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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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20 Years After Deadly US Attack, Free Press Still Threatened in Iraq

20 Years After Deadly US Attack, Free Press Still Threatened in Iraq

Sarah Sanbar Iraq Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division   @SarahSanbar ( Human Rights Watch ) – April 8 is a day that lives […]

Human Rights Watch

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Climate Emergency: As Heat-Related Deaths Soar in Arizona, Groups Launch Tree-Planting Intitiatives

Climate Emergency: As Heat-Related Deaths Soar in Arizona, Groups Launch Tree-Planting Intitiatives

The blue palo verde is Arizona’s state tree. Several are shown in a neighborhood in North Phoenix. (Photo by Emily Mai/Cronkite News) By Jeremy Yurow/Cronkite […]

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Climate Crisis
The untapped Power of Ocean Winds – why New Zealand is looking Offshore for future renewable Energy

The untapped Power of Ocean Winds – why New Zealand is looking Offshore for future renewable Energy

By Craig Stevens, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research | – The latest synthesis report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) […]

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Trumpism Triumphant: Tennessee GOP Expulsion of Black Reps. shows Rot of Racism

Trumpism Triumphant: Tennessee GOP Expulsion of Black Reps. shows Rot of Racism

Oakland, Ca. (Feature; Special to Informed Comment) – The demonstration on the floor of the Tennessee Legislature on March 30 was not an insurrection, such […]

H. Scott Prosterman

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Adam Lenhart:  "Two Scenes from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám" (Concert)

Adam Lenhart: “Two Scenes from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám” (Concert)

Adam Lenhart Music: “Two Scenes from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám – University of Michigan 2023 CoLab Concert Performance” Two Scenes from The Rubáiyát of […]

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Authoritarianism
In Turkey, will one man continue to rule them all? The May 14th elections hold the answer

In Turkey, will one man continue to rule them all? The May 14th elections hold the answer

Written byArzu Geybullayeva     ( Globalvoices.org) – May 14 will go down in the history of Turkish Republic as one of the most important […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

nuclear weapons
90 Seconds to Midnight:  The Doomsday Clock and Me

90 Seconds to Midnight: The Doomsday Clock and Me

(Tomdispatch.com ) – I’m not a TikTok person. I’m too old. But when I finally ventured onto that popular but much-maligned app, which traffics in […]

Frida Berrigan

Authoritarianism
Leaked Pentagon Report: Israeli Intel Agency Mossad Agitated against Netanyahu's weakening of Courts

Leaked Pentagon Report: Israeli Intel Agency Mossad Agitated against Netanyahu’s weakening of Courts

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – John Hudson and Louisa Loveluck at the Washington Post report that a leak of Pentagon documents reveals that the U.S. […]

Juan Cole

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Physicians:  Ruling banning Abortion Pill could harm Women experiencing Life-threatening  Miscarriages

Physicians: Ruling banning Abortion Pill could harm Women experiencing Life-threatening Miscarriages

By Kelcie Moseley-Morris and Sofia Resnick   A Texas federal judge with a history of anti-abortion beliefs has thrown into jeopardy the most common form […]

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