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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
Asia

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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Is Tunisia's president largely responsible for the disaster he says he is trying to fix with his Coup?

Is Tunisia’s president largely responsible for the disaster he says he is trying to fix with his Coup?

By Adnan Hmidan | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The constitutionally-limited role of the president of the republic in Tunisia doesn’t encourage involvement […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
3 Lessons of Climate-induced Dixie Wildfire as it Destroys Historic Gold Rush Towns

3 Lessons of Climate-induced Dixie Wildfire as it Destroys Historic Gold Rush Towns

By Bart Johnson and David Hulse | – A wildfire burning in hot, dry mountain forest swept through the Gold Rush town of Greenville, California, […]

The Conversation

Children
America’s Child Soldiers:  JROTC and the Militarizing of America

America’s Child Soldiers: JROTC and the Militarizing of America

By Ann Jones | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Congress surely meant to do the right thing when, in the fall of 2008, it passed the […]

Tomdispatch

Authoritarianism
Why does he Hate our Freedoms? White Nationalist Extremist Tucker Carlson touts Orban's Hungarian Fascism as better than America

Why does he Hate our Freedoms? White Nationalist Extremist Tucker Carlson touts Orban’s Hungarian Fascism as better than America

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Extreme white nationalist Tucker Carlson took his Fox Cable “News” show on the road to extreme white nationalist Hungary this […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Students in Gaza Are Back after Israel tried to destroy their future

Palestinian Students in Gaza Are Back after Israel tried to destroy their future

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor) – As Palestinian high school students celebrate their success in the Tawjihi exams and plan for […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
A Really big Deal: The New IPCC Climate Report Focuses on Extreme Events and how Coal, Gasoline are Causing them

A Really big Deal: The New IPCC Climate Report Focuses on Extreme Events and how Coal, Gasoline are Causing them

By David Karoly | – On Monday, an extremely important report on the physical science of climate change will be released to the world. Produced […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Germany's solar PV expansion soars by over 20%, but incoming Government will need to do more

Germany’s solar PV expansion soars by over 20%, but incoming Government will need to do more

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – The construction of new solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Germany has grown by 22 percent […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Scientists: Slashing Methane Emissions key to avoiding Horrifying Frankenclimate Tipping Point

Scientists: Slashing Methane Emissions key to avoiding Horrifying Frankenclimate Tipping Point

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Fiona Harvey at The Guardian reports that the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report due out Monday will […]

Juan Cole

Haredim
Israeli Olympic Gold Medalist Isn’t “Jewish Enough” to Marry in Israel

Israeli Olympic Gold Medalist Isn’t “Jewish Enough” to Marry in Israel

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – How convenient that the dynamic of sports and politics now collides with the question of “Who is a […]

H. Scott Prosterman

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