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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

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Economic sanctions may deal fatal blow to Russia’s already-weak domestic opposition

Economic sanctions may deal fatal blow to Russia’s already-weak domestic opposition

By Brian Grodsky, University of Maryland, Baltimore County | – The West has responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by imposing harsh economic sanctions. Most […]

The Conversation

Bashar al-Assad
America's Allies Accept the Pain of Cutting off Russia, Except for Israel

America’s Allies Accept the Pain of Cutting off Russia, Except for Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reported on Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s three-hour meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday. […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
How Zelenskyy emerged as the antithesis of Putin and proved you don’t need to be a strongman to be a great leader

How Zelenskyy emerged as the antithesis of Putin and proved you don’t need to be a strongman to be a great leader

By Michael Blake, University of Washington | – Whatever happens in the coming weeks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will go down as the face of Ukrainian […]

The Conversation

China
Would a “Cold” War Be the Best News Around?  Ukraine, Taiwan, and Other Flashpoints in a New Age of Geopolitics

Would a “Cold” War Be the Best News Around? Ukraine, Taiwan, and Other Flashpoints in a New Age of Geopolitics

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been widely described as the beginning of a new cold war, much like the old one […]

Michael T. Klare

Climate Crisis
Harvard study links fracking to early death risk for seniors

Harvard study links fracking to early death risk for seniors

By Laureen Fagan: ( Sustainability Times) – Most people know it as fracking, a process of drilling for gas and oil using methods like hydraulic […]

Sustainability Times

Climate Crisis
EVs are Freedom Cars:  When you Fill up your Car with Gasoline, you're Helping Putin Destroy Ukraine

EVs are Freedom Cars: When you Fill up your Car with Gasoline, you’re Helping Putin Destroy Ukraine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Alex Mills writes that Russia produces 11 million barrels a day of petroleum and in 2021 exported 7.5 million barrels […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Let's Go after the Ill-Gotten, Tax-Evading Gains of All Oligarchs, not just Russian Ones

Let’s Go after the Ill-Gotten, Tax-Evading Gains of All Oligarchs, not just Russian Ones

( Inequality.org ) – Can we please get serious about taxing the rich? Polls show that hefty majorities of people in the United States — […]

Sam Pizzigati

Climate Crisis
IPCC report: Half the world is facing water scarcity, floods and dirty water — large investments are needed for effective solutions

IPCC report: Half the world is facing water scarcity, floods and dirty water — large investments are needed for effective solutions

By Balsher Singh Sidhu, University of British Columbia | – More than half the world’s population faces water scarcity for at least one month every […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Germany: Renewables stocks surge as govt renews vow to speed up expansion amid Ukraine war

Germany: Renewables stocks surge as govt renews vow to speed up expansion amid Ukraine war

By Kerstine Appunn | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – German renewables stocks have surged amid prospects of an accelerated energy transition after the […]

Clean Energy Wire

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