Book Review: Vali Nasr, “Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History”, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Islamic Republic […]
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Our Global Maui Moment: Climate Crisis and a World Afire
( Tomdispatch.com ) – From the earliest kingdoms to late last night, history has been the story not just of the rise of great powers […]
Big Oil and Big Coal countries Block meaningful G20 Climate Pledge, in wake of World’s Hottest Summer on Record
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Shivam Patel at Reuters reports that the G20 summit in New Delhi made no specific, agreed-upon statement on climate and […]
Saudi Arabia executes more than 100 People this Year
( Middle East Monitor) – The Saudi authorities have executed more than 100 people this year, hitting a new milestone that Amnesty International considers reveals […]
A Perfect Storm: Does China’s EV Dominance Threaten European Auto Makers on their Home Turf?
By Sören Amelang | – On the way from China to Europe: BYD electric car. Image by BYD ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Europe’s […]
Latino Futurism and Puerto Rico’s Solar Insurrection: Panels, Batteries and going Off-Grid after Hurricane Maria
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis thinks that the future of Puerto Rico is solar panels plus battery […]
From Egypt’s Nile to Iraq’s Tigris-Euphrates, only Water Diplomacy can Forestall Coming Climate Conflicts
By Prof. Dr. Aysegul Kibaroglu ( Middle East Monitor ) – One of the most pressing issues of the 21st century is the management […]
Climate Crisis: Greece’s Record Rainfall, Flooding, are part of a Mediterranean trend to more Dangerous Weather
By Ioanna Stamataki, University of Greenwich | – Recent images of the devastating flash floods caused by Storm Daniel in Greece hit close to home […]
Past three Months Hottest on Record, as UN SecGen Warns “Climate Breakdown has begun.”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The World Meteorological Organization reports the results of a study by the European Union-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which […]
How Photography can Reveal, Overlook and Manipulate the Truth: The Fearless Work of Iranian Artist Hoda Afshar
By Tom Williams, University of Wollongong | – (The Conversation) – Through her poetically constructed images, Hoda Afshar illuminates a world overshadowed by history and […]
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