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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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You heard that Right – “Peace Movements in Islam” – Juan’s new Book Challenges Stereotypes

You heard that Right – “Peace Movements in Islam” – Juan’s new Book Challenges Stereotypes

Today is a special day for me. In 2015, at the height of the ISIL cult’s influence in Iraq and Syria and during a time […]

Juan Cole

Agriculture
How Climate Change and extreme Weather may lead to Food Shortages and Escalating Prices

How Climate Change and extreme Weather may lead to Food Shortages and Escalating Prices

By Paul Ekins | – In a world with an increasing human population, climate change may have a serious impact on our ability to grow […]

The Conversation

China
Rejecting Biden pressure to distance itself from China, Emirates suspends $23 bn F-35 Deal

Rejecting Biden pressure to distance itself from China, Emirates suspends $23 bn F-35 Deal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Arab Emirates, the fabulously wealthy set of oil states at the head of the Gulf, has frozen its […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why does the US turn a blind eye to Israel's expansion of Squatter-Settlements on Palestinian Land?

Why does the US turn a blind eye to Israel’s expansion of Squatter-Settlements on Palestinian Land?

( Middle East Monitor) – Israeli media have been pointing out that the Biden administration in Washington is not too bothered about the occupation state’s […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
Alarming Loss of Sea Ice diminishes the Arctic’s ability to cool the Global Climate

Alarming Loss of Sea Ice diminishes the Arctic’s ability to cool the Global Climate

By Matthew Druckenmiller, Rick Thoman, and Twila Moon | – The Arctic has long been portrayed as a distant end-of-the-Earth place, disconnected from everyday common […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
A Tour Guide to Hell on Earth, Small Town-Style:  Climate Change, Up Close and Personal

A Tour Guide to Hell on Earth, Small Town-Style: Climate Change, Up Close and Personal

By Jane Braxton Little | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Half a mile south of what’s left of the old Gold Rush-era town of Greenville, […]

Tomdispatch

Donald Trump
Cheney outs Hypocritical Fox Anchors who Texted Trump Hysterically to Halt Insurrection they later Denied

Cheney outs Hypocritical Fox Anchors who Texted Trump Hysterically to Halt Insurrection they later Denied

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The January 6 Committee of the House of Representatives voted last night to hold former White House chief of staff […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
The Jan. 6 Insurrection was no Fluke; the Republican Party Platform is now the overthrow of the US Government

The Jan. 6 Insurrection was no Fluke; the Republican Party Platform is now the overthrow of the US Government

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – The Republican Party was once an honorable organization. When Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, its platform included protection […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving

Afghanistan: heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving

By Jonathan Goodhand and Jan Koehler | – In the frontier town of Zaranj on Afghanistan’s border with Iran, young men jostle one another as […]

The Conversation

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