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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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Will 2022 Mark the Turning Point in the Climate Crisis?

Will 2022 Mark the Turning Point in the Climate Crisis?

( Foreign Policy in Focus) Over the last six months, the world took a giant step backward in its efforts to address the current climate […]

John Feffer

Bill of Rights
The Real Cancel Culture:  Anti-Palestinianism and the Crisis of American Free Speech

The Real Cancel Culture: Anti-Palestinianism and the Crisis of American Free Speech

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The firing of Palestinian American woman, Natalie Abulhawa, has sparked a debate over free-speech, […]

Middle East Monitor

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Ukraine War being Fought around Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant:  What could Possibly Go wrong?

Ukraine War being Fought around Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant: What could Possibly Go wrong?

By Najmedin Meshkati, University of Southern California | – Russian forces occupy Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in the Ukrainian […]

The Conversation

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California to Require All New Car Purchases in 2035 to be Electric, in Massive Change for Auto Industry

California to Require All New Car Purchases in 2035 to be Electric, in Massive Change for Auto Industry

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The California Air Resources Board has ruled that no all-gasoline cars can be sold new in California by 2035, according […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How Coverage of Palestinians and Israel in NYT and Western Press Obscures the Occupation

How Coverage of Palestinians and Israel in NYT and Western Press Obscures the Occupation

( Middle East Monitor ) – While US and western mainstream and corporate media remain biased in favour of Israel, they often behave as if […]

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Crisis
How Biden's Inflation Reduction Act strengthens EPA’s future ability to take on Big Carbon and the Supreme Court

How Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act strengthens EPA’s future ability to take on Big Carbon and the Supreme Court

By Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School | – The new Inflation Reduction Act is being justly celebrated as the most significant piece of federal legislation […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change – we scoured 77,000 studies to map the pathways

58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change – we scoured 77,000 studies to map the pathways

By Tristan McKenzie, University of Gothenburg; Camilo Mora, University of Hawaii; and Hannah von Hammerstein, University of Hawaii | – Climate change can exacerbate a […]

The Conversation

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Why the Right Wingers in Israel and the US Really Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal: They want Regime Change Instead

Why the Right Wingers in Israel and the US Really Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal: They want Regime Change Instead

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Right wing Israeli politicians such as former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and even centrist politicians like caretaker Prime Minister Yair […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Inflation Reduction Act's Incentives are a Start to a Green Energy Revolution, but Now comes the Hard Work

The Inflation Reduction Act’s Incentives are a Start to a Green Energy Revolution, but Now comes the Hard Work

By Daniel Cohan, Rice University | – The new Inflation Reduction Act is stuffed with subsidies for everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps, and […]

The Conversation

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