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Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast
China

Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast

Juan Cole

five miles off Dongying is where China Energy CHN Energy has located its $1.2 billion offshore solar panel array, the largest in the world

How to turn Extreme Weather Tragedies into Climate Victories

How to turn Extreme Weather Tragedies into Climate Victories

01/20/2026 By Waging Nonviolence

Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions

Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions

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Asad's Speech Falls Flat in Syria

Asad’s Speech Falls Flat in Syria

Syrian President Bashar al-Asad gave a major speech to the nation before his parliament on Wednesday, which largely disappointed the hopes of reformers . He […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Answer to Glenn Greenwald

Answer to Glenn Greenwald

Answer for Glenn Greenwald, for whom I have enormous respect: Yes. Iraq was an illegal war, for no pressing national interest & with no UNSC […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Cole/ Van den Heuvel on Libya: Nation Podcast

Cole/ Van den Heuvel on Libya: Nation Podcast

My conversation with Katrina van den Heuvel, the editor of the Nation, “Do we belong in Libya?” is available at the Nation’s web site. . […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Qaddafi Forces Advance on All Fronts Despite Bombardment

Qaddafi Forces Advance on All Fronts Despite Bombardment

Leaders of much of the world agreed that Qaddafi must go on Wednesday morning at a conference in Europe. Canadian jets pounded an ammunition dump […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Debate on Libya:  Cole at Democracy Now!

Debate on Libya: Cole at Democracy Now!

My debate over intervention in Libya with my esteemed colleague Professor Vijay Prashad is available as a transcript and podcast at Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now!. […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Iran, Iraq Warn of Gulf Turmoil over Bahrain: Cole in Truthdig

Iran, Iraq Warn of Gulf Turmoil over Bahrain: Cole in Truthdig

My column at Truthdig is out, entitled “The Sleeping Giants of Tiny Bahrain.” Excerpt: ‘ Risking the radicalization of Bahrain’s Shiite community may be a […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Obama on Libya vs. Trump, Palin, Bachmann, Romney, Gingrich and Carrot Top

Obama on Libya vs. Trump, Palin, Bachmann, Romney, Gingrich and Carrot Top

President Barack Obama in his Monday evening address to the nation on Libya outlined an effort of limitations. The US could not intervene everywhere, but […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Women's Rallies in Libya Protest Rape

Women’s Rallies in Libya Protest Rape

CNN reports that Libyan women in Benghazi staged a demonstration on Sunday to protest the alleged rape of Iman al-Obeidi by Libyan government officials in […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Rebels take Back Oil Centers as Tripoli suffers Gasoline Crisis

Rebels take Back Oil Centers as Tripoli suffers Gasoline Crisis

Irregulars of the Libyan liberation movement rapidly advanced along the coastal road going West on Sunday, reestablishing control over Brega, Ra’s Lanuf, Ben Jawad and, […]

Juan Cole

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