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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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Advice For Candidates Do Not Reveal

Advice for Candidates: ‘Do not Reveal your Identity . . . Stay Home as Much as Possible ‘ Jack Fairweather reports for the Telegraph from […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Blesses United Iraqi Alliance

Sistani Blesses United Iraqi Alliance

Sistani “Blesses” United Iraqi Alliance Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s web site [Arabic Link] has posted an article from the newspaper al-Ra’i al-`Amm which reports Sistani’s […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli Arab News Cycle I Found This

Israeli Arab News Cycle I Found This

Israeli-Arab News Cycle I found this Haaretz article too complicated too follow. So the Israeli Army has a psy-ops unit that used to be very […]

Juan Cole

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Bombs Zarqawi And Sistanis

Bombs Zarqawi And Sistanis

Bombs, Zarqawi, and Sistani’s Constitution On Monday morning, guerrillas set off another car bomb near the headquarters in Baghdad of the Iraqi National Accord, the […]

Juan Cole

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Al Yawir On Chalabi Affair Lbc Arab

Al Yawir On Chalabi Affair Lbc Arab

Al-Yawir on the Chalabi Affair The LBC Arab satellite channel ran an extended interview Sunday afternoon EST with interim Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawir. The interviewer […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim No To Civil War Yes To

Al Hakim No To Civil War Yes To

Al-Hakim: No to Civil War, Yes to Timetable for US Withdrawal Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the United Iraqi Alliance list, says that Shiites refuse […]

Juan Cole

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Chalabi To Be Arrested Political

Chalabi To Be Arrested Political

Chalabi to be arrested The political season in Iraq is turning extremely nasty. Not only were over 20 persons killed and dozens injured in bombings […]

Juan Cole

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Montazeri Warns Iraqis Against

Montazeri Warns Iraqis Against

Montazeri Warns Iraqis Against Clerical Rule Ayatollah Husain Ali Montazeri of Qom warned [Persian link] the Iraqi political class on Friday against allowing clerics to […]

Juan Cole

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Pictorial Commentary On First Line In

Pictorial Commentary On First Line In

A Pictorial Commentary on the first Line in Bush’s Inaugural Speech The full transcript is here. Pictures are clickable. ” . . . on this […]

Juan Cole

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