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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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Beirut Bombing Kills Communist

Beirut Bombing Kills Communist

Beirut Bombing Kills Communist Opposition Leader The victory in Sunday’s polling of the anti-Syrian faction in Lebanese politics has not led to social peace. The […]

Juan Cole

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Condi Cant Count Condi Rice Seems

Condi Cant Count Condi Rice Seems

Condi Can’t Count Condi Rice seems extremely confused about military affairs and the nature of guerrilla wars: Interviewed on CNN during her visit to the […]

Juan Cole

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37 Dead In Attacks On Monday Al Zaman

37 Dead In Attacks On Monday Al Zaman

37 Dead in Attacks on Monday Al-Zaman, the ‘Times of Baghdad,’ refers to “a sudden and unprecedented deterioration of the security situation in Baghdad” on […]

Juan Cole

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Helman On Un Option Ambassador Gerald

Helman On Un Option Ambassador Gerald

Helman on UN Option Ambassador Gerald B. Helman writes: “. . . On replacing the US with the UN in Iraq[:] It seems clear that […]

Juan Cole

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United Nations Strategy As Resolution

United Nations Strategy As Resolution

The United Nations Strategy as a Resolution of the Iraq Crisis The United States has failed militarily in Iraq, and the situation there is deteriorating […]

Juan Cole

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45 Dead Dozens Wounded In Guerrilla

45 Dead Dozens Wounded In Guerrilla

45 Dead, Dozens Wounded in Guerrilla Attacks Restaurant Bombing Mocks Operation Lightning The Associated Press reports that a guerrilla wearing a bomb belt walked into […]

Juan Cole

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Fixing Intelligence Around Facts Part

Fixing Intelligence Around Facts Part

Fixing the Intelligence Around the Facts Part Deux AP has gotten hold of the text of some more Downing Street Memos. Mark Danner at Tomdispatch.com […]

Juan Cole

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Us Uk Bombing Raids On Iraq In Summer

Us Uk Bombing Raids On Iraq In Summer

US & UK Bombing raids on Iraq in summer 2002 were illegal Michael Smith of the London Sunday Times continues his reporting on leaked British […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim Hails Iran For Its Cultural

Al Hakim Hails Iran For Its Cultural

Al-Hakim Hails Iran for its Cultural and Religious Privileges Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the United Iraqi Alliance list that dominates the Iraqi parliament and […]

Juan Cole

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