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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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Nation Soccer And Punishing Iran

The Nation: Soccer and Punishing Iran The Nation looks at the global politics of soccer with reference to Iran. Americans don’t realize it, but soccer […]

Juan Cole

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33 Dead In Civil War 7 Us Troops

33 Dead In Civil War 7 Us Troops

33 Dead in Civil War 7 US Troops Killed over Weekend Basra in Chaos as Tribes Feud On Monday, scattered bombings and shootings left at […]

Juan Cole

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Monday Afternoon Scandals David

Monday Afternoon Scandals David

Monday Afternoon Scandals David Swanson says that angry veterans surrounded and berated Richard Perle, a major architect of the Iraq War, when he showed up […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrilla Violence Kills 48 Al Maliki

Guerrilla Violence Kills 48 Al Maliki

Guerrilla Violence Kills 48Al-Maliki May announce Government without Interior, Defence On Monday morning, guerrillas in the south launched a mortar barrage of 40 shells against […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Paramilitaries Pledge To

Iranian Paramilitaries Pledge To

Iranian Paramilitaries Pledge to Defend Iran Since the US military has most trouble with asymmetrical forces and paramilitaries, it is worthwhile noting that Iran’s paramilitary […]

Juan Cole

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Lying And Ordering Others To Lie Bush

Lying And Ordering Others To Lie Bush

Lying and Ordering others to Lie Bush not only continued to lie about mobile biological weapons labs in Iraq even after weapons inspectors discovered that […]

Juan Cole

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Mearsheimer And Walt Again Mearsheimer

Mearsheimer And Walt Again Mearsheimer

Mearsheimer and Walt Again Mearsheimer and Walt on the “Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy” stay in the news. The Forward’s Ori Nir did an […]

Juan Cole

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Basra Police Chief Dismissed 8 Bodies

Basra Police Chief Dismissed 8 Bodies

Basra Police Chief Dismissed 8 Bodies found in Najaf The political violence in Iraq continues apace. 11 bodies were found dead in Najaf. One of […]

Juan Cole

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Recommended Blog Take Look At All Of

Recommended Blog Take Look At All Of

Recommended Blog Take a look at All of this . . . and Nothing.

Juan Cole

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