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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

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Antisemitism
From Kanye to Trump: Antisemitism isn’t just Jew-hatred– it’s anti-Jewish racism

From Kanye to Trump: Antisemitism isn’t just Jew-hatred– it’s anti-Jewish racism

By Dov Waxman, University of California, Los Angeles | – (The Conversation) – Antisemitism has been in the news a lot lately. Hip-hop megastar Ye […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
In New Tactic, Young Iranian Protesters Knock Off Clerics' Turbans On The Street

In New Tactic, Young Iranian Protesters Knock Off Clerics’ Turbans On The Street

By Golnaz Esfandiari and Hamid Fatemi | – ( RFE/RL ) – Nationwide antiestablishment protests have raged across the Islamic republic since the death of […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Authoritarianism
Iranian Women’s Demands for Freedom Must Be Heard

Iranian Women’s Demands for Freedom Must Be Heard

By Rothna Begum, Senior Researcher, Women’s Rights Division | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – The current protests gripping Iran show no signs of […]

Human Rights Watch

censorship
Musk's Twitter won't Label  as False the Whopper that Iran has Sentenced 15,000 Protesters to Die (It is so far 2)

Musk’s Twitter won’t Label as False the Whopper that Iran has Sentenced 15,000 Protesters to Die (It is so far 2)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Maria Ramirez Uribe at Politifact explains that a wildly inaccurate Instagram post alleging that Iran’s parliament had sentenced 15,000 arrested […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
8 billion people: Four Ways Climate Change and Population Growth combine to threaten Public Health, with Global Consequences

8 billion people: Four Ways Climate Change and Population Growth combine to threaten Public Health, with Global Consequences

By Maureen Lichtveld, University of Pittsburgh | – There are questions that worry me profoundly as a population- and environmental-health scientist. Will we have enough […]

The Conversation

Israel Lobbies
Case Western Reserve U’s President Confuses Criticism of Israeli Occupation Policies with anti-Semitism: CAF MESA

Case Western Reserve U’s President Confuses Criticism of Israeli Occupation Policies with anti-Semitism: CAF MESA

Middle East Studies Association of North America | Committee on Academic Freedom Committee on Academic Freedom 15 November 2022 Eric W. Kaler President, Case Western […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

China
Deaf to History’s Questions:  A Tale of Two Elizabeths, One Joe, One Donald, and Us

Deaf to History’s Questions: A Tale of Two Elizabeths, One Joe, One Donald, and Us

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Britons mourned the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth II, and understandably so. The outpouring of affection for their long-serving monarch was […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

FBI
DOJ finally orders FBI to Investigate Israeli Killing of US Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh; Israel Sniffs: Will not Cooperate

DOJ finally orders FBI to Investigate Israeli Killing of US Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh; Israel Sniffs: Will not Cooperate

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AP reports that the Department of Justice gave the Federal Bureau of Investigation the charge of investigating the Israeli killing […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
The Veil in Iran has been an enduring Symbol of Patriarchal Norms – but its Use has Changed depending on Who is in Power

The Veil in Iran has been an enduring Symbol of Patriarchal Norms – but its Use has Changed depending on Who is in Power

By Amy Motlagh, University of California, Davis | – In images of the uprising that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16, […]

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