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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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Haitian migrants at the border: An asylum law scholar explains how US skirts its legal and moral duties

Haitian migrants at the border: An asylum law scholar explains how US skirts its legal and moral duties

By Karen Musalo | – The U.S.’s top envoy to Haiti resigned abruptly on Sept. 22, 2021, over the Biden administration’s “inhumane” treatment of Haitian […]

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The Names You’ll Never Know:  A Blue Kia and a Wall of Carnage on the Washington Mall

The Names You’ll Never Know: A Blue Kia and a Wall of Carnage on the Washington Mall

( Tomdispatch.com) – As a parting shot, on its way out of Afghanistan, the United States military launched a drone attack that the Pentagon called […]

Nick Turse

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Palestinian Parties, Organizations Greet Abbas's Pledge to take Israel to Int'l  Court as "Historic" and Roadmap

Palestinian Parties, Organizations Greet Abbas’s Pledge to take Israel to Int’l Court as “Historic” and Roadmap

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – al-Quds [Jerusalem] reports that Palestinians in the West Bank greeted President Mahmoud Abbas’s UN speech, in which he pledged to […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The End of Coal?   In Huge News for Climate, China to Stop Building new Coal Power Projects Overseas

The End of Coal? In Huge News for Climate, China to Stop Building new Coal Power Projects Overseas

By Shi Yi | – ( China Dialogue ) – The mounting calls for China to stop supporting coal power projects overseas have received an […]

China Dialogue

Inequality
Fund the Jobs bill by taxing the Billionaires who have made the $1.8 trillion during the Pandemic

Fund the Jobs bill by taxing the Billionaires who have made the $1.8 trillion during the Pandemic

By Chuck Collins | – ( Otherwords.org) – As lawmakers scramble to finalize a historic jobs and infrastructure package, huge fights are underway to figure […]

OtherWords

Climate Crisis
The Relentless Decline of Arctic Sea Ice is a Dangerous signal of the Climate Emergency

The Relentless Decline of Arctic Sea Ice is a Dangerous signal of the Climate Emergency

By Alek Petty and Linette Boisvert | – September marks the end of the summer sea ice melt season and the Arctic sea ice minimum, […]

The Conversation

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Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas gives Israel a Year to Withdraw from Palestinian Territories or he will go to the Int'l Court

Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas gives Israel a Year to Withdraw from Palestinian Territories or he will go to the Int’l Court

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to Al Jazeera, Mahmoud Abbas, the president of Palestine, gave an uncharacteristically vehement speech at the UN General Assembly […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Fridays for Future plans Climate Strike in over 350 German cities ahead of National Election

Fridays for Future plans Climate Strike in over 350 German cities ahead of National Election

( Clean Energy Wire ) – Activists from student climate movement Fridays for Future plan to take to the streets worldwide and in over 350 […]

Clean Energy Wire

Children
Child Labor is Growing: Which Side Are Democracies On?

Child Labor is Growing: Which Side Are Democracies On?

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – This is the Year for the Elimination of Child Labor. What can democracies do to make this a […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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