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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
Climate Crisis

America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
Not all Refugees are Equal: Plight of Palestinians Displaced by Israel Worsening

Not all Refugees are Equal: Plight of Palestinians Displaced by Israel Worsening

( Middle East Monitor ) – Financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is dwindling, despite the renewed mandates […]

Ramona Wadi

Human Rights
Putin is Thumbing his Nose at International Law - Betting that the Age of Impunity will Continue

Putin is Thumbing his Nose at International Law – Betting that the Age of Impunity will Continue

By Shelley Inglis, University of Dayton | – Images of pregnant women fleeing a bombed maternity ward in Mariupol, Ukraine, raised again the question of […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Russia-driven Energy Crisis leads Wind Superpower Scotland to Floor the Accelerator on Renewables

Russia-driven Energy Crisis leads Wind Superpower Scotland to Floor the Accelerator on Renewables

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scotland actually has a “Net Zero and Energy Minister,” Michael Matheson. Jane McLeod at the National writes that Matheson sees […]

Juan Cole

Russia
How The Coming Weeks Could Decide The Future Of The Ukraine War

How The Coming Weeks Could Decide The Future Of The Ukraine War

By Reid Standish | – ( RFE/RL ) – This is not the war that Moscow was expecting. Ukrainian forces have put up stronger resistance […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Authoritarianism
Syrians Watch Ukraine with Fear and Hope: International Protections Provided to Ukrainians Can Still Be Extended to Syrians

Syrians Watch Ukraine with Fear and Hope: International Protections Provided to Ukrainians Can Still Be Extended to Syrians

By Maya Ghazi | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Over the past couple of years Syria has settled into a grim status quo: […]

Human Rights Watch

Authoritarianism
Putin’s brazen manipulation of language is a perfect example of Orwellian doublespeak

Putin’s brazen manipulation of language is a perfect example of Orwellian doublespeak

By Mark Satta, Wayne State University | – If you’ve been paying attention to how Russian President Vladimir Putin talks about the war in Ukraine, […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Comrades in Crazy: Top 4 Putin Trolls in the Republican Party, starting with Tucker Carlson

Comrades in Crazy: Top 4 Putin Trolls in the Republican Party, starting with Tucker Carlson

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Vladimir Putin is admired on the American Right as no foreign leader has been since Adolf Hitler. Today’s counterparts of […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Ukrainians took to the streets to avert a nuclear disaster. Will Americans do the same?

Ukrainians took to the streets to avert a nuclear disaster. Will Americans do the same?

By Paul Gunter and Linda Pentz Gunter | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – On March 2, a striking news clip found its way onto the […]

Waging Nonviolence

Afghanistan
Have We Forgotten . . . the people of Afghanistan?

Have We Forgotten . . . the people of Afghanistan?

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – The US 20-year war and occupation in Afghanistan, waged to avenge the September 11 terrorist attacks that killed […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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