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With its Togg EV, Turkiye emerges as 4th Biggest European Electric Car Market
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With its Togg EV, Turkiye emerges as 4th Biggest European Electric Car Market

Juan Cole

44% of the new car market in Turkiye is now battery electric or plug-in hybrid! That is more than California

Algorithms and AI have turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

Algorithms and AI have turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

02/18/2026 By Middle East Monitor

The Apocalyptic President: The Personification of an Imperial Power (and Planet) in Decline

The Apocalyptic President: The Personification of an Imperial Power (and Planet) in Decline

02/18/2026 By Tom Engelhardt

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Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

Solar and wind adoption are experiencing the sharp upward trajectory that other successful new technologies, experienced

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Iran
Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

Turning to Plato’s Republic to show how Iran’s moral authority decayed into rule by force—laid bare during protests.

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Bill of Rights
American Reich:  Kristi Noem’s DHS is the Department of Homeland Subjugation

American Reich: Kristi Noem’s DHS is the Department of Homeland Subjugation

Deployed without proper training in conflict de-escalation, hese sadistic vigilantes throw flash-bangs and tear gas at peaceful protestors

Dan Dinello

Israel/ Palestine
Harari deconstructs the Israeli Narrative from within

Harari deconstructs the Israeli Narrative from within

Harari dismantles the Israeli narrative from within, stripping it of the historical sanctity long used to justify force

Middle East Monitor

censorship
Published!  In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom

Published! In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom

The book situates Davis’s legacy within today’s threats to free inquiry, examining the recurring dangers of political repression and censorship

Juan Cole

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HerStory: Feminism is the Route to Peace

HerStory: Feminism is the Route to Peace

Young people in more than 60 countries were taught about preserving nature and how to work for environmental good in their communities

H. Patricia Hynes

Omar Khayyam
“How many Kisses might it take:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:35

“How many Kisses might it take:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:35

This wine jug was once, like me, a miserable lover — captive to the tresses of a heartthrob

Juan Cole

Iran
How a US/Israeli Strike on Iran could Provoke a wider Conflict

How a US/Israeli Strike on Iran could Provoke a wider Conflict

What would a US/Israel operation in Tehran look like? Research carried out two decades ago offers some answers

Paul Rogers

Israel/ Palestine
Hebrew Orientalism: Jewish Engagement with Arab-Islamic Culture in late Ottoman and British Palestine

Hebrew Orientalism: Jewish Engagement with Arab-Islamic Culture in late Ottoman and British Palestine

The Jerusalemite writer of Iraqi descent, Isaac Yahuda, was a part of both the Zionist and Arab intelligentsia

Middle East Monitor

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