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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade
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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Mohammad Eslami

Chinese policy and security circles interpret the tariff threat less as an attempt to alter Iran’s behavior than as a signal to third parties

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

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Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

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Provincial News Sunni Shiite Fighting

Provincial News Sunni Shiite Fighting

Provincial News: Sunni-Shiite fighting in Yusufiyah An informed reader writes: ‘ [Last Friday] there were the first violent clashes, practically a battle, between Sunnis and […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Administration Outing Of Khan

Bush Administration Outing Of Khan

Bush Administration outing of Khan Enabled 5 al-Qaeda Cell Members to Escape Capture Neville Dean of PA News reports that a magistrate has given British […]

Juan Cole

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Fighting Rages On In Iraq Ap Gives

Fighting Rages On In Iraq Ap Gives

Fighting Rages on in Iraq AP gives a good overview. Baghdad On Monday morning guerrillas detonated a car bomb outside the house of Diyala provincial […]

Juan Cole

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Chalabi Arrest Warrants Three Judge

Chalabi Arrest Warrants Three Judge

Chalabi Arrest Warrants A three-judge panel on Sunday issued a warrant for the arrests of Ahmad Chalabi and his nephew Salem Chalabi. Ahmad Chalabi was […]

Juan Cole

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Cnn Transcripts On Khan Case From Cnn

Cnn Transcripts On Khan Case From Cnn

CNN Transcripts on Khan Case From CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, Sunday August 8: ‘ BLITZER: Let’s talk about some of the people who […]

Juan Cole

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Cnn On Khan Scandal Has It Prevented

Cnn On Khan Scandal Has It Prevented

CNN on Khan Scandal: Has it Prevented the Capture of Bin Laden? The story of how the Bush administration prematurely outed Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Outing Of Khan And Faustian

Bush Outing Of Khan And Faustian

Bush Outing of Khan and the Faustian Bargain David Johnston of the New York Times tried to get further details of the Bush administration outing […]

Juan Cole

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Continued Shiite Clashes With Us Najaf

Continued Shiite Clashes With Us Najaf

Continued Shiite Clashes with US Najaf Since the recent round of fighting began in Najaf, 5 US Marines have been killed and 12 wounded in […]

Juan Cole

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Sistanis Trip To Uk Fayyad Likely

Sistanis Trip To Uk Fayyad Likely

Sistani’s Trip to the UK Fayyad Likely Successor Ma`d Fayyad of Ash-Sharq al-Awsat reveals some of the background to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s trip to […]

Juan Cole

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