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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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Conspiracy Theories
Afraid of *Everything* - The Paranoid Nature of American Foreign and Domestic Policy

Afraid of *Everything* – The Paranoid Nature of American Foreign and Domestic Policy

( Tomdispatch.com ) – I have a brother with chronic schizophrenia. He had his first severe catatonic episode when he was 16 years old and […]

William J. Astore

Health
On Their 57th Anniversary, Medicare and Medicaid Remain Under Threat

On Their 57th Anniversary, Medicare and Medicaid Remain Under Threat

By Max Richter | – ( Commondreams.org ) – You may wonder why former President Harry Truman is sitting close by while President Lyndon B. […]

Common Dreams

Climate Crisis
Surprise Dem Senate Bill makes US Global Climate Leader, Sees 40% Carbon Reduction by 2030

Surprise Dem Senate Bill makes US Global Climate Leader, Sees 40% Carbon Reduction by 2030

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a huge surprise on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Chairman of the Senate Energy and […]

Juan Cole

Food Security
The Turkey-Russia-Ukraine Grain Agreement and the Weaponization of Food

The Turkey-Russia-Ukraine Grain Agreement and the Weaponization of Food

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – When Russia bombed the port in Odesa last week, it was not an auspicious beginning to the new […]

John Feffer

Israel
Israel fears a Nightmare Scenario as the Crisis with Russia escalates

Israel fears a Nightmare Scenario as the Crisis with Russia escalates

By Adnan Abu Amer | – Israel is convinced that Moscow’s threat to close down the Jewish Agency in Russia is retaliation for the Zionist […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Why Britain's 104°F (40°C) Heatwave was made many Times more Likely by Humans burning Fossil Fuels

Why Britain’s 104°F (40°C) Heatwave was made many Times more Likely by Humans burning Fossil Fuels

By Ben Clark, University of Oxford; Friederike Otto, Imperial College London; and Luke Harrington, University of Waikato | – (The Conversation) – Every heatwave occurring […]

The Conversation

Colonialism
Trump joins Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis as Former High Office-Holder Investigated for Sedition

Trump joins Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis as Former High Office-Holder Investigated for Sedition

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Carol D. Leonnig, Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey, and Spencer S. Hsu at the Washington Post got the scoop that the […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Enduring Tyranny of Oil: War, Inflation, and Soaring World Temperatures

The Enduring Tyranny of Oil: War, Inflation, and Soaring World Temperatures

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It may seem hard to believe, but only 15 years ago many of us were talking confidently about “peak oil” — […]

Michael T. Klare

unions
How Amazon, Starbucks and other Companies fight Unions

How Amazon, Starbucks and other Companies fight Unions

( Minnesota Reformer ) – You as a worker have a legal right to join a union, but there are many ways big corporations are […]

Robert Reich

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