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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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Qur'an
New Archeological Evidence for the Kaaba, Sanctuary of Peace, in Early Islam

New Archeological Evidence for the Kaaba, Sanctuary of Peace, in Early Islam

“This inscription was written in the year when construction work was done on the sacred shrine in the year 78 [697-8].”

Juan Cole

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A Victim of Trump?  Iran's Centrist Foreign Minister Mysteriously Forced Out

A Victim of Trump? Iran’s Centrist Foreign Minister Mysteriously Forced Out

Was Zarif forced out by regime hard liners angry about his role in the 2015 Nuclear Deal?

Juan Cole

nuclear weapons
Why Proposal to Sell Saudis Nuclear Technology without Safeguards is Terrifying

Why Proposal to Sell Saudis Nuclear Technology without Safeguards is Terrifying

Within days of President Trump’s inauguration, senior U.S. officials were promoting an initiative to transfer nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Bulldozers uproot 300 Palestinian-Owned Trees near Jenin

Israeli Bulldozers uproot 300 Palestinian-Owned Trees near Jenin

B’Tselem: “Under the guise of a “temporary military occupation,” Israel has been “using the land as its own: robbing land”

Maan News Agency

Iran
Khamenei hails Assad in Tehran as Key to “Resistance” to US

Khamenei hails Assad in Tehran as Key to “Resistance” to US

Khamenei: “The creation of the buffer that the Americans are seeking to create in Syria is an example of these dangerous conspiracies”

AFP

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Not Trump's America:  On How the Oscars looked Like the Real America this Year

Not Trump’s America: On How the Oscars looked Like the Real America this Year

Cuarón: “”I want to thank the Academy for recognizing a film centered around an indigenous woman. One of the 70 million domestic workers in the world without work rights”

Juan Cole

Green Energy
The Green New Deal puts Climate Back on the Agenda

The Green New Deal puts Climate Back on the Agenda

Ocasio-Cortez upends climate politics in the United States

Tan Copsey

Middle East
With Trump AWOL, Europe Woos Mideast, fearing Russian & Chinese Dominance

With Trump AWOL, Europe Woos Mideast, fearing Russian & Chinese Dominance

“We don’t want to see this vacuum soaked up by Russia and China,

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
A Teenage War Resister in Israel: An Antiwar Story from the Embattled Middle East

A Teenage War Resister in Israel: An Antiwar Story from the Embattled Middle East

By Rory Fanning | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Hilel Garmi’s phone is going straight to voicemail and all I’m hoping is that he’s not back in […]

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