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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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Can China broker Peace in Yemen – and further Beijing’s Middle East Strategy in the Process?

Can China broker Peace in Yemen – and further Beijing’s Middle East Strategy in the Process?

By Mahad Darar, Colorado State University | – After nearly a decade of grinding conflict, Yemen looks to be inching toward a peace deal. Talks […]

The Conversation

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Iran’s President Raisi in Damascus for Victory Lap, Expanded Trade

Iran’s President Raisi in Damascus for Victory Lap, Expanded Trade

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hard line Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi took a victory lap in Syria this week. He led an Iranian delegation of […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Sudan: the longer the Conflict Lasts, the higher the Risk of a regional War

Sudan: the longer the Conflict Lasts, the higher the Risk of a regional War

By May Darwich, University of Birmingham | – The 2019 Sudan uprisings that ousted long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir and installed a military-civilian transitional government gave […]

The Conversation

China
Can the U.S. Adjust Sensibly to a Multipolar World?

Can the U.S. Adjust Sensibly to a Multipolar World?

( Code Pink) – In his 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, historian Paul Kennedy reassured Americans that the decline the […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Arms Sales
This is not Your Grandfather’s Military-Industrial Complex:  Unwarranted Influence

This is not Your Grandfather’s Military-Industrial Complex: Unwarranted Influence

By Ben Freeman and William D. Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The military-industrial complex (MIC) that President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned Americans about more than […]

Tomdispatch

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Yes,  Mr. DeSantis, Palestinians are Indigenous, Descended from the Canaanites, and Palestinian Identity is not New

Yes, Mr. DeSantis, Palestinians are Indigenous, Descended from the Canaanites, and Palestinian Identity is not New

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Here is Part 2 of my argument with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis concerning his uninformed and bigoted comments about Palestinians. […]

Juan Cole

Civil Rights
Rep. Tlaib, reproductive rights Advocates call for U.S. Supreme Court Reform amid Ethics Scandals

Rep. Tlaib, reproductive rights Advocates call for U.S. Supreme Court Reform amid Ethics Scandals

By: Ken Coleman –     ( Michigan Advance ) – During a Wednesday news conference in Detroit, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) joined reproductive […]

Michigan Advance

Authoritarianism
Tunisia Doubles Down on Democratic Rollback

Tunisia Doubles Down on Democratic Rollback

Published in: Foreign Policy Eric Goldstein Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division   goldsteinricky ( Human Rights Watch ) – Some coups and […]

Human Rights Watch

Iraq
What the Iraq War can teach the US about avoiding a Quagmire in Ukraine – 3 key Lessons

What the Iraq War can teach the US about avoiding a Quagmire in Ukraine – 3 key Lessons

By Patrick James, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | – Leaked Pentagon papers showed in early April 2023 that the U.S. is […]

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