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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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Taliban Consider Iran-Style Supreme Leader as they Kill Three Protesters demanding Restoration of National Flag

Taliban Consider Iran-Style Supreme Leader as they Kill Three Protesters demanding Restoration of National Flag

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Taliban announced Thursday that they are considering a “leadership council” government for the country. But it sounds to me […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The Taliban’s conquest of Kabul threatens the lives and safety of girls, women and sexual minorities

The Taliban’s conquest of Kabul threatens the lives and safety of girls, women and sexual minorities

By Deeplina Banerjee< | - The world watched in shock as Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan, fled the country on Aug. 15. The Taliban […]

The Conversation

Japan
The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Near-Meltdown is a Lasting Tragedy

The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Near-Meltdown is a Lasting Tragedy

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – In 2011 the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated northeast Japan, taking the lives of more […]

H. Patricia Hynes

National Security State
Despite Departure from Afghanistan, America still Has an Archipelago of 750 Military Bases around the World

Despite Departure from Afghanistan, America still Has an Archipelago of 750 Military Bases around the World

By Patterson Deppen | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was the spring of 2003 during the American-led invasion of Iraq. I was in second […]

Tomdispatch

Afghanistan
Public Opinion largely Supportive of Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal, despite Angst over Chaotic Process

Public Opinion largely Supportive of Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal, despite Angst over Chaotic Process

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The abrupt collapse of the government of President Ashraf Ghani and his supposed 300,000 security forces in the past two […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
From farm to table, immigrants feed America

From farm to table, immigrants feed America

By Lauren Irwin, Natalie Saenz and Priya Bhat/News21 ( Cronkite News ) – As the sun beats down on a family farm in McFarland, California, […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Afghanistan
Why did a military superpower fail in Afghanistan?

Why did a military superpower fail in Afghanistan?

By Arie Perliger | – The speed and efficiency with which Taliban forces were able to complete the occupation of most of Afghanistan, as well […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Afghanistan is not the only place at risk of takeover by extremists: US has Dangerous Homegrown Radicals trying to Overthrow our Government

Afghanistan is not the only place at risk of takeover by extremists: US has Dangerous Homegrown Radicals trying to Overthrow our Government

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – It’s as if a sudden natural disaster has just struck Afghanistan. The scenes from the capital Kabul reflect the […]

John Feffer

Afghanistan
Taliban “Islam” versus the Islam of the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur’an

Taliban “Islam” versus the Islam of the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur’an

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – British academic Abdul-Azim Ahmed of Cardiff University, an expert on mosques in the UK, complained on Twitter that he was […]

Juan Cole

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