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Iran Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in “4th Industrial Revolution”
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Iran Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in “4th Industrial Revolution”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With the prospect of new Iranian nuclear power plants looking dim after Israeli and American bombing of its civilian nuclear […]

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

09/13/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

09/13/2025 By The Conversation

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Islamophobia
How to Talk about Islamophobia in the Age of Trump: There aren't Two Sides to Bigotry

How to Talk about Islamophobia in the Age of Trump: There aren’t Two Sides to Bigotry

Trump cynically invoked the dreaded Muslim Boogeyman.

Basil Abdelkarim

Pentagon
Our Man from Boeing: Has the Arms Industry Captured Trump's Pentagon?

Our Man from Boeing: Has the Arms Industry Captured Trump’s Pentagon?

Candidate Donald Trump saw the revolving door between government and industry as a problem.

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Donald Trump
Bolton & Trump's Gerontocrats may drag us into Venezuela over Oil when they could just buy an EV

Bolton & Trump’s Gerontocrats may drag us into Venezuela over Oil when they could just buy an EV

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – There are many things wrong with National Security Adviser John Bolton, but the worst is his fixation on petroleum politics. […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Social Media Ridicule: Emirates' Gender Equality Award Winners All Men

Social Media Ridicule: Emirates’ Gender Equality Award Winners All Men

“Wow really nailed the diversity there. One of those dudes was wearing grey”

TeleSur

Iran
Syria and Iran Sign Strategic Economic Plan, including Tartus Naval Base

Syria and Iran Sign Strategic Economic Plan, including Tartus Naval Base

There was also rehabilitation of the ports of Tartus and Latakia as well as construction of a 540 megawatt energy plant

AFP

Afghanistan
Trump & Taliban Close to Deal on US Withdrawal, but Risk of Free For All

Trump & Taliban Close to Deal on US Withdrawal, but Risk of Free For All

Trump decided last month to pull half of the 14,000-strong force from Afghanistan

AFP

Bahrain
Defying US, Bahrain Affirms Life Sentence against Shiite Leader “farcically” charged with Spying

Defying US, Bahrain Affirms Life Sentence against Shiite Leader “farcically” charged with Spying

Dubai (AFP) – A Bahraini court on Monday upheld a life sentence for opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman for spying for Gulf rival Qatar, a […]

Natacha Yazbeck

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America's 7 Racist Exclusions:  From Muslim Visa Ban to 1930s Exclusion of Jews

America’s 7 Racist Exclusions: From Muslim Visa Ban to 1930s Exclusion of Jews

Revised.- ed. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The two-year anniversary of Trump’s Muslim visa ban and Holocaust Remembrance Day have arrived more or less together, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
The Main Drag on Saving Planet from Boiling? The Super-Rich

The Main Drag on Saving Planet from Boiling? The Super-Rich

The United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait all just happen to rate among the world’s most unequal nations.

Sam Pizzigati

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