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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

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Yes,  Mr. DeSantis, Palestinians are Indigenous, Descended from the Canaanites, and Palestinian Identity is not New

Yes, Mr. DeSantis, Palestinians are Indigenous, Descended from the Canaanites, and Palestinian Identity is not New

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Here is Part 2 of my argument with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis concerning his uninformed and bigoted comments about Palestinians. […]

Juan Cole

Civil Rights
Rep. Tlaib, reproductive rights Advocates call for U.S. Supreme Court Reform amid Ethics Scandals

Rep. Tlaib, reproductive rights Advocates call for U.S. Supreme Court Reform amid Ethics Scandals

By: Ken Coleman –     ( Michigan Advance ) – During a Wednesday news conference in Detroit, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) joined reproductive […]

Michigan Advance

Authoritarianism
Tunisia Doubles Down on Democratic Rollback

Tunisia Doubles Down on Democratic Rollback

Published in: Foreign Policy Eric Goldstein Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division   goldsteinricky ( Human Rights Watch ) – Some coups and […]

Human Rights Watch

Iraq
What the Iraq War can teach the US about avoiding a Quagmire in Ukraine – 3 key Lessons

What the Iraq War can teach the US about avoiding a Quagmire in Ukraine – 3 key Lessons

By Patrick James, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | – Leaked Pentagon papers showed in early April 2023 that the U.S. is […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Turkiye opens Europe's Largest Solar Plant, with 3 mn. homemade Panels

Turkiye opens Europe’s Largest Solar Plant, with 3 mn. homemade Panels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Europe’s biggest solar farm has come online, and its location is a surprise. It is near Konya, Turkiye (Turkey). Konya, […]

Juan Cole

BDS Occupied Territories
Barcelona, Liège, Oslo: The Movement to Boycott Illegal Israeli Squatters in Palestine moves to Municipalities

Barcelona, Liège, Oslo: The Movement to Boycott Illegal Israeli Squatters in Palestine moves to Municipalities

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud A succession of events starting in Barcelona, Spain, in February, and followed in Liège, Belgium, and Oslo, Norway, in April sent […]

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Crisis
Perovskite: new Type of Solar Technology paves the Way for abundant, cheap and printable Cells

Perovskite: new Type of Solar Technology paves the Way for abundant, cheap and printable Cells

By David Beynon, Swansea University | – Silicon solar cells are an established technology for the generation of electricity from the sun. But they take […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
COVID Response opened a New Era of Social Generosity; Why Didn’t we Make it Permanent?

COVID Response opened a New Era of Social Generosity; Why Didn’t we Make it Permanent?

( Tomdispatch.com) – I doubt I ever feel older or more passé than when I’m out in my city — New York — and I […]

Liz Theoharis

Climate Crisis
Electric Vehicles may form 18% of New Purchases this year, as Gov'ts eye end of Internal Combustion Engine

Electric Vehicles may form 18% of New Purchases this year, as Gov’ts eye end of Internal Combustion Engine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The annual report by the International Energy Agency on electric vehicles is just out, and it confirms the global rush […]

Juan Cole

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