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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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After Failures of COP27, only a Radical Effort to Slash CO2 can keep Climate from Going Chaotic

After Failures of COP27, only a Radical Effort to Slash CO2 can keep Climate from Going Chaotic

By Peter Schlosser, Arizona State University | – The world could still, theoretically, meet its goal of keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius, a […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
How the Bush "War on Terror" Fed US White Nationalism and brought the Terror Home

How the Bush “War on Terror” Fed US White Nationalism and brought the Terror Home

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Recently, an agent of the Department of Homeland Security called me and started asking questions about a childhood acquaintance being investigated […]

Andrea Mazzarino

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Iran: Sunni Kurdish Clerics Call for Nat'l Referendum under U.N., as Shiite Security Forces Kill 13 in Crackdown on Kurdish West

Iran: Sunni Kurdish Clerics Call for Nat’l Referendum under U.N., as Shiite Security Forces Kill 13 in Crackdown on Kurdish West

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Monday, a large group of Sunni Kurdish clerics called for an internationally supervised referendum in Iran. According to BBC […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
COP27 Climate Summit sparks Action Against Investment Treaties Favoring Fossil Fuel Corporations Over People and Planet

COP27 Climate Summit sparks Action Against Investment Treaties Favoring Fossil Fuel Corporations Over People and Planet

By Manuel Pérez-Rocha | – ( Inequality.org ) – Regarding the global climate negotiations in Egypt, several countries announced important actions to curb the power […]

Inequality.org

Displaced and Refugees
Anti-War Russians find a new Home in Turkey

Anti-War Russians find a new Home in Turkey

By Arzu Geybullayeva | – ( Globalvoices.org) – In a lively neighborhood of Istanbul’s Kadikoy district, Grao Cafeteria is nestled in between local shops and […]

Global Voices

Climate Crisis
Urban Planning is now on the Front Line of the Climate Crisis. This is What it means for our Cities and Towns

Urban Planning is now on the Front Line of the Climate Crisis. This is What it means for our Cities and Towns

By Barbara Norman, University of Canberra | International climate talks in Egypt known as COP27 are into their second week. Thursday is Solutions Day at […]

The Conversation

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Top 6 Ways Republicans have Spread Hatred of Gays -- Background to Club Q Mass Shooting

Top 6 Ways Republicans have Spread Hatred of Gays — Background to Club Q Mass Shooting

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A 22-year-old gunman walked into Club Q in Colorado Springs Sunday and shot five people to death with a long […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Is the Controversy over Qatar's World Cup just More Orientalism and Islamophobia?

Is the Controversy over Qatar’s World Cup just More Orientalism and Islamophobia?

Belfast (Informed Comment) – The entire Arab world is excited as one of the world biggest sports events, the FIFA World Cup is held in […]

Mohammed Samaana

Climate Crisis
COP27 Climate Policy breakthrough as Wealthy Polluters accept the Principle of Climate Reparations: But does it Go far Enough?

COP27 Climate Policy breakthrough as Wealthy Polluters accept the Principle of Climate Reparations: But does it Go far Enough?

By Matt McDonald, The University of Queensland | – For 30 years, developing nations have fought to establish an international fund to pay for the […]

The Conversation

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