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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

05/16/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

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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6 National Security Questions the Establishment Candidates don't want to Answer

6 National Security Questions the Establishment Candidates don’t want to Answer

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com To judge by the early returns, the presidential race of 2016 is shaping up as the most disheartening […]

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History
Toward a New Islamic Golden Age through Science

Toward a New Islamic Golden Age through Science

By Nidhal Guessoum | (Project Syndicate) | – – SHARJAH – The Muslim world’s past contributions to science and education were extraordinary. The Islamic “golden […]

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Militarization
No, Donald Trump, we can't just "take their oil"

No, Donald Trump, we can’t just “take their oil”

By Emily Schwartz Greco | (Otherwords.org) | – – Donald Trump’s first presidential campaign ad pledged to “take their oil.” That’s what President (gasp) Trump […]

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Featured
Top 5 Ways Putin has won big in Syria and why Europe is embracing him

Top 5 Ways Putin has won big in Syria and why Europe is embracing him

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russia is so far winning big in Syria, and making Moscow’s projection of force in the […]

Juan Cole

Foreign Policy
Why has Turkish Foreign Policy Gone Rogue & What does it mean for the US?

Why has Turkish Foreign Policy Gone Rogue & What does it mean for the US?

By Nader Habibi | (The Conversation) | – – Turkey has become one of America’s most vital partners in the Middle East in promoting stability […]

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Israel
Are Palestinian-Israelis going from 2nd Class Citizens to 3rd Class?

Are Palestinian-Israelis going from 2nd Class Citizens to 3rd Class?

By Nadim Nashif and Raya Naamneh | Al-Shabaka | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – Israel still portrays itself as a Jewish and democratic state. […]

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Pollution
Why Flint’s Tainted Water is a Human Rights Disaster

Why Flint’s Tainted Water is a Human Rights Disaster

By Amanda Klasing, Senior Researcher, Women’s Rights Division | (Human Rights Watch) | – – Nearly two years ago, the city of Flint, Michigan switched […]

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Arab Americans
Not just “Immigrants”: 3 Arab-Americans Central to American History

Not just “Immigrants”: 3 Arab-Americans Central to American History

By Hsain Ilahiane | (Informed Comment) | – – Arabs and Muslims Made and Are Still Making America Great: One came on foot, one with […]

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Arab Spring
Tahrir 5 Years Later:  The Hurdles to Democratization & Arab Youth Revolts

Tahrir 5 Years Later: The Hurdles to Democratization & Arab Youth Revolts

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A frequently met-with Western political and often journalistic narrative of the 2011 youth revolts in the […]

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