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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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Why Jerusalem is Sacred to Muslims, and why even the Emirates are Rebuking Israel for Persecuting Palestinians There

Why Jerusalem is Sacred to Muslims, and why even the Emirates are Rebuking Israel for Persecuting Palestinians There

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan began Monday, April 12, and for the succeeding week and a half there […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Biden's first 100 days show a president in a hurry and willing to be bold

Biden’s first 100 days show a president in a hurry and willing to be bold

By Bruce Wolpe | – Joseph R. Biden Jr is the most experienced person to become president in US history. A senator for 36 years, […]

The Conversation

Egypt
How Renewables could Forestall an Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia War over the Grand Renaissance Nile Dam

How Renewables could Forestall an Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia War over the Grand Renaissance Nile Dam

By Laureen Fagan | – ( Sustainability Times) – Renewable sources have the power when it comes to the energy future of East Africans, but […]

Sustainability Times

Climate Change
How Organizers can fight back against Corporate Greenwashing and Climate 'Inactivism'

How Organizers can fight back against Corporate Greenwashing and Climate ‘Inactivism’

By Selina Gallo-Cruz | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – When communities around the country carried out annual clean-ups and tree-plantings in celebration of a now […]

Waging Nonviolence

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Israel is an Apartheid State seeking Systemic Domination of Palestinians: Human Rights Watch

Israel is an Apartheid State seeking Systemic Domination of Palestinians: Human Rights Watch

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Human Rights Watch has issued a 214-page report concluding that between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean there are 6.8 […]

Juan Cole

China
The Cold War Has Already Turned Hot — on the Internet

The Cold War Has Already Turned Hot — on the Internet

( Tomdispatch.com) – America has a serious infrastructure problem. Maybe when I say that what comes to mind are all the potholes on your street. […]

John Feffer

Israel/ Palestine
Is Grassroots American Activism Shifting Public Opinion toward the Palestinians?

Is Grassroots American Activism Shifting Public Opinion toward the Palestinians?

( Middle East Monitor) – At a recent J Street Conference online, US Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another political taboo when […]

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Crisis
Carbon Capture doesn't Exist and Planting Trees won't Solve Climate Emergency: Time to bite the Bullet and stop Burning Coal and Oil

Carbon Capture doesn’t Exist and Planting Trees won’t Solve Climate Emergency: Time to bite the Bullet and stop Burning Coal and Oil

By James Dyke, Robert Watson and Wolfgang Knorr | – Sometimes realisation comes in a blinding flash. Blurred outlines snap into shape and suddenly it […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
No, Kerry didn't Leak Israeli strikes to Zarif; but Trump did leak Israeli Intel to Russia

No, Kerry didn’t Leak Israeli strikes to Zarif; but Trump did leak Israeli Intel to Russia

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ted Cruz and other far right demagogues have charged for over half a decade that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal […]

Juan Cole

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