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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Energy
Namibia: Largest Solar Plant in S. Hemisphere Planned

Namibia: Largest Solar Plant in S. Hemisphere Planned

US-based SSI Energy Solutions plans to construct the largest solar power plant in the southern hemisphere in the southern African country of Namibia (population 2 […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Ambassador Ford’s Departure a Defeat for al-Assad

Ambassador Ford’s Departure a Defeat for al-Assad

With the departure of the US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, from Damascus and the summoning home of Syrian ambassador Emad Moustafa, President Obama’s original […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Surprises of the Tunisian Election

Surprises of the Tunisian Election

Tunisia kicked off the Arab Spring, with its urban crowds effectively protesting the decades-long dictatorship of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his nepotistic in-laws, […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Karzai:  Afghanistan would Side With Pakistan in War with US

Karzai: Afghanistan would Side With Pakistan in War with US

Admiral Mike Mullen, outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently told Congress that the Haqqani Network, a guerrilla group accused of hitting the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
US out of Iraq, but Peace remains Elusive

US out of Iraq, but Peace remains Elusive

The Iraq War is over except for the packing, President Obama announced on Friday. He held out hope that the US would be at peace […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Qaddafi’s People’s Temple

Qaddafi’s People’s Temple

The final weeks of Muammar Qaddafi’s violent and coercive life reminded me vividly of Jim Jones and the People’s Temple Cult. It was obvious from […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Turkey Goes into Iraq after Kurdish Attack

Turkey Goes into Iraq after Kurdish Attack

Many catastrophes ensued from George W. Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq (launched in order to, he told an astonished and puzzled Jacques Chirac, then French […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Iran Alleges Saudi Plot Story is MEK Sting

Iran Alleges Saudi Plot Story is MEK Sting

The state-backed Iran Times carries a report from Iran’s Mehr news service that alleges that it learned from Interpol that Gholam Shakuri is a member […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
News that Makes you Go ‘Hunh’?

News that Makes you Go ‘Hunh’?

Simple explanations for perplexing news headlines. * A poll shows that the US public blames politicians in Washington, D.C., more than they do Wall Street, […]

Juan Cole

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