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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

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

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Israeli Likud Gov't Buffeted by Turkish Suit, Massive Protests

Israeli Likud Gov’t Buffeted by Turkish Suit, Massive Protests

The far right wing government of Binyamin Netanyahu in Israel is being buffeted both internationally and domestically. In both instances, the discontent is being produced […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Qaddafi was a CIA Asset

Qaddafi was a CIA Asset

Human Rights Watch found documents in Libya after the fall of Muammar Qaddafi that it passed on to the Wall Street Journal, which is analyzing […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libya: Oil Bids on Basis of Capacity;  World releases $15 bn in Assets

Libya: Oil Bids on Basis of Capacity; World releases $15 bn in Assets

The CSM reviews the jockeying for position in Libya at the Friends conference in Paris, and especially the prospects of the US. But a spokesman […]

Juan Cole

Libya
NATO Refuses Ground Troops for Libya as "Friends" Conference Opens

NATO Refuses Ground Troops for Libya as “Friends” Conference Opens

A NATO official has told Agence France Presse that it is the “firm view” of NATO member states that they reject the idea of sending […]

Juan Cole

Libya
What the UN Can and Cannot do for Libya

What the UN Can and Cannot do for Libya

China and some others have been pushing for a strong United Nations role in Libya, presumably in an attempt to forestall a continuation of the […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Qaddafi reportedly South of Tripoli as Algeria offers Family Members Safe Passage

Qaddafi reportedly South of Tripoli as Algeria offers Family Members Safe Passage

An Italian news service, Ansa, reported Monday that Muammar Qaddafi, his eldest son Saif, and another son, Saadi (a military commander during the failed attempt […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Lockerbie Bomber in Coma in Tripoli, as retreating Qaddafi Troops use Human Shields

Lockerbie Bomber in Coma in Tripoli, as retreating Qaddafi Troops use Human Shields

CNN’s intrepid Nic Robertson gets the scoop. He discovered that Abdel Basit Ali Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber, is in a coma in a villa […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Rebels Consolidate Control over Tripoli as Qaddafi’s Mass Killings Discovered

Rebels Consolidate Control over Tripoli as Qaddafi’s Mass Killings Discovered

The systematic war crimes of the Qaddafi regime continue to be uncovered, with the discovery Saturday in Tripoli of the charred remains of nearly 60 […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Fall of Tripoli Echoes Loudly in Damascus

Fall of Tripoli Echoes Loudly in Damascus

Protesters in Syria have cheered on the revolutionaries in Libya, and the fall of Tripoli to a popular uprising last Saturday and Sunday gave new […]

Juan Cole

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