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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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If Permanent Resident Mahmoud Khalil can be Deported for Political Speech, the 1st Amendment is at Risk for All

If Permanent Resident Mahmoud Khalil can be Deported for Political Speech, the 1st Amendment is at Risk for All

By Erin Corcoran, University of Notre Dame The Trump administration has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 foreign university students since January 2025. Many […]

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Iran’s Islamic Revolution and the US: Why Diplomats Matter

Iran’s Islamic Revolution and the US: Why Diplomats Matter

George B. Lambrakis was a State Department Foreign Service officer from 1957 to 1985, after two years with USIS in Vietnam and Laos. He served […]

Fariba Amini

Bill of Rights
Deporting Dissent: The dangerous Precedent set by the Persecution of pro-Palestine Activists

Deporting Dissent: The dangerous Precedent set by the Persecution of pro-Palestine Activists

( Middle East Monitor ) – “Rights are granted to those who align with power,” Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student, eloquently wrote from […]

Middle East Monitor

Pentagon
The Wasteful and Ever-Expanding War Machine avoids DOGE’s Axe

The Wasteful and Ever-Expanding War Machine avoids DOGE’s Axe

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Under the guise of efficiency, the Trump administration is taking a sledgehammer to essential programs and agencies that are the backbone […]

William D. Hartung

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How Pope Francis Divinized Palestinian Suffering: The Gaza Pietà

How Pope Francis Divinized Palestinian Suffering: The Gaza Pietà

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936 in Buenos Aires to Italian immigrant parents, is dead at 88 after […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Countdown to Iran’s Day Zero: A Crisis of Water, not War

The Countdown to Iran’s Day Zero: A Crisis of Water, not War

Environmental collapse, mismanagement, and ethno-political fault lines are converging in a slow-motion disaster caused by a water crisis Written by Reza Talebi for UntoldMag This […]

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Christianity
Three Ways Pope Francis influenced the Global Climate Movement

Three Ways Pope Francis influenced the Global Climate Movement

By Celia Deane-Drummond, University of Oxford The death of Pope Francis has been announced by the Vatican. I first met the late Pope Francis at […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
The Elephant in the Room: Settler Colonialism in the White House

The Elephant in the Room: Settler Colonialism in the White House

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There is a proverbial elephant in the room that few dare to identify openly. Revoking visas, arresting students […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

Climate Crisis
How can the Left Tackle the Climate Crisis?

How can the Left Tackle the Climate Crisis?

In his new book, writer Malcolm Harris considers the tools in our arsenal for stopping the worst case scenarios of climate change. by Chris Mills […]

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