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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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Top Ten News that is Not News

Top Ten News that is Not News

10. “Tropical Depression Stirs Concern.” 9. ” Financial reform package wouldn’t change Wall Street much.” 8. ” In Afghanistan, Petraeus will have difficulty replicating his […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Hurricanes could Threaten BP Ships, Relief Well Operations

Hurricanes could Threaten BP Ships, Relief Well Operations

Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico could force oil recovery ships to seek a safe harbor for as much as two weeks starting early July. […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach

Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach

Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach from Escambia County Sheriff’s Office helicopter.

Juan Cole

Environment
Bhopal Victims Protest, Draw Contrast with US Treatment of BP

Bhopal Victims Protest, Draw Contrast with US Treatment of BP

T.L. Caswell on how Union Carbide’s negligence in the Bhopal chemical leak near Agra in the 1980s was punished late and lightly, whereas BP was […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Raining Oil in Louisiana

Raining Oil in Louisiana

OK Rachel Maddow says it isn’t so. Raining oil in Louisiana:

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
McCain Bashes Obama’s Afghan Withdrawal Timetable<br/> As British, Poles, Dutch Plan Exit

McCain Bashes Obama’s Afghan Withdrawal Timetable
As British, Poles, Dutch Plan Exit

Controversy is swirling in Washington about whether the firing of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of US troops in Afghanistan has contributed to a weakening […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Lessons of Petraeus’ Iraq for Petraeus’ Afghanistan

Lessons of Petraeus’ Iraq for Petraeus’ Afghanistan

President Obama’s appointment of Gen. David Petraeus to succeed Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of US forces in Afghanistan signaled a continued commitment by the […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
McChrystal Drama is Sideshow; Can Obama define a realistic Goal?

McChrystal Drama is Sideshow; Can Obama define a realistic Goal?

The Daily Telegraph in the UK talked to a senior congressional figure late Tuesday or very early Wednesday ET, who said that Gen. Stanley McChrystal […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Obama’s MacArthur Moment?  McChrystal Disses Biden

Obama’s MacArthur Moment? McChrystal Disses Biden

Gen. Stanley McChrystal is apologizing for remarks he made in a Rolling Stone interview denigrating Vice President Joe Biden and US Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl […]

Juan Cole

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