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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

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

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

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Israelis Support Obama over Bibi

Israelis Support Obama over Bibi

More evidence that Israel derangement syndrome is a malady among the American political class and a narrow sliver of the AIPAC elite, but that most […]

Juan Cole

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The Secret Patriot Act

The Secret Patriot Act

Dear Tea Party: If all your distrust of the federal government doesn’t cause you to vote against the so-called PATRIOT Act, your tea is weak. […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top 5 Arab Spring Stories Today

Top 5 Arab Spring Stories Today

1. Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his sons will stand trial for ordering deadly force to put down protesters in Egypt (several hundred were […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Selective Outrage about War

Selective Outrage about War

This poster at reddit.com compares the various costs of Bush’s illegal war in Iraq to those of the UN /NATO intervention in Libya (which is […]

Juan Cole

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Rand Paul on Patriot Act Extension puts Obama to Shame

Rand Paul on Patriot Act Extension puts Obama to Shame

Sen. Rand Paul is among the few in Congress to oppose the 4-year extension of the misnamed PATRIOT Act, which violates the 4th Amendment against […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Top Ten Green Energy Good News Stories

Top Ten Green Energy Good News Stories

1. German Chancellor Angela Merkel became a green energy hawk after Fukushima. She wants to phase out Nuclear energy and coal, and move quickly to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Pressman: American Presidents and the Two-State Solution

Pressman: American Presidents and the Two-State Solution

Jeremy Pressman writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: “Clinton, Bush, & Obama on a two-state solution” This compilation of major Clinton, Bush (43), […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
What lies Behind Netanyahu's Bluster on '1967 Borders'

What lies Behind Netanyahu’s Bluster on ‘1967 Borders’

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s high dudgeon over the world community’s demand that Israel return more or less to ‘1967 borders’ plays to two audiences, his […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Pakistan's Chinese Gambit

Pakistan’s Chinese Gambit

Pakistan’s relations with the United States are troubled, and Islamabad may be turning to China as a result. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani just ended […]

Juan Cole

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