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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

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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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Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden

Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – BBC Monitoring translates the remarks of Russian President Vladimir Putin broadcast on Rosiyya 1 TV on […]

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Children
From Syria to Somalia: Where have all the Children Gone?

From Syria to Somalia: Where have all the Children Gone?

By Karen J. Greenberg | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – “This is a war against normal life.” So said CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward, describing the […]

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How Long can Qatar defy its powerful neighbors? It depends on Trump

How Long can Qatar defy its powerful neighbors? It depends on Trump

By Nader Habibi | (Conversation) | – – The recent decision by half the nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and a few other […]

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Climate Change
Don't get mad over Trump's Climate Policies, Get Even

Don’t get mad over Trump’s Climate Policies, Get Even

By Michael Brune | ( Otherwords.org ) | – – The White House may have accidentally sparked a revolution in efforts to address climate change. […]

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Arms Sales
Mattis overrules Trump on Qatari "terrorism," sells it $12 bn in F-15s

Mattis overrules Trump on Qatari “terrorism,” sells it $12 bn in F-15s

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis defied his boss Donald Trump on Wednesday and inked a deal […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
The top 4 Challenges facing the Arab World

The top 4 Challenges facing the Arab World

By Tarek Osman | (Project Syndicate) | – – LONDON – Fifty years after the Six Days War, the Middle East remains a region in […]

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Arab World
The End of pan-Arab Media?  Governments Ban whole Channels, Fine Fans

The End of pan-Arab Media? Governments Ban whole Channels, Fine Fans

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – Arab countries engaged in a dispute with Qatar have shut down media outlets with links to or […]

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Corruption
Did Sessions and Trump conspire to obstruct justice?

Did Sessions and Trump conspire to obstruct justice?

By Clark D. Cunningham | (The Conversation) | – – Did Attorney General Jeff Sessions conspire with President Donald Trump to fabricate a false story […]

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Climate Change
Why Saudi Extremism, Instability is an Argument for EVs, Wind and Solar Energy

Why Saudi Extremism, Instability is an Argument for EVs, Wind and Solar Energy

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Arabia has gotten too big for its britches, and the oil-producing Middle East is turning […]

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