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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)
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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)

Juan Cole

Juan Cole Interviewed by Francesca Fiorentini: “The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini): How To Lose a Country In 100 Days with Josh Gondelman & Juan […]

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

05/18/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

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WHO Busts Wuhan Myths: Pandemic started with wild Animal, not Lab, and Wet Market wasn't Ground Zero

WHO Busts Wuhan Myths: Pandemic started with wild Animal, not Lab, and Wet Market wasn’t Ground Zero

By Dominic Dwyer | – As I write, I am in hotel quarantine in Sydney, after returning from Wuhan, China. There, I was the Australian […]

The Conversation

Civil Rights
90 Years of Secular Progress: As Fundamentalism Weakened, I saw America grow Strong and Diverse

90 Years of Secular Progress: As Fundamentalism Weakened, I saw America grow Strong and Diverse

Charleston, WV (Special to Informed Comment) – I’ll be 90 on my next birthday. My long life is sinking, shrinking, slip-sliding away. My wife is […]

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We can do this:  Americans put in massive 17 Gigawatts of Wind Power in 2020 despite Pandemic, Recession, and Neanderthal Conservatives

We can do this: Americans put in massive 17 Gigawatts of Wind Power in 2020 despite Pandemic, Recession, and Neanderthal Conservatives

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – While conservatives like Texas governor Greg Abbott and Tucker Carlson have been busy putting down wind turbines as unreliable, America […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Could Israel Target the Hague over ICC Prosecution?

Could Israel Target the Hague over ICC Prosecution?

( Middle East Monitor) – It has been a long time coming. Earlier this month, a panel of judges ruled that the International Criminal Court […]

Asa Winstanley

Electricity Cost
How the Texas electricity system produced low-cost power but left residents out in the cold

How the Texas electricity system produced low-cost power but left residents out in the cold

By Theodore J. Kury | – Americans often take electricity for granted – until the lights go out. The recent cold wave and storm in […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Harlem Ashram: The roots of revolutionary nonviolence in the United States are in the Black community

Harlem Ashram: The roots of revolutionary nonviolence in the United States are in the Black community

By Joanne Sheehan | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – Many are wondering how to respond to the current white supremacist threat. We only have to […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
Dear Texas Gov. Abbott:  Wind Turbines work fine in Antarctica and Alaska, you're just too Cheap to Winterize them

Dear Texas Gov. Abbott: Wind Turbines work fine in Antarctica and Alaska, you’re just too Cheap to Winterize them

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Texas governor Greg Abbott alleged that the massive power outages in his state demonstrated the unwisdom of moving to renewable […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Could the Int'l Criminal Court Curb Israeli War Crimes against Occupied Palestinians?

Could the Int’l Criminal Court Curb Israeli War Crimes against Occupied Palestinians?

By Belal Yasin | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – On 5 February the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a ruling in which it […]

Middle East Monitor

Batteries
Number of residential solar batteries increases by 50% in Germany

Number of residential solar batteries increases by 50% in Germany

By Sören Amelang | – The number of battery storage systems linked to a residential solar pv array rose by around 50 percent in Germany […]

Juan Cole

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