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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

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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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Sunni Constitution Drafter Killed

Sunni Constitution Drafter Killed

Sunni Constitution Drafter Killed; Chalabi in Iran Fakhri al-Qaisi of the National Dialogue Council was assassinated in Baghdad on Saturday. The Sunni politician had helped […]

Juan Cole

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Al Libi Tagged As Liar By Us

Al Libi Tagged As Liar By Us

Al-Libi Tagged as Liar by US Intelligence Bush Alleged Saddam-al-Qaeda Tie Douglas Jehl of the NYT reports that the Defense Intelligence Agency and other intelligence […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Cleric Calls For Participation

Sunni Cleric Calls For Participation

Sunni Cleric Calls for Participation in Elections NATO Rules out Iraq Role Al-Sharq al-Awsat/ AFP: The Sunni religious leader in the Association of Muslim Scholars, […]

Juan Cole

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Former Uk Ambassador In Washington

Former Uk Ambassador In Washington

Former UK Ambassador in Washington: Iraq War brought Terror to UK Sir Christopher Meyer, former UK ambassador in Washington, DC, admits that the war he […]

Juan Cole

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Sectarianism Dominates Iraq In Run Up

Sectarianism Dominates Iraq In Run Up

Sectarianism Dominates Iraq in Run-up to Elections The December 15 elections are shaping up as a sectarian affair. The United Iraqi Alliance groups four of […]

Juan Cole

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Billmon On Zarqawi Myth Billmon Does

Billmon On Zarqawi Myth Billmon Does

Billmon on the Zarqawi Myth Billmon does an excellent job of summarizing my argument that the Sunni Arab guerrillas (many of them rooted in the […]

Juan Cole

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Libby Pleads Innocent I Just Saw That

Libby Pleads Innocent I Just Saw That

Libby Pleads Innocent I just saw that former vice presidential chief of staff Irving Lewis Libby has pleaded innocent of charges that he obstructed justice […]

Juan Cole

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Triangulating Scandal Italian

Triangulating Scandal Italian

Triangulating a Scandal The Italian parliament is again looking into charges that Italian military intelligence passed forged documents alleging Iraqi purchases of Niger uranium to […]

Juan Cole

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20 Killed In Mosque Guerrillas

20 Killed In Mosque Guerrillas

20 Killed in Mosque The guerrillas detonated a huge bomb outside a Shiite mosque on Wednesday at Musayyib south of Baghdad, killing 20 and wounding […]

Juan Cole

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