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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Africa
The Coming Muslim Century: Bad news for President Bannon

The Coming Muslim Century: Bad news for President Bannon

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Demographically, the 21st century will be the Muslim Century, as the Pew Research Center on Religion […]

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Arab Americans
How Middle Eastern Immigrants Boost US Competitiveness

How Middle Eastern Immigrants Boost US Competitiveness

Sami Mahroum | ( Project Syndicate) | – – DUBAI – In his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein […]

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Donald Trump
Don’t want to lose the Next Mideast War?  Don’t Fight One

Don’t want to lose the Next Mideast War? Don’t Fight One

Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Make no mistake: after 15 years of losing wars, spreading terror movements, and multiplying failed states […]

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Arab World
Mideast Partition Plans won’t Bring Peace, just Imperial Social Engineering

Mideast Partition Plans won’t Bring Peace, just Imperial Social Engineering

By Laura Robson | (Informed Comment) | – – The idea that partition and population exchange might represent “solutions” to Middle Eastern conflict, long advocated […]

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Democratic Party
Can the Left Rebuild in the Deep South?

Can the Left Rebuild in the Deep South?

The Atlantic | (Video News Clip) | – – “Georgia’s sixth congressional district is a Republican stronghold—a Democrat hasn’t won in nearly 40 years. Jon […]

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Authoritarianism
As Leftist Turks Protest, Trump congratulates Erdogan on Authoritarian Turn

As Leftist Turks Protest, Trump congratulates Erdogan on Authoritarian Turn

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Several hundred Turks demonstrated in Istanbul on Monday in protest at the referendum result on Sunday […]

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Donald Trump
Was US Airstrike on Syrian Mosque a War Crime?

Was US Airstrike on Syrian Mosque a War Crime?

Human Rights Watch | – – (Washington, DC) – United States forces appear to have failed to take necessary precautions to avoid civilian casualties in […]

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Donald Trump
Trump White House Taking "Marching Orders" from Hundreds of CEOs: Report

Trump White House Taking “Marching Orders” from Hundreds of CEOs: Report

Nadia Prupis, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – One of every five of the corporate executives who met with the Trump administration […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Over 1,000 Palestinian Prisoners Launch Mass Hunger Strike

Over 1,000 Palestinian Prisoners Launch Mass Hunger Strike

TeleSur | – – “Salutes of Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. Glory to the martyrs. Freedom for the prisoners of freedom,” stated the PFLP in support of […]

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