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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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When Leaders Kill: Biden's characterization of Putin applies to Neoliberal Ideologies, Too

When Leaders Kill: Biden’s characterization of Putin applies to Neoliberal Ideologies, Too

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – The presidents who control more than 90 percent of the world’s nuclear arsenal had a bit of […]

John Buell

Egypt
Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt's grand novelist, physician and global activist

Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt’s grand novelist, physician and global activist

By Adele Newson-Horst | – Egyptian novelist, physician, sociologist and global activist Nawal El Saadawi died on 21 March 2021 at the age of 89. […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Our Longest War is Ending without Victory, but will we Even Notice?

Our Longest War is Ending without Victory, but will we Even Notice?

“Ours is the cause of freedom. We’ve defeated freedom’s enemies before, and we will defeat them again… [W]e know our cause is just and our […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Donald Trump
University of Michigan Women Deans Decry Regent Weiser's urging that 'witch' Gov. Whitmer be 'burned at stake'

University of Michigan Women Deans Decry Regent Weiser’s urging that ‘witch’ Gov. Whitmer be ‘burned at stake’

Ron Weiser, a real estate billionaire, is the head of the Michigan Republican Party. In videotaped remarks last Thursday, he referred to Michigan governor Gretchen […]

Juan Cole

China
Biggest East Asian move into Mideast since the Mongol Empire: In Open Challenge to US, China inks 25-year, $400 bn Deal with Iran

Biggest East Asian move into Mideast since the Mongol Empire: In Open Challenge to US, China inks 25-year, $400 bn Deal with Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday, IRNA reports, Iran and China signed a 25-year cooperation agreement. The signatures were affixed in Tehran by Iranian […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
The Worst Attack on Voting Rights Since Jim Crow

The Worst Attack on Voting Rights Since Jim Crow

By Phyllis Richardson | – ( Otherwords.org ) – Last November, despite a global pandemic, voter intimidation, and an unprecedented disinformation campaign, a record number […]

OtherWords

Authoritarianism
Did Egypt's Military Dictatorship lead to the Suez Canal Ship-Blocking Crisis?

Did Egypt’s Military Dictatorship lead to the Suez Canal Ship-Blocking Crisis?

By Ibrahim Al-Tahir | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The world is closely following the details of the Suez Canal obstruction, a canal through […]

Middle East Monitor

Corruption
Could Dominion and Smartmatic take down Fox News for Libel and Reckless Disregard for the Truth?

Could Dominion and Smartmatic take down Fox News for Libel and Reckless Disregard for the Truth?

By Nancy Costello | – Free speech advocates have long believed that suing a news organization threatens free speech. Democracy needs a press to be […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Scotland is First Industrialized country to generate 97.4% of Electricity From Wind and Solar

Scotland is First Industrialized country to generate 97.4% of Electricity From Wind and Solar

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In 2011, Scotland’s government, urged on by visionaries like Richard Dixon, set itself the ambitious goal to get 100% of […]

Juan Cole

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