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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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Climate Crisis: North America gets its own Mideast-Style Khamsin, courtesy Freak Canadian Smokestorm

Climate Crisis: North America gets its own Mideast-Style Khamsin, courtesy Freak Canadian Smokestorm

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Not only Toronto in Canada but New York, Washington, D.C. and other cities of the US northeast got a taste […]

Juan Cole

Artificial Intelligence
Palestinian Forum Highlights Threats of Autonomous Weapons

Palestinian Forum Highlights Threats of Autonomous Weapons

Susan Aboeid Associate, Arms Division   @aboeidsusan   ( Human Rights Watch) – In late May, I addressed a panel on the militarization of digital […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Bil'in's successful Resistance Campaign against the Israeli Wall

Palestinian Bil’in’s successful Resistance Campaign against the Israeli Wall

Michael Schulz    ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Anyone taking a drive into the occupied West Bank towards the little village of Bil’in will soon […]

Waging Nonviolence

Corruption
How Saudi Arabia came to be at the Centre of a global Golf Merger

How Saudi Arabia came to be at the Centre of a global Golf Merger

By David Rowe, Western Sydney University | – Professional golf – and increasingly world sport – is caught in a sand trap. Not the familiar […]

The Conversation

CO2
Carbon Dioxide in our Atmosphere hits High not seen for Millions of Years, threatening Accelerated Global Heating

Carbon Dioxide in our Atmosphere hits High not seen for Millions of Years, threatening Accelerated Global Heating

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Monday that parts per million of carbon dioxide in our planet’s atmosphere […]

Juan Cole

Arctic
Arctic Ocean could be Ice-Free in summer by 2030s, with Global, Damaging and Dangerous Consequences

Arctic Ocean could be Ice-Free in summer by 2030s, with Global, Damaging and Dangerous Consequences

By Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol | – (The Conversation) – The Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by the 2030s, even if we […]

The Conversation

China
Is China trying to supplant Washington as Peacemaker between Israel and Palestine?

Is China trying to supplant Washington as Peacemaker between Israel and Palestine?

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – Remarks on 24 May by China’s Ambassador to the UN on the situation in Occupied […]

Ramzy Baroud

Arms Sales
An Iron Curtain Has Descended on America

An Iron Curtain Has Descended on America

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Decline. It’s a word that hasn’t been much in the American vocabulary, though, as retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, historian, and […]

William J. Astore

Climate Crisis
Thumbing Nose at US, Saudi Cuts Oil production, Helping Russian War Effort, as Maduro Visits Riyadh

Thumbing Nose at US, Saudi Cuts Oil production, Helping Russian War Effort, as Maduro Visits Riyadh

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia has taken several steps sure to annoy Washington in just the […]

Juan Cole

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