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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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Education
Crisis in the Schools:  A Return to a Normal That Was Never Good Enough

Crisis in the Schools: A Return to a Normal That Was Never Good Enough

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It feels odd to admit this, but I miss the stillness of the first few disorienting and terrifying weeks of the […]

Belle Chesler

Climate Crisis
Egypt announces Plan to Get 42% of Electricity from Renewables, become Solar Energy Hub for Europe via Greece

Egypt announces Plan to Get 42% of Electricity from Renewables, become Solar Energy Hub for Europe via Greece

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ghada El-Gendy, the Executive Director of the Arab Renewable Energy Company, said Friday that Egypt has plans to increase the […]

Juan Cole

Germany
German State Plans Hundreds of Artificial Energy Islands to Deploy North Sea Wind

German State Plans Hundreds of Artificial Energy Islands to Deploy North Sea Wind

By Jessica Bateman | – The northernmost German state of Schleswig-Holstein has announced it wants to help push forward the energy transition by building artificial […]

Clean Energy Wire

Natural Gas
How Russia hooked Europe on its oil and gas – and overcame US efforts to prevent energy dependence on Moscow

How Russia hooked Europe on its oil and gas – and overcame US efforts to prevent energy dependence on Moscow

By Ryan Haddad | – The Biden administration hopes its threat of “severe economic consequences” deters Russia from invading Ukraine – an event Americans officials […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Biden Seeks to Seize Afghanistan’s Assets

Biden Seeks to Seize Afghanistan’s Assets

By John Sifton | Asia Advocacy Director | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – The Biden administration has decided to recommend directing $3.5 billion […]

Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan
US Sanctions on Afghanistan are Complicit in Mass Hunger, even as Biden withholds $3.5 bn in Afghan Money

US Sanctions on Afghanistan are Complicit in Mass Hunger, even as Biden withholds $3.5 bn in Afghan Money

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Kevin Liptak and Natasha Bertrand report at CNN that the Biden administration has decided to split the $7 billion in […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
If the US Gov't Can Swing into Action on Covid, why Can't it provide us Universal Health Care?

If the US Gov’t Can Swing into Action on Covid, why Can’t it provide us Universal Health Care?

( Othwerwords.org ) – There has been a Jekyll and Hyde quality to American health care over the past two years. One the one hand, […]

Sonali Kolhatkar

Coal
Bet on institution building, not Manchin

Bet on institution building, not Manchin

By Katey Lauer | – This story was first published by The Forge. (Waging Nonviolence ) – Last year, I wrote an article in The […]

Waging Nonviolence

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
What responsibility do Western troops fighting ISIL have for the Children that Terrorists use as Human Shields?

What responsibility do Western troops fighting ISIL have for the Children that Terrorists use as Human Shields?

By Beth Morrison and Shannon Zimmerman | – Islamic State recently staged their most sophisticated attack since 2019 – a prison break to release former […]

The Conversation

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