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Türkiye to host Climate Meet COP31: Can it Rise to Green Energy Leadership Challenge?
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Türkiye to host Climate Meet COP31: Can it Rise to Green Energy Leadership Challenge?

Juan Cole

Türkiye has achievements in low-carbon renewable energy. It is the site of the largest solar power installation in a European country

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Trump Shifts to Monarchy Promotion in Middle East

Trump Shifts to Monarchy Promotion in Middle East

11/20/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

Trump’s Assault on Green Energy could Kill 1.3 million in Climate Disasters

Trump’s Assault on Green Energy could Kill 1.3 million in Climate Disasters

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'Bloody Friday' highlights the Plight of the Baloch in Iran

‘Bloody Friday’ highlights the Plight of the Baloch in Iran

By Samand Muhammad-Shahi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – A month after a brutal massacre, protests continue in Iran’s restive region of Balochistan, […]

Middle East Monitor

Africa
Droughts don’t need to result in famine: Ethiopia and Somalia show what makes the difference

Droughts don’t need to result in famine: Ethiopia and Somalia show what makes the difference

By Joshua Busby, University of Texas at Austin | – The Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in 40 years. Scientists suspect that […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The Planet Earth We Grew up With, R.I.P.

The Planet Earth We Grew up With, R.I.P.

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Oddly enough, I’ve read obituaries with fascination from the time I was quite young. And yet, in all these years, I’ve […]

Tom Engelhardt

China
Death Knell for Big Carbon? Globally, All New Electricity Demand was Met by Renewables in first 1/2 of '22, with Fossil Fuels Flat

Death Knell for Big Carbon? Globally, All New Electricity Demand was Met by Renewables in first 1/2 of ’22, with Fossil Fuels Flat

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the first half of 2022, there was no increase in the world’s use of fossil fuels, and all new […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
A Different World is Possible: From Yemen War to Afghan Starvation, Our Tragedies are Exacerbated by Letting the US Military-Industrial Complex Run Wild

A Different World is Possible: From Yemen War to Afghan Starvation, Our Tragedies are Exacerbated by Letting the US Military-Industrial Complex Run Wild

Vancouver (Special to Informed Comment) – Right now, we have more than enough knowledge, wealth, and the capacity to create a just and prosperous world, […]

Peter G. Prontzos

History
The Ottoman Empire Ended Exactly a Century ago: Its Enduring Legacy for Europe and the Middle East

The Ottoman Empire Ended Exactly a Century ago: Its Enduring Legacy for Europe and the Middle East

By Georgios Giannakopoulos, King’s College London | – (The Conversation) – For centuries empires were the dominant form of political organisation. In the west there […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: International Criminal Court to Resume its Inquiry on War Crimes, but Will it Stop with the Taliban?

Afghanistan: International Criminal Court to Resume its Inquiry on War Crimes, but Will it Stop with the Taliban?

( Human Rights Watch ) – (The Hague) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) should address grave international crimes committed by all sides when it […]

Human Rights Watch

Brazil
Lula's Triumph in Brazil is a Victory for the Amazon and for the Planet

Lula’s Triumph in Brazil is a Victory for the Amazon and for the Planet

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was elected on Sunday to his second (non-consecutive) term as president, in a victory for […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Invasion of the Mind Snatchers: How to Combat the GOP Election Denialists' Plot to Subvert Democracy

Invasion of the Mind Snatchers: How to Combat the GOP Election Denialists’ Plot to Subvert Democracy

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – In the 1978 movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers, an alien fungal spore infection takes over the minds of […]

Dan Dinello

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