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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) […]

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

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Top 6 International Winners and Losers from Taliban Reassertion in Afghanistan

Top 6 International Winners and Losers from Taliban Reassertion in Afghanistan

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the establishment of a Taliban government in the entirety of Afghanistan has […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Will Russia use Taliban Resurgence to Reassert itself in Central Asia?

Will Russia use Taliban Resurgence to Reassert itself in Central Asia?

Belgrade (Informed Comment) – While many Western countries closed their embassies in Kabul, Russian diplomats decided to stay in Afghanistan. The Taliban – a radical […]

Nikola Mikovic

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Neoliberal Hierarchies and Cuomo's Toxic Workplace

Neoliberal Hierarchies and Cuomo’s Toxic Workplace

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – “Toxic workplace” is the phrase of the day. You do not have to be the male offspring […]

John Buell

Afghanistan
Top Nine Policy Recommendations for U.S. in wake of Afghanistan Debacle

Top Nine Policy Recommendations for U.S. in wake of Afghanistan Debacle

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment) – I do not wish to rub salt into the wounds of US and British officials who are responsible for […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Afghanistan
Deja Vu all over Again: The last Time Mazar-i Sharif Fell to the Taliban, there were Massacres

Deja Vu all over Again: The last Time Mazar-i Sharif Fell to the Taliban, there were Massacres

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In May, 1997, the Taliban swept into Mazar-i Sharif, the capital of the northern Balkh Province. Horrible events ensued, which […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
German Public Believes Scientists' Climate Warnings, 74% Prepared to Change Lifestyle to Forestall Global Heating

German Public Believes Scientists’ Climate Warnings, 74% Prepared to Change Lifestyle to Forestall Global Heating

By Kerstine Appunn | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – The majority of Germans (74%) are prepared to make changes to their lifestyle to prevent […]

Clean Energy Wire

Afghanistan
Why a Taliban Victory in Afghanistan was all along a Real Possibility despite the Trillions the U.S. Poured In

Why a Taliban Victory in Afghanistan was all along a Real Possibility despite the Trillions the U.S. Poured In

By Natasha Lindstaedt | – ( The Conversation) – In less than a week, the Taliban has captured nearly a dozen key cities in Afghanistan. […]

The Conversation

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Iranians Fear Turning Into Another 'North Korea' If Draconian Internet Censorship Bill Passes

Iranians Fear Turning Into Another ‘North Korea’ If Draconian Internet Censorship Bill Passes

( RFE/RL ) – Iranians are warning of public anger and drawing parallels with the world’s most oppressive regimes as legislation makes its way through […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Climate Crisis
Crazy like a Fox: Spreading false meme of "Flamer" birds killed by Solar Plant is Louie Gohmert's way of Dividing Environmentalists

Crazy like a Fox: Spreading false meme of “Flamer” birds killed by Solar Plant is Louie Gohmert’s way of Dividing Environmentalists

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mark Twain observed, “All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account […]

Juan Cole

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