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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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Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Republicans want to privatize, cut, and eventually kill Medicare. Cenk Uygur, host of The […]

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Climate Change
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Donald Trump and the Invisible Monster of Climate Change

John Feffer. | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Once upon a time, long, long ago, I testified before the great assembly of our land. […]

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Donald Trump
Unpopular: Trump's low Polls one reason for Healthcare Defeat

Unpopular: Trump’s low Polls one reason for Healthcare Defeat

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – For now, the second GOP attempt to replace Obamacare with Trumpcare has failed, with two more […]

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Authoritarianism
The Dangerous Unreality of Trumpland rests on a Totalitarian Foundation

The Dangerous Unreality of Trumpland rests on a Totalitarian Foundation

By Dan Dinello | (Informed Comment) | – – Like the Black Lodge in David Lynch’s revival of Twin Peaks, reality is twisted into strange, […]

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GCC
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What impact will Saudi-Qatar Struggle have on Palestinians?

By Israa Khater | ( OpenDemocracy.org ) | – – No conflict in the Middle East spares the Palestinians, and the recent crisis in the […]

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censorship
Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression

Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression

Human Rights Watch | – – Repressive Laws and Policies Restrict Online Speech, Stifle Critical Voices (Moscow) – Russia has introduced significant restrictions to online […]

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Corruption
Did UAE plant Fake News about Qatar to Fool Trump?

Did UAE plant Fake News about Qatar to Fool Trump?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The intrepid Karen DeYoung and Ellen Nakashima report at WaPo that anonymous US intelligence officials have […]

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Turkey
Turkey’s Emboldened Opposition

Turkey’s Emboldened Opposition

By Sinan Ülgen | (Project Syndicate) | – – ISTANBUL – In Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government has been working to centralize political […]

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Donald Trump
In Int'l Diplomacy, Does Trump know the Art of the Deal?

In Int’l Diplomacy, Does Trump know the Art of the Deal?

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – From North Korea to Russia to the Middle East, there’s no shortage of […]

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