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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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Tawhid Joins Al Qaeda On Internet Site

Tawhid Joins al-Qaeda On the internet site of Monotheism and Holy War (al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad), the group allegedly declared, “We announce that the Tawhid and […]

Juan Cole

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Will Tested Of Coalition Of Willing

Will Tested Of Coalition Of Willing

Will Tested of Coalition of the Willing Between 20,000 and 75,000 protesters came out in London to march against US presence in Iraq. The Bush […]

Juan Cole

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Suskind On Bush I Can Fly Ron Suskinds

Suskind on Bush: “I can Fly!” Ron Suskind’s profile of George W. Bush reminded me eerily of Mao Zedong, the leader of the Chinese Communist […]

Juan Cole

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Is Bush Shortchanging Our Troops

Is Bush Shortchanging Our Troops

Is Bush Shortchanging our Troops? The refusal of 19 reservists of the 43rd Quartermaster Company in Tallil to take fuel up to Taji north of […]

Juan Cole

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Jailed For Blogging I Received This

Jailed For Blogging I Received This

Jailed for Blogging I received this message from on an email network I subscribe to. ‘ Omid Memarian, Iranian writer and journalist, weblogger and social […]

Juan Cole

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More Bombs And Minor Mutiny Did They

More Bombs And Minor Mutiny Did They

More Bombs, and a Minor Mutiny Did they or didn’t they? Contradictory reports fly about the apparent mutiny of some troops in Iraq. Apparently they […]

Juan Cole

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Arab American Swing Vote Up For Grabs

Arab American Swing Vote Up For Grabs

Arab-American Swing Vote Up for Grabs Gary Younge has a truly excellent article in the Guardian on the Arab-American community and the way they are […]

Juan Cole

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Kerry Gay Daughters And Blue Hairs

Kerry Gay Daughters And Blue Hairs

Kerry, Gay Daughters and Blue Hairs Christopher Manion, a conservative critic of the neoconservatives, is the author of among the more trenchant Christian critiques of […]

Juan Cole

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Neo Baath V

Neo Baath V

Neo-Baath v. the Shiites Brig. Gen. Muhammad Abdullah Shahwani, the head of the Iraqi secret police, has charged 27 employees in the Iranian embassy in […]

Juan Cole

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