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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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The Earth and Human Beings must Be Saved Together

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A postcard I use as a bookmarker contains a set of principles for gardening in urban soils […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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Climate Breakdown makes Atmosphere Thirstier, Worsens Droughts

By Solomon Gebrechorkos, University of Oxford (The Conversation) – Droughts are becoming more severe and widespread across the globe. But it’s not just changing rainfall […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Illegal and Immoral: Israel’s Kidnapping of Greta Thunberg and the Madleen Aid Ship on the High Seas

Illegal and Immoral: Israel’s Kidnapping of Greta Thunberg and the Madleen Aid Ship on the High Seas

By Adnan Hmidan ( Middle East Monitor ) – Once again, the so-called “most moral army in the world” flexes its muscle, not against a […]

Middle East Monitor

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In New Low, Israel’s Netanyahu has Recklessly allied with ISIS in Gaza

In New Low, Israel’s Netanyahu has Recklessly allied with ISIS in Gaza

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – The world’s most poorly kept secret is that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) is escalating his state-sponsored […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Donald Trump
Gov. Newsom asks Trump to Withdraw Troops from Los Angeles and Protests Intensify

Gov. Newsom asks Trump to Withdraw Troops from Los Angeles and Protests Intensify

By Nigel Duara, Jeanne Kuang and Sergio Olmos, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. ( CalMatters ) – […]

Cal Matters

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Is Nuclear Winter a Climate Issue?

Is Nuclear Winter a Climate Issue?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Thirty-five years after the start of the nuclear age with the first explosion of an atomic bomb, I visited the expanse […]

Norman Solomon

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A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad

A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad

Book Review – Osamah F. Khalil, A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad from Kennedy to Biden. Cambridge (MA) and London: Harvard […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Immigration
California Democrats push to block ICE from Schools, Hospitals and Shelters

California Democrats push to block ICE from Schools, Hospitals and Shelters

By Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Hospitals. Schools. Shelters. Those are some of the places […]

Cal Matters

China
Trump’s Middle East Pivot aims to counter China’s rising Influence

Trump’s Middle East Pivot aims to counter China’s rising Influence

By Maria Papageorgiou, Newcastle University (The Conversation) – The US president, Donald Trump, claimed he was able to secure deals totalling more than US$2 trillion […]

The Conversation

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