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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

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Did the GOP Obsession with Monica Lewinsky contribute to 9/11?  Is the Benghazi hysteria deja vu?

Did the GOP Obsession with Monica Lewinsky contribute to 9/11? Is the Benghazi hysteria deja vu?

(By Juan Cole) The reemergence in the news of Monica Lewinsky is also a reminder of one of the lowest deeds in modern politics, the […]

Juan Cole

GCC
Saudi-Iran Struggle and the Syrian Proxy War can only be Resolved by Diplomacy

Saudi-Iran Struggle and the Syrian Proxy War can only be Resolved by Diplomacy

(By Robert Mason) The current foreign policy tensions between Iran and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) pivot around Iran’s nuclear programme, ideology […]

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Climate Change
Global Warming could Uncork East Antarctic Ice Shelf, Leading to Massive Sea Rise

Global Warming could Uncork East Antarctic Ice Shelf, Leading to Massive Sea Rise

(By Andrea Germanos) A small amount of ice in the East Antarctic holding back an area of marine ice like a "cork" is at risk […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Nat'l Climate Assessment Says We’re in Trouble. This Chart Shows Why.

Nat’l Climate Assessment Says We’re in Trouble. This Chart Shows Why.

This animated chart from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences shows the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Note the spike? Measuring CO2 in parts per million (ppm), the chart shows, first, how the amount of the gas…

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Human Rights NGOs Call for Palestine to take Israel to International Criminal Court

Human Rights NGOs Call for Palestine to take Israel to International Criminal Court

(By Human Rights Watch) (Jerusalem) – Palestine should urgently seek access to the International Criminal Court (ICC), a group of 17 Palestinian and international human […]

Juan Cole

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Is Israeli PM Netanyahu's Case against Iran Collapsing?

Is Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Case against Iran Collapsing?

(By Juan Cole) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has determinedly beaten the drums for war with Iran, though his lack of any actual overt action […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Dark Triad:  Right wing Conservatives far more likely to be Sociopaths

Dark Triad: Right wing Conservatives far more likely to be Sociopaths

PROOF! Conservatives and CEOs Really ARE Evil Psychopaths (via Americans Against The Tea Party) Have you ever wondered why today’s conservatives never seem make any […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Why the Super-Rich Should Pay Super Taxes

Why the Super-Rich Should Pay Super Taxes

(By Paul Buchheit) Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said, "It's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally…It's a game we play…I see nothing wrong with playing […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Curious about the biggest trade deal in history? Sorry, it’s classified

Curious about the biggest trade deal in history? Sorry, it’s classified

BANGKOK — The Trans-Pacific Partnership sounds deadly boring. It’s not. The potential impact on humanity from this proposed mega-deal is impossible to measure. TPP could bankrupt families in Kansas and enrich them in Kuala Lumpur. Or make patented…

Juan Cole

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