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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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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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Climate Crisis
How Recycling could solve the Shortage of Minerals essential to Clean Energy

How Recycling could solve the Shortage of Minerals essential to Clean Energy

By Serasu Duran, University of Calgary; Atalay Atasu, INSEAD; and Clara Carrera, INSEAD | – (The Conversation) – What do silver, silicon and gallium have […]

The Conversation

China
China's Coup:  Saudi and Iranian Ambassadors arrive at Reopened Embassies, Stress Bilateral Relations, Regional Development

China’s Coup: Saudi and Iranian Ambassadors arrive at Reopened Embassies, Stress Bilateral Relations, Regional Development

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Aljazeera reports that on Tuesday, the Saudi ambassador to Iran and the Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia both took up […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Saudi Reforms are softening Wahhabi Islam's Role, but Critics warn the Kingdom will Still Quash Dissent

Saudi Reforms are softening Wahhabi Islam’s Role, but Critics warn the Kingdom will Still Quash Dissent

By Nathan French, Miami University | – (The Conversation) – The crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, or “MBS,” is bringing a new […]

The Conversation

Drone Warfare
The Rules of Engagement of Violent Islamophobia:  22 Years of Drone Warfare and No End in Sight

The Rules of Engagement of Violent Islamophobia: 22 Years of Drone Warfare and No End in Sight

By Maha Hilal | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – “I no longer love blue skies. In fact, I now prefer gray skies. The drones do not […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
New Mexico Wind Farms: Largest Renewable Energy Infrastructure Project in US History, as High Density Line is Approved

New Mexico Wind Farms: Largest Renewable Energy Infrastructure Project in US History, as High Density Line is Approved

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – About a year and a half ago, I wrote a piece on how New Mexico is set to become the […]

Juan Cole

Israel
The US tried to Negotiate Libya-Israel Ties with Elites, but then the Libyan People said 'No!'

The US tried to Negotiate Libya-Israel Ties with Elites, but then the Libyan People said ‘No!’

by Muhammad Hussein alhussein1001 ( Middle East Monitor) – As protests erupted throughout the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and other cities in the country in response […]

Middle East Monitor

Displaced and Refugees
Cities like Homs and Kharkiv show how Homes, Streets and Neighbourhoods have become the Frontline in modern Warfare

Cities like Homs and Kharkiv show how Homes, Streets and Neighbourhoods have become the Frontline in modern Warfare

By Ammar Azzouz, University of Oxford | – (The Conversation) – It has been almost 12 years since I left my city. And I have […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Labor Day: Is Biden's Green Energy IRA the most Pro-Worker Legislation in Decades?

Labor Day: Is Biden’s Green Energy IRA the most Pro-Worker Legislation in Decades?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden’s signature piece of legislation that was passed with no Republican support, contains $369 billion […]

Juan Cole

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