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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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Iraq
Odierno: Kurdish-Arab Fighting may Require UN Force in post-American Iraq

Odierno: Kurdish-Arab Fighting may Require UN Force in post-American Iraq

Despite the optimism obvious in the speeches of Vice President Biden on Iraq, the outbreak of fighting between the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces in […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Turkey Threatens Israel with cut-off of Diplomatic Relations

Turkey Threatens Israel with cut-off of Diplomatic Relations

As Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu flew to Washington, DC, on Monday, a further war of words has broken out between Turkey and Israel over […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Fadlallah’s Life and the Shiite Wave

Fadlallah’s Life and the Shiite Wave

The death of Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husain Fadlallah at age 75 in Beirut marks the passing of a cleric revered by many Shiite Muslims and […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
On Fourth of July, Let Iraq Go

On Fourth of July, Let Iraq Go

The Fourth of July celebrates the Declaration of Independence of the American colonies of Great Britain, on the grounds that they deserved representative government and […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Steele blames Obama for Afghanistan, Defends Iraq War

Steele blames Obama for Afghanistan, Defends Iraq War

Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele has provoked a furor by remarks he made on President Obama’s Afghanistan policy at a GOP fundraiser in Noank, […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Fundamentalist bombings of Lahore mystical Shrine leave 42 Dead, 175 Wounded

Fundamentalist bombings of Lahore mystical Shrine leave 42 Dead, 175 Wounded

The FT says that at least two suicide bombers struck at the shrine of medieval Sufi master Datta Ganj Bakhsh (Sayyid Ali Hujwiri), the patron […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Hurricane Alex Halts Efforts to Deal with Gulf Oil Gusher

Hurricane Alex Halts Efforts to Deal with Gulf Oil Gusher

VOA reports that the oil skimming ships are gone. The booms protecting islands and marshes have been torn from their anchors. Sand bags have been […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
June Deadliest Month for NATO in Afghanistan; <br/> Congress cuts Civilian Aid by $4 bn.

June Deadliest Month for NATO in Afghanistan;
Congress cuts Civilian Aid by $4 bn.

As the Senate confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as commander of US troops in Afghanistan, CNN estimated that 101 NATO troops (including Americans) were killed in […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Petraeus confirmed Quickly by Committee; <br/> Seminary rioting, Jalabad Airport Bombings

Petraeus confirmed Quickly by Committee;
Seminary rioting, Jalabad Airport Bombings

The LAT reports on the lightning speed with which the Senate Armed Forces Committee confirmed the appointment of Gen. David Petraeus as commander of US […]

Juan Cole

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