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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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Syria's Kurds to declare Federal Province

Syria’s Kurds to declare Federal Province

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syria’s Kurds have decided to declare a federal province in the northeast of the country and […]

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Authoritarianism
An Offer we can't Refuse: Trump threatens "Riots" if Brokered Convention Sidelines Him

An Offer we can’t Refuse: Trump threatens “Riots” if Brokered Convention Sidelines Him

By Mark Sovel and Nik Zecevic | (TheLipTV Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump warned of riots if the Republican party denies him the […]

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Arab Spring
Forgetting Tahrir: The Man on Horseback and the fate of Egypt's Revolution

Forgetting Tahrir: The Man on Horseback and the fate of Egypt’s Revolution

Neil Serougi | ( OpenDemocracy ) | – – Why would a country that showed itself so courageous in confronting Mubarak’s repression now be content […]

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Russia
Why is Putin Really withdrawing from Syria?

Why is Putin Really withdrawing from Syria?

By Alexander Titov | (The Conversation) | – – Back in September 30 2015, when Vladimir Putin unexpectedly announced the deployment of the Russian air […]

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders' Path Forward: The Disappointed Generation

Bernie Sanders’ Path Forward: The Disappointed Generation

TeleSur | – – Since the beginning of the presidential campaign Bernie Sanders has received little coverage and has been counted out of having any […]

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Far Right
If it's Trump versus Clinton, what does it Mean for Iran and ISIL Policy?

If it’s Trump versus Clinton, what does it Mean for Iran and ISIL Policy?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – – Despite Donald Trump’s big wins on Tuesday, he is still only halfway to the delegate […]

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Militarization
Has the Pentagon become Lawless, Corrupt & only overseen by Civilian Hawks?

Has the Pentagon become Lawless, Corrupt & only overseen by Civilian Hawks?

Gregory D. Foster | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Item: Two U.S. Navy patrol boats, with 10 sailors aboard, “stray” into Iranian territorial waters, […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel returns to pre-Oslo policy of vast land confiscations

Israel returns to pre-Oslo policy of vast land confiscations

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel has reinstated a policy of confiscating vast swathes of Palestinian land for settlement expansion in […]

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Middle East
Will the Mideast's Civil Wars Partition it into small Warring States?

Will the Mideast’s Civil Wars Partition it into small Warring States?

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As civil wars and cross-border military conflicts continue to escalate in […]

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