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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Energy
Nakhai: Bushehr Plant Going Hot

Nakhai: Bushehr Plant Going Hot

Nuclear engineer Behrad Nakhai writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment A brief overview of Bushehr nuclear power plant startup (Simplified) Finally, nuclear fuel […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Republican National Committee Slashes New York Muslim Cabbie

Republican National Committee Slashes New York Muslim Cabbie

It wasn’t the 21-year-old Michael Enright who drunkenly slashed his New York city cab driver after asking ‘Are you Muslim?’ It was the Republican National […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Matthews Takes Down Lazio over Half-Truths and Scapegoating of Muslims

Matthews Takes Down Lazio over Half-Truths and Scapegoating of Muslims

Chris Matthews of Hardball takes down New York gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio for his scapegoating of Muslims and aggressive, manipulative tactics, suggesting that the meanness […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Anzalone: From ‘Martyrdom’ Videos to <i>Jihadi</i> Journalism in Somalia

Anzalone: From ‘Martyrdom’ Videos to Jihadi Journalism in Somalia

Christopher Anzalone writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment– which is particularly timely given the bloody attack by fundamentalist gunmen on a Mogadishu hotel, […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Stewart: Fox Smears Owner Alwaleed bin Talal!

Stewart: Fox Smears Owner Alwaleed bin Talal!

Jon Stewart points out that Fox News anchors and guests are vilifying Saudi prince and financier Alwaleed bin Talal as a financial backer of Imam […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Bombings Kill 32 in Pakistan NW; <br/> US Drone Strikes Kill 20; <br/> As Floods Advance on Sindh

Bombings Kill 32 in Pakistan NW;
US Drone Strikes Kill 20;
As Floods Advance on Sindh

As Pakistan’s army and political elite focused on the catastrophic floods that have put a fifth of the country under water and displaced millions, militants […]

Juan Cole

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Cole at CNN: Now the US Should Get out of Iraq’s Politics

Cole at CNN: Now the US Should Get out of Iraq’s Politics

My essay, “Now the US should get out of Iraq’s Poltics,” is now at the CNN web site. Excerpt: “Washington should stop trying to shoehorn […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
What would Martin Luther King Say?  Mosques and the New Jim Crow in America

What would Martin Luther King Say? Mosques and the New Jim Crow in America

The demonstration held on Sunday against the Park 51 Muslim community center in lower Manhattan was an attempt by the right wing to strike at […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
From ’shock and awe’ to ‘advise and assist’ in Iraq

From ’shock and awe’ to ‘advise and assist’ in Iraq

My appearance on the PBS current affairs show Need to Know this weekend with Alison Stewart is now available on the Web. I was discussing […]

Juan Cole

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