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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 We Forget Epidemics and Why This One Must Be Remembered

Why We Forget Epidemics and Why This One Must Be Remembered

By Nina Burleigh | – The second Moderna shot made me sick — as predicted. A 24-hour touch of what an alarmed immune system feels […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
A big Effing Deal:  On Eve of Climate Summit, news that Biden will cut US C02 Emissions 50% by 2030

A big Effing Deal: On Eve of Climate Summit, news that Biden will cut US C02 Emissions 50% by 2030

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – ( Matthew Daly at the Associated Press reports that President Biden will announce at Thursday’s virtual international Climate Summit that […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Green Future?  Earth Minerals and Renewables

Afghanistan’s Green Future? Earth Minerals and Renewables

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Can Afghanistan’s mineral wealth finance a transition to a carbon-neutral future? By John Feffer | April 21, 2021 […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
On Top of Causing Deadly Global Heating, Fossil fuels cause 1 in 5 Adult deaths each year

On Top of Causing Deadly Global Heating, Fossil fuels cause 1 in 5 Adult deaths each year

( Sustainability Times) – Researchers at Harvard University in the United States, working with colleagues at the University of Birmingham, the University of Leicester and […]

Sustainability Times

Afghanistan
Afghanistan pullout: Nato betrays its own values if interpreters and other local staff are left at risk

Afghanistan pullout: Nato betrays its own values if interpreters and other local staff are left at risk

By Sara de Jong | – The announcement of the US and Nato military withdrawal from Afghanistan later this year has elicited many responses, not […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Systemic Racism won't End with One Trial, But Biden-Harris can enlist Government in addressing Economic Inequality at its Root

Systemic Racism won’t End with One Trial, But Biden-Harris can enlist Government in addressing Economic Inequality at its Root

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – African-Americans face aggressive policing in part because, on average, they lack resources. Household wealth allows a family to donate to […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
George Floyd's legacy: Could Derek Chauvin guilty verdicts spell the end of police immunity?

George Floyd’s legacy: Could Derek Chauvin guilty verdicts spell the end of police immunity?

By Kent Roach | – The police killing of George Floyd begs for effective remedies that respond both to past harms while also preventing future […]

The Conversation

Iran
Israeli Intelligence Chiefs Assess that Biden, Iran will Rejoin Nuclear Deal; Netanyahu wants to Stop it

Israeli Intelligence Chiefs Assess that Biden, Iran will Rejoin Nuclear Deal; Netanyahu wants to Stop it

By Motasem A Dalloul | – After two weeks of deliberations in Vienna about reactivating the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal […]

Middle East Monitor

China
Washington is Spoiling for a new Cold War with China, but this Ambition needs a Reality Check

Washington is Spoiling for a new Cold War with China, but this Ambition needs a Reality Check

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Like his immediate predecessor, Joe Biden is committed to a distinctly anti-China global strategy and has sworn that China will not […]

Dilip Hiro

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