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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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Inequality
Artificial Intelligence Wants You (and Your Job); ;We’d Better Control Machines Before They Control Us

Artificial Intelligence Wants You (and Your Job); ;We’d Better Control Machines Before They Control Us

By John Feffer | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – My wife and I were recently driving in Virginia, amazed yet again that the GPS technology […]

John Feffer

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Under Pressure from Biden, Japan pledges to double target for Renewables in energy mix  by 2030, to 38%, and to Slash Emissions

Under Pressure from Biden, Japan pledges to double target for Renewables in energy mix by 2030, to 38%, and to Slash Emissions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The importance of having a U.S. leader like Joe Biden, who has come to believe in the necessity of drastically […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Apartheid: "A Threshold Crossed"

Israeli Apartheid: “A Threshold Crossed”

Published in: Zenith Magazine By Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director | – ( Human Rights Watch) – In April, Human Rights Watch released a […]

Human Rights Watch

Acidification of Oceans
Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems vital to fish and humans

Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems vital to fish and humans

By Sam Purkis | ( The Conversation) – The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Protesting Israeli Army Arrest of 45 Palestinian University Students

Protesting Israeli Army Arrest of 45 Palestinian University Students

Middle East Studies Association Committee on Academic Freedom Letter Protesting Israeli Army Arrest of 45 Palestinian University Students, and Ongoing Detention of 15 after a […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Corruption
Trump Associate Indicted for being Agent for Emirates, Covertly Shaping US Mideast Policy

Trump Associate Indicted for being Agent for Emirates, Covertly Shaping US Mideast Policy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald Trump as president dumped the Paris Climate Accord, withdrew from the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, endorsed the 2017 blockade […]

Juan Cole

Anti-Vaccination
Anti-Vaxxer Trumpian Pols are Killing their own Constituents for Profit -- and Endangering us All

Anti-Vaxxer Trumpian Pols are Killing their own Constituents for Profit — and Endangering us All

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is killing his constituents by pandering to Donald Trump. He’s following the leads of […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Iran
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and Muslim Secularism:  A conversation with Juan Cole (Ta'seel)

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and Muslim Secularism: A conversation with Juan Cole (Ta’seel)

Juan Cole in conversation with Ta’seel Commons: “’To read Juan Cole’s deft, plain-spoken translation of the Rubáiyát is to find companionship, to rejoin a thousand-year […]

Juan Cole

Anti-Vaccination
The inherent racism of anti-vaxx movements

The inherent racism of anti-vaxx movements

By Paula Larsson | – We are currently experiencing a worldwide vaccination effort that’s being impeded by rising pockets of anti-vaccination sentiment. There has been […]

The Conversation

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