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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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Environmentalism
Take that, Trump!  5% of California New Car Sales now Electric

Take that, Trump! 5% of California New Car Sales now Electric

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite Trump having pulled the US out of the Paris Climate accord, there is reason to […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan is now officially James Mattis’ war

Afghanistan is now officially James Mattis’ war

By Simon Reich | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump’s speech on his administration’s strategy in Afghanistan – in which he announced the introduction […]

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Bill of Rights
Shadowy US Covert Ops & Surveillance Abroad always Come Home

Shadowy US Covert Ops & Surveillance Abroad always Come Home

By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – [This piece has been adapted and expanded from the introduction to Alfred W. McCoy’s new book, […]

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Arab World
Is the Gulf Crisis bringing Iraq back into Arab World?

Is the Gulf Crisis bringing Iraq back into Arab World?

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | ( Niqash.org ) | – – Countries like Saudi Arabia are showing new willingness to open diplomatic channels with Iraq. […]

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Donald Trump
Germany's Merkel: A Selfish & Isolationist America isn't "Great Again"

Germany’s Merkel: A Selfish & Isolationist America isn’t “Great Again”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In an interview with Handelsblatt , German Chancellor Angela Merkel took on Donald Trump’s philosophy directly. […]

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Donald Trump
Will Trump's Arpaio Pardon encourage more civil rights violations?

Will Trump’s Arpaio Pardon encourage more civil rights violations?

Steven Mulroy | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump may pardon Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who illegally used racial profiling to […]

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Books
A Turkish Woman in the Oedipus Complex: Orhan Pamuk’s “The Red-Haired Woman”

A Turkish Woman in the Oedipus Complex: Orhan Pamuk’s “The Red-Haired Woman”

By Erdağ Göknar | (Los Angeles Review of Books) | – – COULD A CONTEMPORARY STORY of love and vengeance set in Turkey have its […]

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Afghanistan
Is Trump planning permanent occupation of Afghanistan?

Is Trump planning permanent occupation of Afghanistan?

By Reese Erlich | ( 48Hills | – – What will 4,000 more US troops do that 100,000 troops couldn’t do before? On my first […]

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India
India joins 20 Muslim Countries in banning 'Instant Divorce'

India joins 20 Muslim Countries in banning ‘Instant Divorce’

TeleSur | – – Women’s rights activists view the ruling as a step toward granting Muslim women greater equality and justice. India’s Supreme Court has […]

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