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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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Iran
Iran has Reached out to the US many Times, and often been Rebuffed by Washington

Iran has Reached out to the US many Times, and often been Rebuffed by Washington

( Detailed Political Quizzes) – In an August 14, 2022, New York Times Opinion piece (“How the United States Misunderstands Iran”), Karim Sadjadpour, a senior […]

Jeffrey Rudolph

Afghanistan
That Time Gorbachev Announced Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan and US went on Building up Muslim Fundamentalists there Anyway, leading to 9/11

That Time Gorbachev Announced Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan and US went on Building up Muslim Fundamentalists there Anyway, leading to 9/11

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mikhail Gorbachev’s passing yesterday at age 91 is a good occasion to review some of the profound mistakes of the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
6-year-old Palestinian dies after Israel denies him Access to Treatment outside Gaza

6-year-old Palestinian dies after Israel denies him Access to Treatment outside Gaza

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – A press release issued by Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights condemned the discriminatory restriction […]

Middle East Monitor

Corruption
Mar-a-Lago search Warrant Affidavit reveals how Trump may have compromised National Security

Mar-a-Lago search Warrant Affidavit reveals how Trump may have compromised National Security

By Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University | – The Justice Department on Aug. 26, 2022, released an affidavit written by an FBI special agent […]

The Conversation

Health
Medicare Dis-Advantage: Shortchanging the Patients While Enriching the Insurer

Medicare Dis-Advantage: Shortchanging the Patients While Enriching the Insurer

By Leonard Rodberg | – ( Commondreams.org) – Advocates of universal health care are currently battling the effort by corporate forces, both outside and within […]

Common Dreams

Democratic Party
MAGA GOP Complains about Biden's "Semi-Fascism" Jibe; Also MAGA GOP: There will be Blood in the Streets

MAGA GOP Complains about Biden’s “Semi-Fascism” Jibe; Also MAGA GOP: There will be Blood in the Streets

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden told donors at a fundraising dinner a few days ago, “”The MAGA Republicans don’t just threaten our […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Expanding the Occupation of Palestinians in the Name of Jesus

Expanding the Occupation of Palestinians in the Name of Jesus

Most people agree that imperialism has been a very bad thing for the world. American Indian leader Dennis Means addressed a capacity crowd at the […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Afghanistan
End America's Collective Punishment of Afghans

End America’s Collective Punishment of Afghans

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – A year has now passed since the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from decades of war […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Arctic
What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It’s losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise

What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It’s losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise

By Alun Hubbard, University of Tromsø | – I’m standing at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, mesmerized by a mind-blowing scene of natural […]

The Conversation

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