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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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Germany
Greentech is 15% of German Economy, and its Market Volume will Double in 10 Years to $1 Trillion

Greentech is 15% of German Economy, and its Market Volume will Double in 10 Years to $1 Trillion

By Kerstine Appunn | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Experts from Germany’s environment ministry expect the global market for environmental technologies to grow […]

Clean Energy Wire

racism
Thinking Globally About Racial Justice

Thinking Globally About Racial Justice

By Imani Countess | – ( Otherwords.org ) – Last summer, Black Lives Matter protests in the United States after the murder of George Floyd […]

OtherWords

astronomy and outer space
Palestinian NASA Scientist Elbasyouni: Easier to Fly a Helicopter on Mars than to Visit Home in Gaza

Palestinian NASA Scientist Elbasyouni: Easier to Fly a Helicopter on Mars than to Visit Home in Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Long time readers may know that I am a science buff and a science fiction fan. I have therefore been […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Jerusalem Pogrom: Extremist Jewish Mobs injure 100 Palestinians, chanting "Death to Arabs"

Jerusalem Pogrom: Extremist Jewish Mobs injure 100 Palestinians, chanting “Death to Arabs”

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines a pogrom as “a mob attack, either approved or condoned by authorities, against the persons […]

Asa Winstanley

Far Right
How the Boogaloo Bois Extremist Hate Group tried to Overturn our Election and Spark a Civil War

How the Boogaloo Bois Extremist Hate Group tried to Overturn our Election and Spark a Civil War

By Gisela Pérez de Acha, Kathryn Hurd and Ellie Lightfoot | Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program | – The Insurrection: The Effort to Overturn the […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
How climate insecurity could trigger more conflict in Somalia and the Horn of Africa

How climate insecurity could trigger more conflict in Somalia and the Horn of Africa

By Andrew E. Yaw Tchie | – Climate change effects such as droughts, flash floods, erratic rainfall, disruption to the monsoon seasons, strong winds, cyclones, […]

The Conversation

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Syrian Missile strikes Near Israel's Nuclear Facility at Dimona, Which could have Turned into a Dirty Bomb

Syrian Missile strikes Near Israel’s Nuclear Facility at Dimona, Which could have Turned into a Dirty Bomb

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli site i24 reports that on early Thursday morning, a Syrian missile slammed into the desert very near to […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
New US climate pledge: Cut emissions 50% this decade, but can Biden make it happen?

New US climate pledge: Cut emissions 50% this decade, but can Biden make it happen?

By Morgan Bazilian and David Victor | – President Joe Biden announced an ambitious new national climate target at a livestreamed summit of world leaders […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Amid Chauvin trial and more police killings, we need to stress Boycotts and the 'Noncooperation' in 'Nonviolent Noncooperation'

Amid Chauvin trial and more police killings, we need to stress Boycotts and the ‘Noncooperation’ in ‘Nonviolent Noncooperation’

By Maria J. Stephan | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – In his March 1956 sermon “When Peace Becomes Obnoxious,” Martin Luther King, Jr. responded to […]

Waging Nonviolence

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