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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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Trump’s Mega-Tariffs will Concentrate Wealth even More

Trump’s Mega-Tariffs will Concentrate Wealth even More

Import taxes will be passed onto the consumer, while the rich will prosper from slashed taxes. by Omar Ocampo | – ( Inequality.org ) – […]

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Israel/ Palestine
In Israel, calls for Genocide have migrated from the Margins to the Mainstream

In Israel, calls for Genocide have migrated from the Margins to the Mainstream

By Tamir Sorek, Penn State Thirty years ago in Israel, advocating for genocide could land you in prison. In April 1994, an Israeli rabbi named […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Women and Workers voting in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race defeat the Richest Man in the World

Women and Workers voting in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race defeat the Richest Man in the World

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The richest person in the world couldn’t buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, which was won by liberal Susan Crawford, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Global Heating of more than 3°C this Century may wipe 40% off the world’s Economy

Global Heating of more than 3°C this Century may wipe 40% off the world’s Economy

By Timothy Neal, UNSW Sydney (The Conversation) – The damage climate change will inflict on the world’s economy is likely to have been massively underestimated, […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
The Cost of Trump’s War on Federal Workers: an Eyewitness Account

The Cost of Trump’s War on Federal Workers: an Eyewitness Account

( Tomdispatch.com ) – The second administration of President Donald J. Trump has already started working its special magic across the Washington, D.C. capital region. […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Climate Crisis
Big Banks accept a Catastrophic 5.4º F. Temperature Rise, Hope to sell People more Air Conditioners

Big Banks accept a Catastrophic 5.4º F. Temperature Rise, Hope to sell People more Air Conditioners

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Corbin Hiar reports at the Scientific American that the big banks are now banking on a 5.4º F. (3º Celsius) […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Int’l Red Cross Outraged by Israel’s killing of Medics, First Responders in Gaza

Int’l Red Cross Outraged by Israel’s killing of Medics, First Responders in Gaza

( Middle East Monitor ) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday expressed outrage after eight paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), five […]

Middle East Monitor

Academic Freedom
Protesting Harvard’s Dismissal of Directors of its Mideast Center over Israel-Palestine as Attack on Academic Freedom

Protesting Harvard’s Dismissal of Directors of its Mideast Center over Israel-Palestine as Attack on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Committee on Academic Freedom Alan Garber  President, Harvard University . . . Dear President […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Iran Rejects direct talks with Trump despite threat that “There will be Bombing.”

Iran Rejects direct talks with Trump despite threat that “There will be Bombing.”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with his cabinet on Sunday, according to the president’s website, and announced that Trump’s offer […]

Juan Cole

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