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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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Will it Ever Be Over?  The 20th Anniversary of the War on Terror Arrives

Will it Ever Be Over? The 20th Anniversary of the War on Terror Arrives

( Tomdispatch.com) – “This is a different kind of war, which we will wage aggressively and methodically to disrupt and destroy terrorist activity,” President George […]

Nick Turse

Donald Trump
Terrorism and invading the Legislature, in the  Middle East and America

Terrorism and invading the Legislature, in the Middle East and America

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump whipped up far right wing conspiracy theorists and white nationalists on Wednesday, telling them the election had been stolen […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
After the GOP Insurrection:  The Democrats only have 18 Months to Save Democracy with a Transformative Agenda

After the GOP Insurrection: The Democrats only have 18 Months to Save Democracy with a Transformative Agenda

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – The shocking Democratic sweep of Georgia’s double-barrel Senate runoffs, and the promise of unified Democratic control in D.C. for […]

David Faris

Donald Trump
Trump in Last Days is like a Wounded animal, and 3rd Parties are Urging him to Lash out at Iran

Trump in Last Days is like a Wounded animal, and 3rd Parties are Urging him to Lash out at Iran

By Oraib Al-Rantawi | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Just one drop will be enough for the cup of tension between the US and […]

Middle East Monitor

Congress
Cairo on the Potomac:  The siege on US Capitol was the election violence of a fragile democracy

Cairo on the Potomac: The siege on US Capitol was the election violence of a fragile democracy

By Clayton Besaw and Matthew Frank | – Did the United States just have a coup attempt? Supporters of President Donald Trump, following his encouragement, […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
"The Stone of Help:"  Rev. Raphael Warnock ran for the Senate from Ebenezer Baptist Church: What that means to American History

“The Stone of Help:” Rev. Raphael Warnock ran for the Senate from Ebenezer Baptist Church: What that means to American History

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Rev. Raphael Warnock, the new senator from Georgia, grew up in Savannah. His commitment to the Black Baptist tradition […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Why Trump's Senate supporters can't overturn Electoral College results they don't like – here's how the law actually works

Why Trump’s Senate supporters can’t overturn Electoral College results they don’t like – here’s how the law actually works

By Donald Brand | – On Jan. 6, the United States Congress will gather in a joint session to tally the votes of the Electoral […]

The Conversation

Brazil
How the son of a Lebanese Migrant and Street Sweeper became Brazil's first Muslim Federal Judge

How the son of a Lebanese Migrant and Street Sweeper became Brazil’s first Muslim Federal Judge

By Eman Abusidu | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Ali Mazloum is one of millions of migrants whose story illustrates the determination and […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
The Donald won’t be in Office Long, but will he be more Dangerous out of it?

The Donald won’t be in Office Long, but will he be more Dangerous out of it?

( Tomdispatch.com) – 2021 has indeed begun and god knows what it has in store for us. But unless, somehow, we’re surprised beyond imagining, The […]

Tom Engelhardt

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