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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
Climate Crisis

America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

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Israel/ Palestine
Pompeo's branding of Boycotters of Israel 'anti-Semitic' is intended to Justify Expropriation, Statelessness of Palestinians

Pompeo’s branding of Boycotters of Israel ‘anti-Semitic’ is intended to Justify Expropriation, Statelessness of Palestinians

By Essam Yousef | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As he counts down his final days in office, US President Donald Trump is […]

Middle East Monitor

Australia
Australia's Massive Solar Energy Hub in Outback to produce coal-killer Green Ammonia

Australia’s Massive Solar Energy Hub in Outback to produce coal-killer Green Ammonia

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Asian Renewable Energy Hub is planning a $16 billion solar and wind project in the part of the Australian […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Drinking the Kool-Aid:  The Rise and Collapse of Trump's Coronavirus Death Cult

Drinking the Kool-Aid: The Rise and Collapse of Trump’s Coronavirus Death Cult

Dartmouth, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – In 1978 cult leader Jim Jones convinced 909 of his brainwashed followers in Jonestown, Guyana to drink cyanide-laced […]

Brian Glyn Williams

Afghanistan
Time to bring the Troops home from Afghanistan, no Matter who Does it

Time to bring the Troops home from Afghanistan, no Matter who Does it

Let’s open up and sing, and ring the bells out Ding-dong! the merry-oh sing it high, sing it low Let them know the wicked witch […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Donald Trump
Is America Flowing Demographically to the Left?  Why Trump's White Evangelicals aren't the Force they were under Reagan or Bush

Is America Flowing Demographically to the Left? Why Trump’s White Evangelicals aren’t the Force they were under Reagan or Bush

Charleston, W.V. (Special to Informed Comment) – Maybe 2020 is a turning point – one that won’t be clearly visible until the future. Maybe it […]

James A. Haught

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Did Israeli PM Netanyahu Meet Saudi Bin Salman in Bid to Thwart Biden Plan to restore Iran Deal?

Did Israeli PM Netanyahu Meet Saudi Bin Salman in Bid to Thwart Biden Plan to restore Iran Deal?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli news site i24 Arabic reports from the Hebrew press that Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the head […]

Juan Cole

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
From the KKK to Europe’s new “Jihadis”: The Hidden Logic of seemingly Random Acts of Terror

From the KKK to Europe’s new “Jihadis”: The Hidden Logic of seemingly Random Acts of Terror

By Glenn E. Robinson | – Prior to his November 2 shooting rampage in Vienna, Kujtim Fejzullai’s affinity for ISIS was known to Austrian police, […]

Glenn E. Robinson

Donald Trump
Israel accused of using Trump's last days as President to deny Palestinian Rights

Israel accused of using Trump’s last days as President to deny Palestinian Rights

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) – The period between the American election in November and the inauguration of the new president in January is often […]

Mohammed Samaana

China
China beat the coronavirus with science and strong public health measures, not just with authoritarianism

China beat the coronavirus with science and strong public health measures, not just with authoritarianism

By Elanah Uretsky | – I live in a democracy. But as Thanksgiving approaches, I find myself longing for the type of freedom I am […]

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