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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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Apartheid
Palestinians Protest, hang Black Flags of Mourning over Biden's Bethlehem Visit, Accusing him of Sidelining their Political Rights

Palestinians Protest, hang Black Flags of Mourning over Biden’s Bethlehem Visit, Accusing him of Sidelining their Political Rights

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that widespread protests broke out on Thursday in the Israeli-Occupied Palestinian West Bank against […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
The Trump Mob:  Do the January 6 Hearings Set the Stage for a RICO Prosecution?

The Trump Mob: Do the January 6 Hearings Set the Stage for a RICO Prosecution?

The January 6 Committee hearings are the most compelling thing in American History since Watergate, and I’m so old I attended the hearing on two […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
In Biden World, Palestinians are not an Occupied Nation-in-Waiting but a mere Charity Case

In Biden World, Palestinians are not an Occupied Nation-in-Waiting but a mere Charity Case

( Middle East Monitor ) – When the Palestinian Authority leader jumped on the US bandwagon spouting status quo rhetoric, he should have remembered President […]

Ramona Wadi

Books
What I Can Still Love about My Embattled Country (and World)

What I Can Still Love about My Embattled Country (and World)

(Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s hot and hazy as July rolls around. Growing up in the Baltimore swamplands, we used to say, “It’s not the heat, […]

Frida Berrigan

Featured
B’Tselem Billboard Campaign as Biden arrives in Israel:  “Mr. President, this is Apartheid”

B’Tselem Billboard Campaign as Biden arrives in Israel: “Mr. President, this is Apartheid”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli human rights organization B’tselem greeted President Biden on his arrival in Jerusalem with a billboard campaign proclaiming, “Mr. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Troubling Message of Biden’s Trip to Saudi Arabia

The Troubling Message of Biden’s Trip to Saudi Arabia

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – President Biden has set out on his travels to Saudi Arabia. The implications of the trip for the intertwined […]

Basav Sen

Antisemitism
Former Oath Keeper reveals racist, antisemitic Beliefs of White Nationalist Group – and their Plans to start a Civil War

Former Oath Keeper reveals racist, antisemitic Beliefs of White Nationalist Group – and their Plans to start a Civil War

By Sara Kamali, University of California Santa Barbara | – During his testimony before congressional investigators, former Oath Keepers spokesman Jason Van Tatenhove left little […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Imperial Detritus: Henry Luce’s “American Century” Comes Undone

Imperial Detritus: Henry Luce’s “American Century” Comes Undone

( Tomdispatch.com ) – “The American Century Is Over.” So claims the July 2022 cover of Harper’s Magazine, adding an all-too-pertinent question: “What’s Next?” What, […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

censorship
The Family of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, killed by Israeli Sniper, Pleads for Meeting with Biden on Mideast Trip

The Family of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, killed by Israeli Sniper, Pleads for Meeting with Biden on Mideast Trip

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The family of slain American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is asking for a meeting with President Joe Biden during his […]

Juan Cole

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