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Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled
Climate Crisis

Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy consultancy reports that in the first half of 2025, the world put in 380 gigawatts of new […]

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

09/04/2025 By Juan Cole

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

09/04/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Ten Conflicts to Understand the New Middle East

Ten Conflicts to Understand the New Middle East

Review of : Christopher Phillips, Battleground: 10 Conflicts That Explain the New Middle East. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2024. Munich, Germany (Special […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

US Foreign Policy
Defeat Culture: The Decline and Fall of Presidential America

Defeat Culture: The Decline and Fall of Presidential America

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s not a happenstance or some sad mistake that, barring a surprise, Americans will go to the polls in November to […]

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
Hamas' War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity (HRW)

Hamas’ War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity (HRW)

“I Can’t Erase All the Blood from My Mind” Palestinian Armed Groups’ October 7 Assault on Israel October 7 Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes by […]

Human Rights Watch

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China and the Slowing Petroleum Market:  EVs displaced 1.5 mn. Barrels per Day in 2024

China and the Slowing Petroleum Market: EVs displaced 1.5 mn. Barrels per Day in 2024

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Energy Agency signaled last week that the rate of increase in world petroleum demand fell in the second […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
For Republicans, the Bill is coming due for their "Project 2025"

For Republicans, the Bill is coming due for their “Project 2025”

‘I’m not trying to scare us; I’m trying to inform us.’ ( Florida Phoenix ) – On June 30, actress Taraji P. Henson paused her […]

Florida Phoenix

Hizbullah
Lebanese Society is Split over a Potential War with Israel

Lebanese Society is Split over a Potential War with Israel

Rola El-Husseini, Lund University | – (The Conversation) – Hezbollah began launching rockets into northern Israel in solidarity with Palestinians shortly after the start of […]

The Conversation

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NATO must rethink Expansion Plans, step back from  Precipice of Nuclear Confrontation with Russia

NATO must rethink Expansion Plans, step back from Precipice of Nuclear Confrontation with Russia

Auburn, Alabama (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There’s a history to the war between Russia and the West going back to the Cold War […]

Richard Penaskovic

Israel/ Palestine
Moral Passion over Gaza and the Extremes of Protest

Moral Passion over Gaza and the Extremes of Protest

By Nan Levinson ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It began with Aaron Bushnell and a visceral response of mine: Why would anyone do such a thing? […]

Tomdispatch

Israel/ Palestine
Hopes for Gaza Ceasefire Fade Again

Hopes for Gaza Ceasefire Fade Again

Sam Phelps, The Conversation | – Northern and central Gaza have been hit by Israeli airstrikes this week as troops return to battle Hamas fighters […]

The Conversation

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