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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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Clancy On Wolfowitz I Just Heard Tom

Clancy On Wolfowitz I Just Heard Tom

Clancy on Wolfowitz I just heard Tom Clancy on Deborah Norville’s show. She asked him about some persons he had met in the Defense Department. […]

Juan Cole

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Sistanis Fatwa On New Government Fatwa

Sistanis Fatwa On New Government Fatwa

Sistani’s Fatwa on the New Government Fatwa of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on the New Government trans. J. Cole “In the Name of God, the […]

Juan Cole

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Tenet Resigns I Have No Inside Sources

Tenet Resigns I Have No Inside Sources

Tenet Resigns I have no inside sources on why George Tenet just resigned as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. But I can think of […]

Juan Cole

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Shiites Disgruntled With Caretaker

Shiites Disgruntled With Caretaker

Shiites Disgruntled with Caretaker Government James Drummond reports for the Financial Times that al-Da`wa and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) have […]

Juan Cole

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14 Dead In Iraq More Fighting Between

14 Dead In Iraq More Fighting Between

14 Dead in Iraq; More Fighting between Sadrists and US Troops; Between a huge car bomb in Adhamiyah in Baghdad (which killed 4 and wounded […]

Juan Cole

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Chalabi Spy Case James Risen And David

Chalabi Spy Case James Risen And David

Chalabi Spy Case James Risen and David Johnston have a story in the New York Times on Wednesday about the spying charges against Ahmad Chalabi. […]

Juan Cole

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Making Americans Safer Frankly Idiotic

Making Americans Safer Frankly Idiotic

Making Americans Safer The frankly idiotic US battles fought near Shiite shrines in Najaf and Karbala have created a new, seething rage toward the US […]

Juan Cole

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New Proposal For Mahdi Army In Najaf

New Proposal For Mahdi Army In Najaf

New Proposal for Mahdi Army in Najaf A new proposal has emerged for dealing with the stand-off in Najaf, whereby the US troops will withdraw […]

Juan Cole

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Revised Text Of U

Revised Text Of U

Revised text of U.N. draft resolution on Iraq proposed by United States and Britain (Via Associated Press): “The United States and Britain circulated the following […]

Juan Cole

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