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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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European Union
Morocco Produced 35% of its Electricity from Renewables in 2018

Morocco Produced 35% of its Electricity from Renewables in 2018

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Morocco produced 35% of its electricity last year from wind, solar, and hydroelectric sources, putting it on track to its […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Defeating Fascism: What a Danish Woman Imam and Swiss Progressives can teach us

Defeating Fascism: What a Danish Woman Imam and Swiss Progressives can teach us

She used her networking skills to track down some of the extremist leaders of the anti-immigrant movement, then she went to see them.

George Lakey

Counter-Terrorism
Half a Million Dead, $5.9 Trillion Bill: The True Costs of US 'Global War on Terror'

Half a Million Dead, $5.9 Trillion Bill: The True Costs of US ‘Global War on Terror’

in the last two years, the U.S. has launched strikes in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen.

Stephanie Savell

Antisemitism
French Neo-Nazis Desecrate Jewish Cemetery with Swastikas in Alsace

French Neo-Nazis Desecrate Jewish Cemetery with Swastikas in Alsace

Strasbourg (AFP) – Around 80 graves have been daubed with swastikas at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, local officials said, hours ahead of nationwide […]

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
John Legend: "For too long it has been out of balance for progressives to speak up for the rights of Palestinians"

John Legend: “For too long it has been out of balance for progressives to speak up for the rights of Palestinians”

“It means we see a young Palestinian kid not as a future security threat or demographic challenge, but as a future father, mother and lover.”

Maan News Agency

Donald Trump
Sleepwalking into our Constitutional Crisis in the Age of Trump

Sleepwalking into our Constitutional Crisis in the Age of Trump

As a historian of the Middle East, let me just point out that declaring a state of emergency is a means of creating a president for life

Juan Cole

nuclear weapons
Resetting the Nuclear Doomsday Clock

Resetting the Nuclear Doomsday Clock

In addition to the mini-nukes to be loaded onto missiles on nuclear subs, Trump is also advocating a modernized anti missile defense system

John Buell

Climate Change
Over our Heads: Climate Crisis Produces Stationary Catastrophic Weather Systems

Over our Heads: Climate Crisis Produces Stationary Catastrophic Weather Systems

If tropical cyclones are moving more slowly, this can leave particular regions bearing the brunt of the rainfall

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Anchor on IDF Troops sent to Occupied Palestine: ‘We get back Animals’

Israeli Anchor on IDF Troops sent to Occupied Palestine: ‘We get back Animals’

The New Right Party will call on Attorney General Mandelblit to investigate Kotler’s comments for libel.

Maan News Agency

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