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

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

11/20/2025 By ProPublica

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Dissent
Iran on fire: Once again, women are on the vanguard of transformative change

Iran on fire: Once again, women are on the vanguard of transformative change

By Vrinda Narain, McGill University and Fatemeh Sadeghi, UCL | – On Sept. 16, 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in Tehran, Iran, […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
I saw what turning the Palestinian Village of Masafer Yatta into an Israeli Military ‘Firing Zone’ Means

I saw what turning the Palestinian Village of Masafer Yatta into an Israeli Military ‘Firing Zone’ Means

By Mahmoud Soliman | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – Since a ruling of the Israeli Supreme Court on May 4, the Israeli military has been […]

Waging Nonviolence

Agriculture
Biden’s USDA more than Triples Funding for ‘Climate Smart’ Agriculture to $3 Billion

Biden’s USDA more than Triples Funding for ‘Climate Smart’ Agriculture to $3 Billion

By Jared Strong | – ( Minnesota Reformer) – The Biden administration plans to distribute more than $3 billion to fund projects that will reduce […]

Minnesota Reformer

Antarctica
Our Atmospheric CO2 is now past the point that in the Deep Past has Meant the Melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheets

Our Atmospheric CO2 is now past the point that in the Deep Past has Meant the Melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheets

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – So as a historian, I am particularly interested in what the past tells us about the present. I’ve taught courses […]

Juan Cole

Russia
Russians flee the Draft as the Reality of War hits Home

Russians flee the Draft as the Reality of War hits Home

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment) – The “partial mobilization” announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 21 has triggered mass protests throughout the country […]

Richard Foltz

Colonialism
How Whiteness was Invented and Fashioned in Britain’s Colonial Age of Expansion

How Whiteness was Invented and Fashioned in Britain’s Colonial Age of Expansion

By Beverly Lemire, University of Alberta | – (The Conversation)- Fashion is political — today as in the past. As Britain’s Empire dramatically expanded, people […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
If Government wants to Significantly Reduce Poverty, it Can: Census Data Proves It

If Government wants to Significantly Reduce Poverty, it Can: Census Data Proves It

By Shailly Gupta Barnes | – ( Otherwords.org) – The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that poverty dropped notably in 2021. Amid a pandemic and […]

OtherWords

Bill of Rights
From Veiling to Abortion, Iran's Theocrats seek to Control Women's Bodies, just as do U.S. Republican Theocrats

From Veiling to Abortion, Iran’s Theocrats seek to Control Women’s Bodies, just as do U.S. Republican Theocrats

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday, hard line Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi announced that his government would pull out the stops to crush the […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Saudi Arabia: Drop Baseless Investigation of US Citizen:  US Embassy Should Fully Assist Woman Facing Free Speech Charges

Saudi Arabia: Drop Baseless Investigation of US Citizen: US Embassy Should Fully Assist Woman Facing Free Speech Charges

Human Rights Watch – (Washington, DC) – Saudi prosecutors should drop an investigation possibly leading to formal criminal charges against a US citizen living in […]

Human Rights Watch

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