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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
Asia

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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Many thanks to our Readers and Supporters, and Happy New Year

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Once again, you came through with generous support for Informed Comment. Our regular contributors and I are so grateful, and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Have Israeli Extremists Ben-Gvir and Smotrich set Sights on Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians?

Have Israeli Extremists Ben-Gvir and Smotrich set Sights on Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians?

By Feras Abu-Helal | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – At the end of last month, Benjamin Netanyahu formed the most extreme Israeli government […]

Middle East Monitor

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Housing Unaffordable for Half of US Renters

Housing Unaffordable for Half of US Renters

By Matt McConnell | Researcher, Economic Justice and Rights Division | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – New survey data released recently by the […]

Human Rights Watch

Islam
Islamic paintings of the Prophet Muhammad are an important Piece of History – here’s why Art Historians teach them

Islamic paintings of the Prophet Muhammad are an important Piece of History – here’s why Art Historians teach them

By Christiane Gruber, University of Michigan | – Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, recently dismissed Erika López Prater, an adjunct faculty member, for showing […]

The Conversation

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Israelis mass to Protest "Thuggish" "Fascist" new Government, as it Proceeds to Ensconce Apartheid toward Palestinians

Israelis mass to Protest “Thuggish” “Fascist” new Government, as it Proceeds to Ensconce Apartheid toward Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new, far right wing government in Israel, some elements of which are fairly characterized as fascist, has in a […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Will Iran’s Protest Movement Survive?

Will Iran’s Protest Movement Survive?

( RFE/RL) – Antiestablishment protests have raged across Iran for months, despite a brutal state crackdown in which hundreds of demonstrators have been killed and […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

US Foreign Policy
Why American Exceptionalism can be a Very Bad Thing

Why American Exceptionalism can be a Very Bad Thing

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Let me start with a confession: I no longer read all the way through newspaper stories about the war in Ukraine. […]

Rebecca Gordon

Christianity
Christian Nationalism is downplayed in the Jan. 6 report and Collective Memory

Christian Nationalism is downplayed in the Jan. 6 report and Collective Memory

By Joyce Dalsheim, University of North Carolina – Charlotte; and Gregory Starret, University of North Carolina – Charlotte | – (The Conversation) – When they […]

The Conversation

Brazil
Brazil's Jan. 6:  Right wing Mob invades Nat'l Congress, Tries to Stop Progressive Policies like Saving Amazon

Brazil’s Jan. 6: Right wing Mob invades Nat’l Congress, Tries to Stop Progressive Policies like Saving Amazon

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, denounced the invasion of the national Congress and some ministry buildings […]

Juan Cole

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