Not Muslims I Just Saw

CAIR: Miami Cult not Muslims I just saw the spokesman for the Council on American Islamic Relations on CNN saying that the Miami cult members […]

Juan Cole

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Senate Rejects Withdrawal Bombings In

Senate Rejects Withdrawal Bombings In

Senate rejects Withdrawal Bombings in Basra, Baghdad, Diyala 25 Executed at Mosul 53% of Americans want a timetable for a phased withdrawal of troops from […]

Juan Cole

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