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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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Climate Crisis
A quarter of the world depends on Glacier Melt for their Water; it will be Gone Sooner than Expected

A quarter of the world depends on Glacier Melt for their Water; it will be Gone Sooner than Expected

By Mathieu Morlighem | – Mountain glaciers are essential water sources for nearly a quarter of the global population. But figuring out just how much […]

The Conversation

Corporate Surveillance
Did the Pegasus Spyware Netanyahu used against Palestinians and gave to Saudis bring him Down?

Did the Pegasus Spyware Netanyahu used against Palestinians and gave to Saudis bring him Down?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Pegasus spyware made by the Israeli NSO company and backed by the Israeli state has been used extensively against […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Race, Religion and Whoopi Goldberg: Her Mistake on Judaism Pales before that of Trump

Race, Religion and Whoopi Goldberg: Her Mistake on Judaism Pales before that of Trump

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – It’s time to stop flogging Whoopi Goldberg, and re-examine the semantics of Judaism as a race or religion. […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Climate Crisis
Solarpunk: Visions of a just, nature-positive world

Solarpunk: Visions of a just, nature-positive world

By Joe Coroneo-Seaman | – ( China Dialogue ) – “It is 2050. In most places in the world, the air is moist and fresh, […]

China Dialogue

Nonviolence
The Antiwar Movement That Wasn’t Enough: The Wars We Couldn’t End

The Antiwar Movement That Wasn’t Enough: The Wars We Couldn’t End

By Nan Levinson | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – When I urge my writing students to juice up their stories, I tell them about “disruptive […]

Tomdispatch

Authoritarianism
Beer Hall Putsch 2.0: Republican Nat'l Committee Channels their inner Hitler in defending Capitol Insurrectionists

Beer Hall Putsch 2.0: Republican Nat’l Committee Channels their inner Hitler in defending Capitol Insurrectionists

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Republican National Committee’s censure of Representatives Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) slammed the two for “participating in […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How Israel lost the War of Words over its Apartheid

How Israel lost the War of Words over its Apartheid

( Middle East Monitor ) – Who wrote the following quote? “Whereas the Afrikaner apostles of apartheid in South Africa, for example, brazenly proclaimed their […]

Asa Winstanley

censorship
Banned Books Should Be Required Reading

Banned Books Should Be Required Reading

( Otherwords.org ) The people who want to ban Maus or The 1619 Project are the ones who need to read them. By Olivia Alperstein […]

Olivia Alperstein

Afghanistan
Suicide Bomber Who Killed U.S. Troops and Afghans “Likely” Used Unguarded Route to Kabul Airport Gate

Suicide Bomber Who Killed U.S. Troops and Afghans “Likely” Used Unguarded Route to Kabul Airport Gate

By Brian J. Conley, Mohammad J. Alizada, Samira Nuhzat, Abdul Ahad Poya and Mirzahussain Sadid, Alive in Afghanistan, Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien | – […]

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