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Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled
Climate Crisis

Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy consultancy reports that in the first half of 2025, the world put in 380 gigawatts of new […]

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

09/04/2025 By Juan Cole

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

09/04/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Is Trump’s Axis of the Plutocrats Marginalizing Israel?

Is Trump’s Axis of the Plutocrats Marginalizing Israel?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Colorful career criminal Willie Sutton once may (or may not) have been asked why he robbed banks. “Because that is where […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
10% of Gaza Palestinians have been Killed, Injured,  Detained or are Missing

10% of Gaza Palestinians have been Killed, Injured, Detained or are Missing

( Middle East Monitor ) – Ten per cent of Gaza’s Palestinian population has been killed, injured, disappeared, or detained as a result of the […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Earth is Heading for nearly 5ºF Heating this Century — Unprecedented Peril, But We’ve Made Progress

Earth is Heading for nearly 5ºF Heating this Century — Unprecedented Peril, But We’ve Made Progress

By Sven Teske, University of Technology Sydney (The Conversation) – Is climate action a lost cause? The United States is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement […]

The Conversation

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Turkiye gets 11% of its Electricity from Wind, plans $1.5 Bn. Investment this year

Turkiye gets 11% of its Electricity from Wind, plans $1.5 Bn. Investment this year

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye’s wind power sector continues to grow, albeit at a somewhat slower pace than at the beginning of this decade. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Massacre of Gaza’s Children: A Stain on Humanity

The Massacre of Gaza’s Children: A Stain on Humanity

( Middle East Monitor ) – There are moments in history that burn into the conscience of humanity—so steeped in injustice that to look away […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
IDF firing ‘Warning Shots’ near Diplomats sets an unacceptable Precedent in International Relations

IDF firing ‘Warning Shots’ near Diplomats sets an unacceptable Precedent in International Relations

By Andrew Forde, Dublin City University (The Conversation) – The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) appears to have “crossed the Rubicon” in the West Bank town […]

The Conversation

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German Chancellor Merz in Historic Rebuke of Israel:  Attacks on Civilians not Justified by Hamas Terror

German Chancellor Merz in Historic Rebuke of Israel: Attacks on Civilians not Justified by Hamas Terror

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Because of the Nazi Holocaust in which six million European Jews were murdered, German governments have felt a need to […]

Juan Cole

Academic Freedom
Protesting Punishing a Commencement Address on Palestine at George Washington U.

Protesting Punishing a Commencement Address on Palestine at George Washington U.

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Letter to George Washington University protesting the administration’s actions against graduating senior Cecilia Culver […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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The End of Human Rights?  Donald Trump Has Ripped Off the Human Rights Veneer That Once Graced U.S. Foreign Policy

The End of Human Rights? Donald Trump Has Ripped Off the Human Rights Veneer That Once Graced U.S. Foreign Policy

By Ashley Gate and William D. Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The Trump administration seems intent on undermining America’s ability to make human rights a […]

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