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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up
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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical Leader, […]

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

06/23/2025 By The Conversation

No Kings!  This is What Democracy Looks Like

No Kings! This is What Democracy Looks Like

06/23/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Spain Runs entirely on Green Energy for 9 Hours for First time, in Harbinger of Green Future

Spain Runs entirely on Green Energy for 9 Hours for First time, in Harbinger of Green Future

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Spain, the world’s 15th largest economy and the fourth-largest in Europe, recently ran for 9 hours entirely on wind, solar […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Extremists' 'Flag March' Reveals the Occupation's Dilemma in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Israeli Extremists’ ‘Flag March’ Reveals the Occupation’s Dilemma in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Hossam Shaker     ( Middle East Monitor ) – The fragility of a position is sometimes exposed when there is an exaggeration of self-confidence […]

Middle East Monitor

nationalism
Strong Showing for Erdogan sets up Turkish Run-Off Election for May 28

Strong Showing for Erdogan sets up Turkish Run-Off Election for May 28

Written byArzu Geybullayeva ( Globalvoices.org ) – The results from the May 14 general elections in Turkey were a surprise for some, a disappointment for […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Climate Crisis
The Hottest Days are warming twice as fast as the Average Summer Temperature in Northwest Europe

The Hottest Days are warming twice as fast as the Average Summer Temperature in Northwest Europe

By Matthew Patterson, University of Oxford | – (The Conversation) – On July 19 2022, the UK experienced its highest ever temperature. At 40.3℃ [104.5°F] […]

The Conversation

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Smotrich Plans to Send 500k further Israeli Squatters in to Steal More Palestinian Land in West Bank

Smotrich Plans to Send 500k further Israeli Squatters in to Steal More Palestinian Land in West Bank

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Yaniv Kubovich and Ben Samuels at Haaretz report that far-right extremist Bezalel Smotrich is preparing to send in another half-million […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Global Heating to Bring a Record-Breaking Hot Year by 2028 — Probably our First above the 2.7F /1.5C Threshold

Global Heating to Bring a Record-Breaking Hot Year by 2028 — Probably our First above the 2.7F /1.5C Threshold

By Andrew King, The University of Melbourne | – One year in the next five will almost certainly be the hottest on record and there’s […]

The Conversation

Geothermal
What can the West learn from Kenya about Geothermal Power?

What can the West learn from Kenya about Geothermal Power?

Clean Energy Wire / ARD ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Kenya signaled its interest in becoming the first African nation in an international ‘climate […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

China
Goodbye to the American Century:  China India and the Emerging New World Order

Goodbye to the American Century: China India and the Emerging New World Order

( Tomdispatch.com) – Not so long ago, political analysts were speaking of the “G-2” — that is, of a potential working alliance between the United […]

Michael T. Klare

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Is Israel Over-Hyping the Supposed Iran Threat?

Is Israel Over-Hyping the Supposed Iran Threat?

Review of Jonathan G. Leslie, Fear and Insecurity: Israel and the Iran Threat Narrative (London: Hurst and Co., 2022). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

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