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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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Bill of Rights
Will America’s Forever Prison Finally Close on Biden’s Watch: The Fate of Guantánamo

Will America’s Forever Prison Finally Close on Biden’s Watch: The Fate of Guantánamo

( Tomdispatch.com) – As of December 8, 2022, Guantánamo Bay detention facility — a prison offshore of American justice and built for those detained in […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Authoritarianism
Women's Revolt in Iran reaches Household of Leader Khamenei, as his Sister denounces "Despotic Caliphate"

Women’s Revolt in Iran reaches Household of Leader Khamenei, as his Sister denounces “Despotic Caliphate”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Badri Hosseini Khamenei, the sister of Iran’s clerical Leader Ali Khamenei, just issued a public broadside against him on her […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Xi lands in Saudi Arabia: What does China want from the Arabs?

Xi lands in Saudi Arabia: What does China want from the Arabs?

( Middle East Monitor ) – The problem with most Western media’s political analyses is that they generally tend to be short-sighted and focused mostly […]

Ramzy Baroud

Russia
The Forgotten War: what Russia could win from the reignited Conflict in Syria

The Forgotten War: what Russia could win from the reignited Conflict in Syria

Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham | – (The Conversation) – Largely overshadowed by the war in Ukraine, Syria remains a deeply divided and violent country, […]

The Conversation

Corporations
Congress Has No Business Shoveling Another $847 Billion Into the Military Industrial Complex

Congress Has No Business Shoveling Another $847 Billion Into the Military Industrial Complex

By Lindsay Koshgarian | – ( Otherwords.org ) – Can you imagine the audacity to fail a multi-trillion dollar audit of public funds, and then […]

OtherWords

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U.S. State Department Slams Al Jazeera for taking Israeli Assassination of Abu Akleh to Int'l Criminal Court, though US asked Court to Investigate Russia

U.S. State Department Slams Al Jazeera for taking Israeli Assassination of Abu Akleh to Int’l Criminal Court, though US asked Court to Investigate Russia

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Qatar-based satellite news channel Al Jazeera has referred the case of one of its slain reporters, Shireen Abu Akleh […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Iranian-Baluch Prisoner Khodanoor Lajaei: Icon for a Revolution

Iranian-Baluch Prisoner Khodanoor Lajaei: Icon for a Revolution

By Hamid Yazdan Panah | – ( Globalvoices.org) – Unprecedented protests have been taking place in Iran over the last two months, with thousands taking […]

Global Voices

Biodiversity
Key Summit:  Avoiding Climate Breakdown depends on protecting Earth’s Biodiversity

Key Summit: Avoiding Climate Breakdown depends on protecting Earth’s Biodiversity

By Nathan Cooper, University of Waikato | – (The Conversation) – Thousands of delegates have gathered in Montreal, Canada, for a once-in-a-decade chance to address […]

The Conversation

Democracy
Living Politics, Embedding with Workers, Standing up to the Lies of the Rich

Living Politics, Embedding with Workers, Standing up to the Lies of the Rich

( Tomdispatch.com ) – “Welcome back!” read my friend Allan’s email. “So happy to have you back and seeing that hard work paid off. Thank […]

Rebecca Gordon

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