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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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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

Economy
This isn’t the First Oil Price Shock, but it is the Most Complex in Modern History

This isn’t the First Oil Price Shock, but it is the Most Complex in Modern History

By Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington | – The world is in the grip of an oil price shock. In just a few months, […]

The Conversation

Bernie Sanders
Democrats in Congress Want Windfall Tax on Big Oil, Consumer Rebates, and cheap Green Energy

Democrats in Congress Want Windfall Tax on Big Oil, Consumer Rebates, and cheap Green Energy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has introduced, and several other congressional Democrats have co-sponsored, a bill to curb big petroleum companies […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
It’s Not Just Inflation — It’s Price Gouging

It’s Not Just Inflation — It’s Price Gouging

By Lindsay Owens | – ( Otherwords.org) – If you’ve been slammed lately by higher prices on everything from groceries to rental cars and gas […]

OtherWords

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can't Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted

Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can’t Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted

By Ramona Wadi | – ( Middle East Monitor )- Once again, Israel feels entitled to play the humanitarian card, with only Palestinians pointing out […]

Ramona Wadi

Displaced and Refugees
Humanitarian corridors could help civilians safely leave Ukraine – but Russia has a history of not respecting these pathways

Humanitarian corridors could help civilians safely leave Ukraine – but Russia has a history of not respecting these pathways

By Kirsten Gelsdorf and Jacob Kurtzer | – As Russia continues to target houses, apartment buildings, hospitals and civilians in Ukraine, there are mounting calls […]

The Conversation

Bashar al-Assad
This is Where We came in: Will Russia's Syrian Mercenaries in Ukraine form a new Al-Qaeda?

This is Where We came in: Will Russia’s Syrian Mercenaries in Ukraine form a new Al-Qaeda?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, according to Alarabiya (quoting Tass) Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he would permit foreign fighters from the […]

Juan Cole

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