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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
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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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Empire of Killing Machines: America's Arsenal for Sale

Empire of Killing Machines: America’s Arsenal for Sale

( Tomdispatch.com) – By the time you read this piece, it will already be out of date. The reason’s simple enough. No matter what mayhem […]

Tom Engelhardt

Climate Crisis
"Unimaginable Amounts of Water": Human-Made Global Heating in Danger of "Uncorking" Massive Antarctic Glaciers, causing Sea Level Rise

“Unimaginable Amounts of Water”: Human-Made Global Heating in Danger of “Uncorking” Massive Antarctic Glaciers, causing Sea Level Rise

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new article in Geophysical Research Letters found that four times as much of the Antarctic ices shelves would melt […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israelis to Evict Dozens of Native Palestinian families in Occupied East Jerusalem, plan Confiscation of 40% of Sheikh Jarrah

Israelis to Evict Dozens of Native Palestinian families in Occupied East Jerusalem, plan Confiscation of 40% of Sheikh Jarrah

By Belal Yasin | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – In February and March, courts in Israel approved the eviction of seven Palestinian families […]

Middle East Monitor

Human Rights
President Biden Needs a Middle East-Wide Human Rights Policy

President Biden Needs a Middle East-Wide Human Rights Policy

Published in: Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) By Iran Researcher Tara Sepehri Far | @sepehrifar @sepehrifar On the campaign trail and during his […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Technology innovation gives government leverage to drive down CO2 emissions fast – here's how

Technology innovation gives government leverage to drive down CO2 emissions fast – here’s how

By Jessika E. Trancik | – To avert the worst effects of climate change, global greenhouse gas emissions should fall at faster rates than they […]

The Conversation

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With Cyber-Attack on Iran's Natanz Nuclear Enrichment Facility, is Israel's Netanyahu trying to derail Biden talks and Escape Jail?

With Cyber-Attack on Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Enrichment Facility, is Israel’s Netanyahu trying to derail Biden talks and Escape Jail?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The BBC reports that a power outage and consequent explosion at the Natanz nuclear enrichment site in Iran on Sunday […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
The Ever Given's Blockage of the Suez Canal and World Trade showed the Downsides of Monopoly Capitalism

The Ever Given’s Blockage of the Suez Canal and World Trade showed the Downsides of Monopoly Capitalism

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – News media, maritime experts, and a curious public could hardly take their eyes off the Ever Given, […]

John Buell

Mental Health
In our Time of Insurrection and Divisive Violence, can Psychedelics help in Peace-Building?

In our Time of Insurrection and Divisive Violence, can Psychedelics help in Peace-Building?

Washington, DC (Special to Informed Comment) – In July 2020 the US Institute of Peace published a report titled “Violent Extremist Engagement and Reconciliation: A […]

Thomas Buonomo

Bangladesh
Bangladesh was born amid Indo-Pak War in 1971 -- But on 50th Anniversary, Who Owns that History?

Bangladesh was born amid Indo-Pak War in 1971 — But on 50th Anniversary, Who Owns that History?

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – “With the Creation of Bangladesh, a Longstanding Dream of the RSS Was Achieved” claims Seshadri Chari. According to Wikipedia, […]

Abdullah al-Ahsan

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