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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%
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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Car News China reports that in the first half of 2025, consumers in that country bought 10,891,000 passenger vehicles. But […]

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

08/12/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

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The ‘carbon footprint’ was co-opted by fossil fuel companies to shift climate blame – here’s how it can serve us again

The ‘carbon footprint’ was co-opted by fossil fuel companies to shift climate blame – here’s how it can serve us again

By Marcelle McManus, University of Bath | – “You can’t manage what you can’t measure”, according to a famous business mantra often attributed to management […]

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The last Time our Atmosphere had 421 ppm of Carbon Dioxide, Florida was under Water and Giant Camels and Rhinoceri roamed Indiana

The last Time our Atmosphere had 421 ppm of Carbon Dioxide, Florida was under Water and Giant Camels and Rhinoceri roamed Indiana

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Friday that in May, carbon dioxide peaked at 421 parts per […]

Juan Cole

Asian-Americans
How the Media Sugar-coats Anti-Chinese Racism

How the Media Sugar-coats Anti-Chinese Racism

Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – Recently the Brookings Institute held a panel on “The national security implications of anti-Asian racism.” Noting that Asian […]

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Houthi
The mobilization for Yemen is a powerful Model for Today’s Peace Movement

The mobilization for Yemen is a powerful Model for Today’s Peace Movement

By Sarah Freeman-Woolpert | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – From the brutal war in Ukraine to the devastating school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, aggression […]

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Climate Crisis
Electricity from the cold Ocean Depths could One day Power Island States

Electricity from the cold Ocean Depths could One day Power Island States

By Rosalind Archer, Griffith University | – In the tropics, the deep sea is cold and the sea surface is very warm. That temperature difference […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Biden Reverses himself on Saudi "Pariah," needing Riyadh's Oil to Punish Putin for Ukraine

Biden Reverses himself on Saudi “Pariah,” needing Riyadh’s Oil to Punish Putin for Ukraine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden ran on making Saudi Arabia a “pariah,” given that the CIA accused Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Iranian Protesters demand Justice after Deaths in Abadan’s Building Collapse

Iranian Protesters demand Justice after Deaths in Abadan’s Building Collapse

Written by Fred Petrossian | – ( Globalvoices.org) – Hundreds of Iranians took to the streets in Abadan, the capital of the southwestern oil-rich province […]

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Authoritarianism
Elections: a Global Ranking rates US Weakest among Liberal Democracies

Elections: a Global Ranking rates US Weakest among Liberal Democracies

By Toby James, University of East Anglia; and Holly Ann Garnett, Royal Military College of Canada | – Defending democracy has suddenly become one of […]

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War
Destroying the Town Is Not Saving It: Two Unsung Heroes as Role Models for the Air Force

Destroying the Town Is Not Saving It: Two Unsung Heroes as Role Models for the Air Force

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Twenty years ago, I left the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs for my next assignment. I haven’t been back since, […]

William J. Astore

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