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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade
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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Mohammad Eslami

Chinese policy and security circles interpret the tariff threat less as an attempt to alter Iran’s behavior than as a signal to third parties

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

01/18/2026 By Yale Climate Connections

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

01/18/2026 By Paul Rogers

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Saudi Woman executed for Witchcraft: A Struggle over Gender Power?

Saudi Woman executed for Witchcraft: A Struggle over Gender Power?

Saudi Arabia’s news service announced that the kingdom has executed a Saudi woman for the practice of sorcery, according to the BBC. Amina bint Abd […]

Juan Cole

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Climate Change Disaster looms despite Durban Agreement

Climate Change Disaster looms despite Durban Agreement

The global summit on climate change and curbing carbon emissions at Durban in South Africa ended on a positive note diplomatically. The international community rededicated […]

Juan Cole

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Iran has US Surrounded, All Right

Iran has US Surrounded, All Right

From Democratic Underground: Each star is a US base. But just to be clear, Iran is the one that is threatening us.

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Engelhardt, The 1% Election

Tomgram: Engelhardt, The 1% Election

Sometimes words outlive their usefulness.  Sometimes the gap between changing reality and the names we’ve given it grows so wide that they empty of all meaning or retain older meanings that only confuse us.  “Election,&rdquo…

Tom Engelhardt

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Washington Actions on Palestine don’t Differ from Gingrich’s Words

Washington Actions on Palestine don’t Differ from Gingrich’s Words

Newt Gingrich has been trying for the monetary backing and votes of Jewish Americans and Christian Zionists by taking up the positions of the Israeli […]

Juan Cole

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Is Syrian Regime Preparing a Massacre of Homs?

Is Syrian Regime Preparing a Massacre of Homs?

Reports that the Syrian military is bringing up armor and heavy weapons to Homs has sparked fears that the regime intends to invade the city, […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Displays Drone, Complains to UN

Iran Displays Drone, Complains to UN

Iran said Thursday that it had hacked into the unmanned RQ-170 Sentinel US spy drone flying over eastern Iran and brought it down that way. […]

Juan Cole

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Which Bill is more Dangerous — ‘Internet “piracy”‘  —-  or ‘Defense Authorization’?

Which Bill is more Dangerous — ‘Internet “piracy”‘ —- or ‘Defense Authorization’?

Cenk Uygur of the Young Turks discusses two of the worst pieces of legislation before Congress with Glenn Greenwald. They are the so-called “Stop Online […]

Juan Cole

Tomgram: William Astore, The Remoteness of 1% Wars

Tomgram: William Astore, The Remoteness of 1% Wars

America’s wars are remote.  They’re remote from us geographically, remote from us emotionally (unless you’re serving in the military or have a close relative or friend who serves), and remote from our major media outlets, w…

Juan Cole

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