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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
Climate Crisis

When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

08/25/2025 By Global Voices

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

08/25/2025 By F. Douglas Stephenson

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Immigration
Not a Flood, not a Surge, not Illegal:  Retire This Dehumanizing Language About Immigrants

Not a Flood, not a Surge, not Illegal: Retire This Dehumanizing Language About Immigrants

By By Daniella Prieshoff ( Otherwords.org ) – Last year, my client Susan called me to discuss her immigration case. During our conversation she referenced […]

OtherWords

Agriculture
How shading crops with Solar Panels can improve Farming, lower Food Costs and reduce Emissions

How shading crops with Solar Panels can improve Farming, lower Food Costs and reduce Emissions

By Joshua M. Pearce, Western University | – If you have lived in a home with a trampoline in the backyard, you may have observed […]

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King Charles III as Defender of all Faiths, including Islam

King Charles III as Defender of all Faiths, including Islam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although King Charles III will, like his predecessors going back to Henry VIII, be styled “Defender of the Faith,” he […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Germany overtakes Spain to become leading solar PV market in Europe

Germany overtakes Spain to become leading solar PV market in Europe

By Jessica Bateman | – Tagesspiegel Background ( Clean Energy Wire ) – An analysis of solar power markets in Europe has declared Germany the […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Energy Projects play a significant Impact in Turkiye's presidential Elections

Energy Projects play a significant Impact in Turkiye’s presidential Elections

Dr Umud Shokri ushukrik   ( Middle East Monitor ) – As Turkiye’s economy continues to grow at a rapid pace, its energy demand is […]

Middle East Monitor

China
Can China broker Peace in Yemen – and further Beijing’s Middle East Strategy in the Process?

Can China broker Peace in Yemen – and further Beijing’s Middle East Strategy in the Process?

By Mahad Darar, Colorado State University | – After nearly a decade of grinding conflict, Yemen looks to be inching toward a peace deal. Talks […]

The Conversation

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Iran’s President Raisi in Damascus for Victory Lap, Expanded Trade

Iran’s President Raisi in Damascus for Victory Lap, Expanded Trade

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hard line Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi took a victory lap in Syria this week. He led an Iranian delegation of […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Sudan: the longer the Conflict Lasts, the higher the Risk of a regional War

Sudan: the longer the Conflict Lasts, the higher the Risk of a regional War

By May Darwich, University of Birmingham | – The 2019 Sudan uprisings that ousted long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir and installed a military-civilian transitional government gave […]

The Conversation

China
Can the U.S. Adjust Sensibly to a Multipolar World?

Can the U.S. Adjust Sensibly to a Multipolar World?

( Code Pink) – In his 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, historian Paul Kennedy reassured Americans that the decline the […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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