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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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Even Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot Slams Netanyahu's Racism: 'It is not a matter of ... Arabs or Jews"

Even Wonder Woman’s Gal Gadot Slams Netanyahu’s Racism: ‘It is not a matter of … Arabs or Jews”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Can Wonder Woman take down Israel’s combative, far right wing prime minister over his disturbing racism? Actress Gal Gadot, who […]

Juan Cole

Algeria
Algeria:  Street Crowds, Youth, Overthrow sixth Arab President in 8 Years

Algeria: Street Crowds, Youth, Overthrow sixth Arab President in 8 Years

Little by little, Bouteflika returned the regime to its authoritarian ways.

AFP

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The Long History of State Terrorism

The Long History of State Terrorism

By Mats Fridlund | – What is it that allows someone to be labelled as a terrorist? Recent acts of spectacular violence, such as the […]

The Conversation

Iran
Iran’s Rouhani outflanks Trump in Baghdad, Slams US for “Bombs dropped on People”

Iran’s Rouhani outflanks Trump in Baghdad, Slams US for “Bombs dropped on People”

Iraq’s President Barham Saleh, at a joint news conference with Rouhani in Baghdad, thanked Iran for its “support”

Ali Choukeir

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America's Long History of Hysteria about Women's Veils: Jeanine Pirro and Ilhan Omar

America’s Long History of Hysteria about Women’s Veils: Jeanine Pirro and Ilhan Omar

In fact, nothing is more American historically than veiling and debates on veiling.

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel was already Throttling Palestinians' Water; Now Global Heating is Piling On

Israel was already Throttling Palestinians’ Water; Now Global Heating is Piling On

Israel has engineered a complicated bureaucratic system designed to control and curtail Palestinians’ access to groundwater

Al-Shabaka

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Even after Trump’s Announced Withdrawal, US & Kurdish Allies Still Assaulting last ISIL Redoubt in Syria

Even after Trump’s Announced Withdrawal, US & Kurdish Allies Still Assaulting last ISIL Redoubt in Syria

It is unclear how many people remain inside the ragged camp on the edges of the Euphrates River.

Rouba El Husseini

Iran
Could Trump try to Save himself by Wagging the Dog with an Iran War?

Could Trump try to Save himself by Wagging the Dog with an Iran War?

By Bob Dreyfuss | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Here’s the foreign policy question of questions in 2019: Are President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, […]

Tomdispatch

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In Bellwether, Norway Wealth Fund Dumps Oil Exploration Stocks as Bad Investment

In Bellwether, Norway Wealth Fund Dumps Oil Exploration Stocks as Bad Investment

Investing in hydrocarbons for long-term income is the Blockbuster Trap

Juan Cole

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