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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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Ten Amazing Predictions For 2006 1

Ten Amazing Predictions for 2006 1. Al-Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri, whom the Bush administration has failed to capture after all this time, and who was probably […]

Juan Cole

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Sadrists Reject Allawi Coalition Al

Sadrists Reject Allawi Coalition Al

Sadrists Reject Allawi Coalition Al-Hakim Seeks position of Party Overseer Al-Hayat[Ar.]: The fundamentalist Shiite coalition, the United Iraqi alliance, one of the leaders of which […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim Sees Baghdad As Federated

Al Hakim Sees Baghdad As Federated

Al-Hakim Sees Baghdad as Federated Province Sadrists Urge Alliance with Sunni Arabs Al-Zaman/ AFP [Ar.]: Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the head of the victorious (fundamentalist Shiite) […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Petroleum Crisis Bahr Al Ulum

Iraq Petroleum Crisis Bahr Al Ulum

Iraq Petroleum Crisis Bahr al-Ulum Forced Out Drivers in Baghdad are waiting in lines a quarter of a mile long, according to the NYT, as […]

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Iraq Petroleum Production Suffocating

Iraq Petroleum Production Suffocating

Iraq Petroleum Production “Suffocating”: Bahr al-Ulum An informed observer writes: ‘ Reuters reports that “average exports in November fell to 1.21 million barrels a day […]

Juan Cole

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Middle East And America In 2005 How

Middle East And America In 2005 How

The Middle East and America in 2005: How the Region Has Changed The Bush administration has several major policy goals in the Middle East, which […]

Juan Cole

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International Team To Assess Elections

International Team To Assess Elections

International Team to Assess Elections Al-Hakim meets Talabani In Baghdad, , AP reports that the International Mission for Iraqi Elections will send a team of […]

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10 20 Dead In Failed Terrorist Prison

10 20 Dead In Failed Terrorist Prison

10-20 Dead in Failed Terrorist Prison Break Sunni Arabs Demonstrate Against Election Results in Samarra Prison guards killed between 4 and 16 inmates when some […]

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Kurds Plan To Seize Kirkuk Militarily

Kurds Plan To Seize Kirkuk Militarily

Kurds Plan to Seize Kirkuk Militarily: Knight Ridder Tom Lasseter of Knight Ridder reports that the Kurds have seeded 10,000 peshmerga militiamen into the Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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