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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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Statue of Liberty, R. I. P.:  Trump and the End of Citizenship

Statue of Liberty, R. I. P.: Trump and the End of Citizenship

Halfway through Trump’s presidency, his administration has moved to use citizenship as an exclusionary factor

Karen J. Greenberg

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2020 Dem Presidential Hopefuls Flee Israel lobbies’ AIPAC after MoveOn.org Boycott Call

2020 Dem Presidential Hopefuls Flee Israel lobbies’ AIPAC after MoveOn.org Boycott Call

Bernie Sanders is “concerned about the platform AIPAC is providing for leaders who have expressed bigotry and oppose a two-state solution.”

Juan Cole

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How Bush's War on Iraq Produced Trumpism, Instability, Refugees and Climate Catastrophe

How Bush’s War on Iraq Produced Trumpism, Instability, Refugees and Climate Catastrophe

This sort of glib rhetoric was to cost the lives of nearly 5,000 American military personnel and the lives of several hundred thousand Iraqis

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Kushner of Arabia wanted to Give Some of Jordan to Palestinians and some of Saudi Land to Jordan

Kushner of Arabia wanted to Give Some of Jordan to Palestinians and some of Saudi Land to Jordan

“There were plans for an oil pipeline from Saudi Arabia to Gaza, where refineries and a shipping terminal could be built.”

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Trump and Don Jr. Wage Scathing War of Words on . . . Conservatives of Britain and Germany?

Trump and Don Jr. Wage Scathing War of Words on . . . Conservatives of Britain and Germany?

Chancellor Angela Merkel sid Germany would “continue our effort” to raise defense spending “but not at the expense of development aid.”

AFP

Donald Trump
How Progressives can build on Trump Catastrophe to Remake America

How Progressives can build on Trump Catastrophe to Remake America

There’s finally a good chance that Congress will repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF)

John Feffer

Colonialism
No, Fox's Katie Pavlich, the US wasn't the First to Abolish Slavery

No, Fox’s Katie Pavlich, the US wasn’t the First to Abolish Slavery

Fox Cable News’ Katie Pavlich asserted Tuesday, “They keep blaming America for slavery, but the truth is that throughout human history slavery has existed. America […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
UN Must Name Names of Companies helping Israel to Flood Squatters into Palestinian West Bank

UN Must Name Names of Companies helping Israel to Flood Squatters into Palestinian West Bank

The disappointing further delay in publishing the database further entrenches corporate involvement in the abuses stemming from illegal settlements

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Ilhan Omar Calls out DC Double Standards, insists on Palestinian Rights in their Homeland

Ilhan Omar Calls out DC Double Standards, insists on Palestinian Rights in their Homeland

We must acknowledge that this is also the historical homeland of Palestinians. And without a state, the Palestinian people live in a state of permanent refugeehood and displacement

Middle East Monitor

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