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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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Stop Saying more have died from Coronavirus than in Vietnam: US War Killed a Million There

Stop Saying more have died from Coronavirus than in Vietnam: US War Killed a Million There

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The rash of headlines blaring that the coronavirus has now killed more than died in the Vietnam War betrays an […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Annexation of Occupied Palestine would be a War Crime

Israel’s Annexation of Occupied Palestine would be a War Crime

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is about to annex large swathes of the occupied West Bank, making the territory formally part of the […]

Asa Winstanley

Islamophobia
Coronavirus Masks reveal Hypocrisy of Islamophobic anti-Veil Laws

Coronavirus Masks reveal Hypocrisy of Islamophobic anti-Veil Laws

By Katherine Bullock | – Grey’s Anatomy, the longest running prime-time medical drama on U.S. television, contains many scenes of doctors and nurses in full […]

The Conversation

Drone Warfare
In War Crime, United Arab Emirates Drone Strike in Libya kills 8 Civilians

In War Crime, United Arab Emirates Drone Strike in Libya kills 8 Civilians

(Beirut) – An apparently unlawful drone attack by the United Arab Emirates that hit the Al-Sunbulah biscuit factory in Wadi al-Rabie, Libya, south of Tripoli, […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Lowest Solar bid in World History for new Abu Dhabi Facility, as expensive Coal, backed by Trump, declines further

Lowest Solar bid in World History for new Abu Dhabi Facility, as expensive Coal, backed by Trump, declines further

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Abu Dhabi has accepted a historically low bid of 1.35 cents a kilowatt hour for a new giant 1.5 gigawatt […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Beginning of the End for Oil?  Energy in a Post-Pandemic World

The Beginning of the End for Oil? Energy in a Post-Pandemic World

( Tomdispatch.com) – Energy analysts have long assumed that, given time, growing international concern over climate change would result in a vast restructuring of the […]

Michael T. Klare

FBI
Has the FBI been spying on US citizens at Israel’s behest?

Has the FBI been spying on US citizens at Israel’s behest?

( Middle East Monitor ) – US Federal Bureau of Investigation documents obtained by The Intercept and published at the start of April made for […]

Asa Winstanley

Climate Crisis
Skyrocketing Carbon Dioxide is Bad News, and, no, Trees won't Save Us

Skyrocketing Carbon Dioxide is Bad News, and, no, Trees won’t Save Us

By Sebastian Leuzinger | – If carbon dioxide levels were to double, how much increase in plant growth would this cause? How much of the […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump Narrative of Iran Meddling in Yemen dashed by Secession of Emirates-Backed Southerners in Aden

Trump Narrative of Iran Meddling in Yemen dashed by Secession of Emirates-Backed Southerners in Aden

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Jazeera reports that the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in the Arabian Sea port of Aden has declared independence. Aden is […]

Juan Cole

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