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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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Netherlands innovates with Floating Solar Panels in Sea, Locally-owned Wind Farm Cooperative

Netherlands innovates with Floating Solar Panels in Sea, Locally-owned Wind Farm Cooperative

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Netherlands was long a laggard regarding the green energy revolution and combating the climate emergency, perhaps in part because […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
“Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia” – A Review

“Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia” – A Review

Bonn (Special to Informed Comment) – Review of Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia (London: Pluto Press, 2022). “This book might make you uncomfortable, […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Antisemitism
Has the Ukraine War Kicked off the 4th Modern Exodus of Jews from Russia?

Has the Ukraine War Kicked off the 4th Modern Exodus of Jews from Russia?

By Stephen Hall, University of Bath | – It’s not the first time that Jews have felt it necessary to flee Russia, but the invasion […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The White House Meets the Creature from the Black Lagoon: How Trump turned the American Dream into the American Scream

The White House Meets the Creature from the Black Lagoon: How Trump turned the American Dream into the American Scream

( Tomdispatch.com) – Honestly, if you had described this America to me more than half a century ago, I would have laughed in your face. […]

Tom Engelhardt

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Residents of Misafer Yatta -- Being Slowly Ethnically Cleansed by Israel --- take Refuge in Caves

Residents of Misafer Yatta — Being Slowly Ethnically Cleansed by Israel — take Refuge in Caves

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli usurpation of nine Palestinian hamlets of Misafer Yatta near Hebron has driven some of the residents to shelter […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Iranian Women’s Rights Activists face new online Threats

Iranian Women’s Rights Activists face new online Threats

By Azin Mohajerin and Sussan Tahmasebi | – ( Globalvoices.org) – In May 2022, dozens of Instagram pages belonging to Iranian women’s rights activists received […]

Global Voices

Food Security
Hunger is increasing worldwide but Women bear the Brunt of Food Insecurity

Hunger is increasing worldwide but Women bear the Brunt of Food Insecurity

By Carol Richards, Queensland University of Technology; and Rudolf Messner, Queensland University of Technology | – Recent UN data on food insecurity paints a bleak […]

The Conversation

Agriculture
Climate Emergency Hits German Farms as Harvests Remain Meager

Climate Emergency Hits German Farms as Harvests Remain Meager

By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The ongoing drought in Germany is expected to have dire effects on this year’s […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Pakistan: Climate Emergency-Driven, biblical Floods affect 33 million People Leave Millions Homeless

Pakistan: Climate Emergency-Driven, biblical Floods affect 33 million People Leave Millions Homeless

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Heavy flooding in southern Pakistan has destroyed or damaged 670,000 homes, according to Reliefweb. During an ordinary monsoon season in […]

Juan Cole

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