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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

12/17/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Colonialism
U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

In recent months, the Trump administration has escalated a decades-long campaign against the Venezuelan government and people.

Tomdispatch

European Union
Several Countries to Boycott Eurovision Singing Contest over Israeli Participation

Several Countries to Boycott Eurovision Singing Contest over Israeli Participation

“RTÉ remains deeply concerned by the targeted killing of journalists in Gaza during the conflict and the continued denial of access

Juan Cole

censorship
Labeling dissent as Terrorism: Trump’s NSPM-7 raises Constitutional Alarms

Labeling dissent as Terrorism: Trump’s NSPM-7 raises Constitutional Alarms

Targeting individuals and groups as potential domestic terrorists based on their beliefs rather than their actions.

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
A Path Away from Fossil Fuels already Exists, COP30 or No

A Path Away from Fossil Fuels already Exists, COP30 or No

China has driven an unprecedented solar surge — adding more capacity in 2024 alone than the rest of the world combined

Foreign Policy in Focus

Arab Spring
Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions

Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions

The Arab revolutionary wave that began in 2011 presents two of its most significant, yet fundamentally divergent, case studies: Egypt and Syria

Mehmet Rakipoglu

Israel/ Palestine
A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

What is becoming apparent is that the ceasefire has led to a state of affairs where Israeli forces have been permitted enormous latitude

Middle East Monitor

media
Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

Under Algorithm Accountability Act social media companies would lose legal immunity if they use an algorithm to promote harmful content

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Dominionism
Cracks in the MAGA – Likud Collusion to Hasten End Times Reality

Cracks in the MAGA – Likud Collusion to Hasten End Times Reality

It looks like the perverse romance between MAGA and Israel’s Likud Party is becoming frayed at the edges.

H. Scott Prosterman

Afghanistan
Afghanistan Pivots Economically to Central Asia as it Seeks to End Dependence on Pakistan

Afghanistan Pivots Economically to Central Asia as it Seeks to End Dependence on Pakistan

Afghanistan is looking to Central Asia to diversify its trade partners as it seeks to reduce its economic dependence on Pakistan

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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One Year After Assad’s Fall: Iran’s Strategic Collapse In Syria

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“With them the seed of Wisdom:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:28

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