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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

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

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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At Least 56 Killed In Sunni Arab

At Least 56 Killed In Sunni Arab

At least 56 Killed in Sunni Arab Heartland; Sadrists and the Problem of Shiite Militias in the South The Sunnis Sunni Arab Iraq saw significance […]

Juan Cole

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War Support Among Evangelicals

War Support Among Evangelicals

War Support Among Evangelicals Collapses Bush Incompetence Said to Delay Second Coming In the past 30 days, support for the Iraq War among white evangelicals […]

Juan Cole

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Maliki Condemns Us For Raid Wednesdays

Maliki Condemns Us For Raid Wednesdays

Maliki Condemns US for Raid Wednesday’s dramatic events in Iraq began with a US military raid into Sadr City, the vast Shiite slum full of […]

Juan Cole

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Helman Iraq And Vietnam Ambassador

Helman Iraq And Vietnam Ambassador

Helman: Iraq and Vietnam Ambassador Gerald B. Helman writes: In recent days, events in the Vietnem war have been cited and compared to what is […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Guerrillas Kill 4 Us Gis Al

Iraqi Guerrillas Kill 4 Us Gis Al

Iraqi Guerrillas Kill 4 US GIs al-Hakim Supports Regional Confederacies (Don’t miss the second part of my interview with Rajiv Chandrasekaran on Iraq, below.) The […]

Juan Cole

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Chandrasekaran Interview Part Ii This

Chandrasekaran Interview Part Ii This

Chandrasekaran Interview, Part II This is the second part of my interview with Rajiv Chandrasekaran of the Washington Post, concerning his book, Imperial Life in […]

Juan Cole

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Amara Explodes In Violence Again Us

Amara Explodes In Violence Again Us

Amara Explodes in Violence Again US Raids Sadrist Offices in Diwaniyah, Hillah 2 GIs were announced killed on Monday and one has disappeared, presumably kidnapped. […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Kill 5 Gis Bombings Attacks

Guerrillas Kill 5 Gis Bombings Attacks

Guerrillas Kill 5 GIs Bombings, Attacks, Kill 44 Iraqis UN: Nearly 1 Million Displaced since US Invasion 5 US GIs were killed or announced killed […]

Juan Cole

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Mulla Omar Threatens Us Troops Repubs

Mulla Omar Threatens Us Troops Repubs

Mulla Omar Threatens US Troops Repubs: Good at Ads, Bad at Capturing Mulla Omar, leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan and claimant on the title […]

Juan Cole

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