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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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Iran
40 Years after the Iranian Revolution, Can the Opposition Still Hope for Change?

40 Years after the Iranian Revolution, Can the Opposition Still Hope for Change?

All opposition groups overuse the abstract notion of “secular democracy” without clearly explaining what exactly they have in mind

The Conversation

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Trump's Attempt to Strongarm Europe on Iran Crashes and Burns

Trump’s Attempt to Strongarm Europe on Iran Crashes and Burns

The agreement “is a basic pillar of the architecture of nuclear non-proliferation at the global level”

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
European Union has Documented Israeli War Crimes, but When Will it Punish Them?

European Union has Documented Israeli War Crimes, but When Will it Punish Them?

By Kamel Hawwash | – The lack of action to bring Israel to account for more than seven decades’ worth of crimes against the Palestinian […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Democracy and the Green New Deal Demand higher Taxes on Rich

Democracy and the Green New Deal Demand higher Taxes on Rich

Tie the U.S. corporate tax rate to the ratio between CEO and worker pay

Sam Pizzigati

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Troops in Palestine Detained over 500 Palestinians, including 89 Children

Israeli Troops in Palestine Detained over 500 Palestinians, including 89 Children

This brings the number of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons to around 5,700 including 48 women and 230 children under 18.

Maan News Agency

Environment
Trump's Wall an Ugly Scar Across Hot Zone of Biological Diversity, Threatening Endangered Species

Trump’s Wall an Ugly Scar Across Hot Zone of Biological Diversity, Threatening Endangered Species

Prevents migration of ringtail cats, bighorn sheep, kit foxes, and Mexican gray wolves

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
School Climate Strikes: Children taking Radical Action and "Adults" have no Right to Object

School Climate Strikes: Children taking Radical Action and “Adults” have no Right to Object

Our inaction that has led the world they will inherit to this pretty pass

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia
European Union to add Saudi Arabia to Money Laundering, Terror Blacklist

European Union to add Saudi Arabia to Money Laundering, Terror Blacklist

Dirty money is the driving force behind organised crime and terrorism

AFP

Donald Trump
An Obituary for the Republic:  Hail the Tweetocracy

An Obituary for the Republic: Hail the Tweetocracy

They applied their Roman-style vision of an imperial America to the actual world

Tom Engelhardt

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