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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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Are OPEC+ Oil Cuts, Raising Prices, the Arab World's Way of Asking Biden what He's done for them Lately?

Are OPEC+ Oil Cuts, Raising Prices, the Arab World’s Way of Asking Biden what He’s done for them Lately?

By Hazem Ayyad | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Amir Hossein Zamani Nia, Iran’s OPEC governor, announced when he left a meeting with […]

Middle East Monitor

Authoritarianism
Young Unveiled Iranian Women Protesters Keep Mysteriously falling off Buildings, According to Country’s Police

Young Unveiled Iranian Women Protesters Keep Mysteriously falling off Buildings, According to Country’s Police

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Like Russian officials and failed diplomats, who seem to fall off buildings at a dizzying rate, Iranian young women under […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Hope for a New Day in Iran?

Hope for a New Day in Iran?

Hiroshima (Special to Informed Comment) — In 1975, when I was 16, my father’s work took our family to Turkey. It was hard parting. I […]

Nassrine Azimi

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In Irony, $9.7 bn. GigawattFactory Hub for Battery, Renewables, to be Built by Coal Firm on Wasteland its Open Mining Created

In Irony, $9.7 bn. GigawattFactory Hub for Battery, Renewables, to be Built by Coal Firm on Wasteland its Open Mining Created

By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – German energy group LEAG, the country’s second biggest electricity producer and a key lignite […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Climate Tipping Points could lock in unstoppable Changes to the Planet – how Close are They?

Climate Tipping Points could lock in unstoppable Changes to the Planet – how Close are They?

By David Armstrong McKay, Stockholm University | – Continued greenhouse gas emissions risk triggering climate tipping points. These are self-sustaining shifts in the climate system […]

The Conversation

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Dark Brandon Pardons Those Convicted of Pot Use, Righting a Historical Wrong: The 'War on Drugs' Targeted Minorities

Dark Brandon Pardons Those Convicted of Pot Use, Righting a Historical Wrong: The ‘War on Drugs’ Targeted Minorities

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a pardon for all federal convicts on the charge of marijuana possession. Mr. Biden […]

Juan Cole

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Why Most Muslims Celebrate Mawlid, the Prophet Muhammad's Birthday, despite Wahhabi Disapproval

Why Most Muslims Celebrate Mawlid, the Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday, despite Wahhabi Disapproval

By Deina Abdelkader, UMass Lowell | – (The Conversation) – Most Muslims celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad on the 12th day of the […]

The Conversation

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The Walking Dead: Fascism as the Zombie Philosophy that will Not Die

The Walking Dead: Fascism as the Zombie Philosophy that will Not Die

Italy just elected a far-right leader. Is this the beginning of a resurgence of fascism, or the beginning of the end? By John Feffer | […]

John Feffer

Authoritarianism
From the College Debt Crisis to Poor Health Insurance, America’s Pathologies are Rooted in the Right Wing Crackdown of WW I and After

From the College Debt Crisis to Poor Health Insurance, America’s Pathologies are Rooted in the Right Wing Crackdown of WW I and After

By Adam Hochschild | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Donald Trump has had the urge to crush many things, including the last election. So I […]

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