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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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Arab World
On World Water Day:  By 2036, 18 of World’s Water-Scarce Countries will be in Middle East

On World Water Day: By 2036, 18 of World’s Water-Scarce Countries will be in Middle East

    Elif Selin Calik CalikSelin     ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Middle East may have an abundance of oil and gas, […]

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Reproductive Choice
Texas Plaintiffs targeting Abortion Pill want Judge to Overrule FDA: Why that might not even be Possible

Texas Plaintiffs targeting Abortion Pill want Judge to Overrule FDA: Why that might not even be Possible

By: Sofia Resnick ( Florida Phoenix) – At the center of the federal anti-abortion lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the abortion drug mifepristone […]

Florida Phoenix

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No, Mr. Smotrich, Palestinians are not New in History, and all Nationalisms are Modern, including the Israeli

No, Mr. Smotrich, Palestinians are not New in History, and all Nationalisms are Modern, including the Israeli

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bezalel Smotrich in a speech in Paris over the weekend maintained that there are no Palestinians and that the whole […]

Juan Cole

Israel Lobbies
For the first time in US History, Sympathy for Palestinians has overtaken Sympathy for Israelis among Democrats

For the first time in US History, Sympathy for Palestinians has overtaken Sympathy for Israelis among Democrats

US sympathy for Palestinians at unprecedented level as Israel’s image is hit ( Middle East Monitor ) – For the first time in US history, […]

Middle East Monitor

Oceans
"Plasticosis:"  Seabirds that swallow Plastic Waste have Diseased, Scarred Stomachs

“Plasticosis:” Seabirds that swallow Plastic Waste have Diseased, Scarred Stomachs

By Matthew Savoca, Stanford University | – As a conservation biologist who studies plastic ingestion by marine wildlife, I can count on the same question […]

The Conversation

Congress
A Highway to Peace or a Highway to Hell?  The Vast Power of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

A Highway to Peace or a Highway to Hell? The Vast Power of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

( Tomdispatch.com) – In April 1953, newly elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a retired five-star Army general who had led the landings on D-Day in […]

William J. Astore

China
Juan Cole: The Meaning of Historic China-Brokered Deal Between Saudi Arabia and Iran (Robert Scheer Interview)

Juan Cole: The Meaning of Historic China-Brokered Deal Between Saudi Arabia and Iran (Robert Scheer Interview)

Transcript of Interview from Scheerpost , where you can also find the audio if you want to listen to the interview. Host: Robert Scheer | […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Two Decades after the US War on Iraq began, the disastrous Consequences of the Conflict are still being Felt

Two Decades after the US War on Iraq began, the disastrous Consequences of the Conflict are still being Felt

Michael Jansen       ( The Irish Times ) – The US war on Iraq, launched 20 years ago on Monday, became a significant […]

Michael Jansen

Iran
Iran: Investigate Poisonings at Girl's Schools and Women's Dormitories with more Accountability and Transparency

Iran: Investigate Poisonings at Girl’s Schools and Women’s Dormitories with more Accountability and Transparency

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran c/o H.E. Mr. Takht-Ravanchi Permanent […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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