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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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Answering the Attacks on the Green New Deal: *Not* Implementing it is too Expensive

Answering the Attacks on the Green New Deal: *Not* Implementing it is too Expensive

Compared to Asia and Europe, the United States is a transportation embarrassment

John Feffer

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Racism v. Racist:  Why Brenda Lawrence and Rashida Tlaib are Right

Racism v. Racist: Why Brenda Lawrence and Rashida Tlaib are Right

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As I noted yesterday, in Michael Cohen’s opening statement during his public testimony to the House Oversight and Reform Committee, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Carbon farming: how smart agriculture can both feed people and fight climate change

Carbon farming: how smart agriculture can both feed people and fight climate change

Peat soils are immensely carbon-rich

The Conversation

Climate Change
Britain sees Hottest Winter Day in Recorded History as Global Heating Accelerates

Britain sees Hottest Winter Day in Recorded History as Global Heating Accelerates

Northern Europe’s ‘Year with no Winter’

AFP

Iran
Iran’s Religious Leaders Keep Foreign Minister Zarif on to pursue European Diplomacy

Iran’s Religious Leaders Keep Foreign Minister Zarif on to pursue European Diplomacy

Zarif has battled hardline resistance in parliament to new legislation tackling money laundering and terrorism financing

AFP

Donald Trump
Top Six Pieces of Dirt Cohen Dished on Trump in his Opening Statement

Top Six Pieces of Dirt Cohen Dished on Trump in his Opening Statement

“He once asked me if I could name a country run by a black person that wasn’t a “shithole . ”

Juan Cole

Venezuela
The Trojan Horse of US "Aid" to Venezuela

The Trojan Horse of US “Aid” to Venezuela

The arc of U.S. militarism across the 20th century and into the 21st is neither moral nor does it bend toward justice.

H. Patricia Hynes

censorship
In Middle East, Impunity for Human Rights Abuses reigned in 2018: Amnesty

In Middle East, Impunity for Human Rights Abuses reigned in 2018: Amnesty

Beirut (AFP) – “The crackdown on civil society actors and political opponents increased significantly in Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia,” the rights watchdog said in […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
The Survival of the Richest:  The Real Wall

The Survival of the Richest: The Real Wall

Money keeps flowing upward through banks and speculation, while the economic lives of those not at the top have largely remained stagnant

Nomi Prins

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