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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

08/25/2025 By Global Voices

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

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Turkish Voters worried about Integrity of Elections, Deterioration of Democracy

Turkish Voters worried about Integrity of Elections, Deterioration of Democracy

By Deniz Erkmen | (Informed Comment) | —             As Turkey approaches a pivotal parliamentary election on June 7, there is growing doubt about just […]

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Hamas
Amnesty:  Hamas Killings, Torture during Gaza Assault were War Crimes

Amnesty: Hamas Killings, Torture during Gaza Assault were War Crimes

By: Charlie Hoyle | (Ma’an News Agency) — BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The extra-judicial executions of at least 23 Palestinians in Gaza during Israel’s military offensive […]

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Iran
If Iran Nuclear talks fail, Sanctions on Tehran Could Unravel

If Iran Nuclear talks fail, Sanctions on Tehran Could Unravel

By Jasmin Ramsey | (Inter Press Service) | — WASHINGTON (IPS) – Internationally supported sanctions against Iran could begin to crumble if talks over Iran’s […]

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Shiite Militias announce "Here I am, O Husayn" Campaign for Sunni Ramadi

Shiite Militias announce “Here I am, O Husayn” Campaign for Sunni Ramadi

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Shiite militias in Iraq, joined by some Sunni tribal levies, on Tuesday reached a university campus just […]

Juan Cole

Acidification of Oceans
Why do Poor Nations care more about Climate Change than the Rich?

Why do Poor Nations care more about Climate Change than the Rich?

Alex Lo | (The Conversation) | – Alex Lo, University of Hong Kong Do rich countries care more about the environment that poorer ones? In […]

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censorship
Egypt:  Executing Muslim Brotherhood leader Morsi for "Terrorism" will Fuel... Terrorism

Egypt: Executing Muslim Brotherhood leader Morsi for “Terrorism” will Fuel… Terrorism

By Ebrahim Deen | (Informed Comment) | — ‘In contemporary Egypt, due process is often not granted, evidence is often not considered, and impartiality and […]

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Cold War
After the Cold War, did We all Get the worst of both Capitalist & Communist Worlds?

After the Cold War, did We all Get the worst of both Capitalist & Communist Worlds?

By John Feffer | (Tomdispatch.com) | – Imagine an alternative universe in which the two major Cold War superpowers evolved into the United Soviet Socialist […]

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Foreign Policy
Iranian-Americans demand apology from Lindsey Graham for "Liar" Racism

Iranian-Americans demand apology from Lindsey Graham for “Liar” Racism

NIAC | — NIAC Condemns Senator Graham’s Racist Statement, Demands Apology Washington, DC – The National Iranian American Council, the largest Iranian-American grassroots organization in […]

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Is it the US that isn’t stepping up to fight Daesh/ ISIL?

Is it the US that isn’t stepping up to fight Daesh/ ISIL?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s blunt remarks on Sunday about the Iraqi army not having the will to […]

Juan Cole

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