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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal
China

China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lauri Myllyvirta writes at Carbon Brief that China’s CO2 emissions over-all fell by 1% in the past 12 months, and […]

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

05/16/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

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Turkey, Iraq and China defy Trump on new Iran Sanctions, Act to Hold Tehran Harmless

Turkey, Iraq and China defy Trump on new Iran Sanctions, Act to Hold Tehran Harmless

The Trump administration is unlikely to have the same success in getting other countries to boycott Iranian petroleum as did Obama

Juan Cole

Turkey
Turkey's re-elected Erdogan, a Hybrid of Putin and Trump, will  Change  Mideast

Turkey’s re-elected Erdogan, a Hybrid of Putin and Trump, will Change Mideast

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the incumbent president and main political actor in Turkish politics for the last 16 years, has won yet another election

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Climate Change
Netherlands Proposes going 100% Green by 2050

Netherlands Proposes going 100% Green by 2050

The Dutch legislation aims to slash greenhouse gas emissions to near zero

AFP

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Progressive Dems Are Celebrating Ocasio-Cortez v. Crowley Win; But where is the Legislation?

Progressive Dems Are Celebrating Ocasio-Cortez v. Crowley Win; But where is the Legislation?

Winning isn’t enough. The Left must prepare to govern

Juan Cole

Iran
Trump Admin. Tries to Strong-Arm World into Halting Iranian Oil Imports by Nov. 4

Trump Admin. Tries to Strong-Arm World into Halting Iranian Oil Imports by Nov. 4

The United States warned Tuesday that countries around the world must stop buying Iranian oil before November 4 or face renewed sanctions

AFP

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The Seventh Exclusion:  Great Moments in American Racist Immigration History

The Seventh Exclusion: Great Moments in American Racist Immigration History

US history is replete with racism as public policy

Juan Cole

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New Light on the Arabian Religious Background of Islam?

New Light on the Arabian Religious Background of Islam?

Aside from the Qur’an itself, all the sources we have were written down after the Abbasid Revolution of 750 against the Umayyads

Juan Cole

Immigration
TrumpWorld: A Vast Guantanamo Bay just for Children

TrumpWorld: A Vast Guantanamo Bay just for Children

A requiem for a tragedy that has barely ended (if it has)

Karen J. Greenberg

Syria
Defying US, Syrian Troops Launch Assault on Daraa City as Civilians Flee

Defying US, Syrian Troops Launch Assault on Daraa City as Civilians Flee

Syria’s army launched an assault on the flashpoint southern city of Daraa Tuesday, state media said

Mohamad Abazeed

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