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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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It is Time to Junk the “Munich” Analogy

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – No sooner had the announcement about a new policy for Ukraine from the Trump administration been made […]

Arnold Oliver

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Can Israel Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program?

Can Israel Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program?

By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/ RL ) – U.S. intelligence has concluded that the odds of an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program in the […]

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We’re Killing off Thousands of Species, damaging our Health, Economies and Connections to Nature

We’re Killing off Thousands of Species, damaging our Health, Economies and Connections to Nature

By Justine Bell-James, The University of Queensland and James Watson, The University of Queensland (The Conversation) – Almost 200 nations have signed an ambitious agreement […]

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For Trumpism “Free Speech” means Neo-Nazi Speech

For Trumpism “Free Speech” means Neo-Nazi Speech

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Convicted felon Donald Trump is eviscerating the US Constitution in a particularly insidious way. Previously, I have […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Balkans
Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With off-limits Bosnian Serb Islamophobes

Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With off-limits Bosnian Serb Islamophobes

By Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester | – ( ProPublica ) – Before Peter Marocco was selected to dismantle America’s entire foreign aid sector […]

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The New Ugly American: Manifest Destiny Gets a Reboot Under President Donald Trump

The New Ugly American: Manifest Destiny Gets a Reboot Under President Donald Trump

( Tomdispatch.com ) – A few years ago, I came across an old book at an estate sale. Its title caught my eye: “Our New […]

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Netanyahu’s Quest to Attack Iran with the Mother of all Bombs

Netanyahu’s Quest to Attack Iran with the Mother of all Bombs

The emboldened Netanyahu cabinet is in a war path, again. It is mobilizing to attack Iran and lobbying President Trump into a plan that presumably […]

Dan Steinbock

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Suspend Arms Transfers to End US Complicity in Israeli Abuses

Suspend Arms Transfers to End US Complicity in Israeli Abuses

Human Rights Watch – (Washington, DC) – The United States will be complicit in the Israeli government’s grave violations in Gaza so long as it […]

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