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The Unexpected Winner of the Iran War? Green Energy in Asia and Europe
Climate Crisis

The Unexpected Winner of the Iran War? Green Energy in Asia and Europe

Neil Thompson

China’s decision to invest in a transition to a green economy has also helped buffer it from the Iran War Fall-Out

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus (HRW)

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus (HRW)

03/10/2026 By Human Rights Watch

Anti-Iran Policy as a Sacred Mission of Israeli Propagandists

Anti-Iran Policy as a Sacred Mission of Israeli Propagandists

03/10/2026 By Farhang Jahanpour

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Iraq
Top Ten Reasons the US should Stay out of Iraq and put Conditions on Arms Sales

Top Ten Reasons the US should Stay out of Iraq and put Conditions on Arms Sales

The US invasion and occupation of Iraq 2003-2011 threw that country into civil war and long-term guerrilla insurgency. Once an insurgency begins, it often lasts […]

Juan Cole

Drones
Pakistani family testifies to empty room on Hill about US Drone that killed Granny

Pakistani family testifies to empty room on Hill about US Drone that killed Granny

Congressman Alan Grayson held a hearing on the Hill on Tuesday on civilian deaths in US drone strikes. A Pakistani family, the Ur Rahmans, testified […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Elites Stick together against Us:  Feinstein Slams NSA Merkel Tap

Elites Stick together against Us: Feinstein Slams NSA Merkel Tap

The Snowden revelations that the National Security Agency was scooping up hundreds of millions of American cell phone records that show who they call and […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Against Demonizing Syria’s Refugees (Seeley)

Against Demonizing Syria’s Refugees (Seeley)

Nicholas Seeley writes in a guest column for Informed Comment On a sunny fall afternoon, Abdullah joined me for lunch in the sitting room of […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
No Woman, No Drive (Saudi Satire Video)

No Woman, No Drive (Saudi Satire Video)

Hisham Fageeh’s satirical take on a Bob Marley classic: and, ITN reports on this weekend’s protests and interviews Saudi women activists:

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
America's Secret 4th Branch of Government: The NSA kept even Obama in the Dark

America’s Secret 4th Branch of Government: The NSA kept even Obama in the Dark

The revelation from the Snowden Papers that the National Security Agency had German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s personal cell phone under surveillance has produced a central […]

Juan Cole

Energy
The World's Fate hangs on Obama's Keystone XL Decision  (McKibben)

The World’s Fate hangs on Obama’s Keystone XL Decision (McKibben)

The great Bill McKibben writes at Tomdispatch.com: As the battle over the Keystone XL pipeline has worn on — and it’s now well over two […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The American Quagmire in Afghanistan by the Numbers (21,565 US Troops Dead or Wounded)

The American Quagmire in Afghanistan by the Numbers (21,565 US Troops Dead or Wounded)

Number of US military personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2001: 2,150 Number of US service members wounded in Afghanistan badly enough to go to hospital […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia forces Women to Cancel Driving Protest, Asserts Authoritarianism in Region

Saudi Arabia forces Women to Cancel Driving Protest, Asserts Authoritarianism in Region

A key group of Saudi feminists have called off their planned protests for Saturday against Saudi Arabia’s bizarre ban on women driving. (Some individuals may […]

Juan Cole

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