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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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A Perfect Storm: Does China’s EV Dominance Threaten European Auto Makers on their Home Turf?

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 […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Latino Futurism and Puerto Rico's Solar Insurrection: Panels, Batteries and going Off-Grid after Hurricane Maria

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 […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
From Egypt's Nile to Iraq's Tigris-Euphrates, only Water Diplomacy can Forestall Coming Climate Conflicts

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 […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis: Greece's Record Rainfall, Flooding, are part of a Mediterranean trend to more Dangerous Weather

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 […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Past three Months Hottest on Record, as UN SecGen Warns "Climate Breakdown has begun."

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 […]

Juan Cole

art and photography
How Photography can Reveal, Overlook and Manipulate the Truth: The Fearless Work of Iranian Artist Hoda Afshar

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 […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
How 9/11 Bred a “War on Terror” from Hell

How 9/11 Bred a “War on Terror” from Hell

By Norman Solomon | – [Today’s piece is adapted from the introduction to Norman Solomon’s book War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll […]

Tomdispatch

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Former Head of Israeli Mossad:  Israel is an Apartheid State with the 'KKK' in  Government and "Antisemitic" Policies toward Palestinians

Former Head of Israeli Mossad: Israel is an Apartheid State with the ‘KKK’ in Government and “Antisemitic” Policies toward Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tia Goldenberg at AP got the scoop. She landed an interview with the former head of Israeli intelligence, the Mossad, […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Iran crackdown on Unveiled Women: Mahsa Amini’s Uncle Arrested Ahead Of Anniversary Of Her Death

Iran crackdown on Unveiled Women: Mahsa Amini’s Uncle Arrested Ahead Of Anniversary Of Her Death

By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda | – ( RFE/ RL ) – Relatives of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman whose death nearly a year ago […]

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