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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

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Was Sabra and Shatila a genocide?

Was Sabra and Shatila a genocide?

By Donald Wagner | – ( Electronic Intifada) – The US withdrawal from Afghanistan marks the end of the latest in a long list of […]

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Afghanistan
The Trump Albatross around Joe Biden's Neck

The Trump Albatross around Joe Biden’s Neck

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The far right would like to impeach Joe Biden, kick him out of the White House, perhaps even throw […]

John Feffer

Arab Americans
Habib Satire and Marvel Superheroes: Using Comedy to Combat Stereotyping of Arabs

Habib Satire and Marvel Superheroes: Using Comedy to Combat Stereotyping of Arabs

By Safiyya Hosein | – As a researcher of Muslim superheroes, I’ve learned about the many ways Islamophobia manifests. Because Islam is racialized in the […]

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In Turning Point for US Media, Time Recognizes Palestinians Mohammed and Muna El-Kurd as among 100 "Most Influential"

In Turning Point for US Media, Time Recognizes Palestinians Mohammed and Muna El-Kurd as among 100 “Most Influential”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In what may be a turning point for American media, Time magazine has chosen twin Palestinian activists from the endangered […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's future is apartheid in a 'solution of the three classes'

Israel’s future is apartheid in a ‘solution of the three classes’

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Reading the reflections of one of Israel’s most celebrated contemporary public intellectuals on the […]

Middle East Monitor

Homelessness
The Land of the Free, Where So Many of the Brave Are Homeless:  Resisting Evictions Amid a Pandemic

The Land of the Free, Where So Many of the Brave Are Homeless: Resisting Evictions Amid a Pandemic

( Tomdispatch.com) – Over the past weeks, multiple crises have merged: a crisis of democracy with the most significant attack on voting rights since Reconstruction; […]

Liz Theoharis

Mass Extinction
Human Activity is Threatening 1/3 of Tree Species with Extinction

Human Activity is Threatening 1/3 of Tree Species with Extinction

By Adrian Newton | One in three of the world’s tree species are at risk of becoming extinct, according to a recent report by the […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
China slams US Sanctions on Taliban, Eyes investments in Afghan Minerals

China slams US Sanctions on Taliban, Eyes investments in Afghan Minerals

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Laura Zhou at the South China Morning Post reports that Zhao Lijian, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, on Wednesday […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Forty-Two Years in Afghanistan: Can a New US Foreign Policy avoid Hyper-Masculinist Ego?

Forty-Two Years in Afghanistan: Can a New US Foreign Policy avoid Hyper-Masculinist Ego?

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – Every member of Congress attended the September 14, 2001 memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral for the […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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