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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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Those Calling for a Domestic War on White Nationalist Terrorism should Beware Federal Heavy-Handedness

Those Calling for a Domestic War on White Nationalist Terrorism should Beware Federal Heavy-Handedness

( FPIF) – Although its precise scale is hard to measure, violent white supremacy is clearly a problem in the United States. From El Paso […]

Harry Blain

Climate Change
Raging wildfires threaten to turn Northern Hemisphere’s forests from vital carbon stores into climate heaters

Raging wildfires threaten to turn Northern Hemisphere’s forests from vital carbon stores into climate heaters

By Stefan H Doerr, Chuanyu Gao, and Cristina Santin | – In 2014, we travelled to the northern boreal forests of Canada to set experimental […]

The Conversation

Sudan
Sudan's new Shift toward Civilian Rule a Bitter Defeat for Saudi-UAE Authoritarianism

Sudan’s new Shift toward Civilian Rule a Bitter Defeat for Saudi-UAE Authoritarianism

By Thembisa Fakude | @fakudet| – “Sudanese are proud Arabs, they master the Arabic language and their firm Islamic adherence further emphasise their position as […]

Middle East Monitor

Brazil
Climate Crisis: Panic as 74,000 Amazon Wildfires Plunge Sao Paulo into Darkness, Can be Seen from Space

Climate Crisis: Panic as 74,000 Amazon Wildfires Plunge Sao Paulo into Darkness, Can be Seen from Space

Rain forests aren’t supposed to be on fire

Juan Cole

Egypt
How Forms of Political Islam failed in Egypt and Turkey

How Forms of Political Islam failed in Egypt and Turkey

By Ahmet T. Kuru | – Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first-ever democratically elected president, died unexpectedly during a trial in June 2019. He was a member […]

The Conversation

Yemen
The UAE Remains the Main Player in Yemen, and could Split the Country Up

The UAE Remains the Main Player in Yemen, and could Split the Country Up

By Stasa Salacanin | – At the beginning of July, the UAE started to reduce its troop numbers in Yemen, signalling a shift in its […]

Middle East Monitor

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Trump Mimics Israeli Supremacist Right, Accuses Jewish American Democrats of Treason to Israel

Trump Mimics Israeli Supremacist Right, Accuses Jewish American Democrats of Treason to Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump on Tuesday attacked American Jews who vote for the Democratic Party (as 70%-80% of them do) as demonstrating “a […]

Juan Cole

Western Muslims
British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism

British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism

In British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism, Philip Lewis and Sadek Hamid demonstrate how new generations are remaking Islamic institutional infrastructures […]

British Policy and Politics

India
What's behind the protests in Kashmir?

What’s behind the protests in Kashmir?

By Sumit Ganguly | – India recently enacted a law which will end a special autonomous status given to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, […]

The Conversation

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