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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
Climate Crisis

When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

08/25/2025 By Global Voices

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

08/25/2025 By F. Douglas Stephenson

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Islam
Lady Zeinab: A British Aristocrat embraces Islam in the Shadow of European War

Lady Zeinab: A British Aristocrat embraces Islam in the Shadow of European War

Middlebury, Vt. (Special to Informed Comment) – In 1934, Lady Evelyn Cobbold, a Scottish aristocrat and traveler, wrote that with the tightening of Nazi rule […]

Shalom Goldman

Donald Trump
Trump’s Parting Shots for Israel

Trump’s Parting Shots for Israel

( Middle East Monitor) – At the start of this year, in this column, I argued that the annexation of the West Bank was coming, […]

Asa Winstanley

Donald Trump
Has Trump’s last-minute Purge of Defense Agencies Put America in Danger?

Has Trump’s last-minute Purge of Defense Agencies Put America in Danger?

By Arie Perliger | – President Donald Trump’s recent firing of Defense Secretary Mark Esper and subsequent resignations from the department of four more top […]

The Conversation

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In G-20, Only India is on track to meet goals for keeping Global Heating to 3.6° F.

In G-20, Only India is on track to meet goals for keeping Global Heating to 3.6° F.

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The 2020 Climate Transparency report finds that India is on track to meeting the carbon dioxide emissions levels that, if […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How the Israeli Occupation has stolen Palestinians’ Childhood

How the Israeli Occupation has stolen Palestinians’ Childhood

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Decades of occupation, unrest and blockade have taken a heavy toll on the children […]

Middle East Monitor

Epidemics
Who will be vaccinated first — and in what country? The upcoming fights over COVID vaccine

Who will be vaccinated first — and in what country? The upcoming fights over COVID vaccine

( 48hills.org) – In recent days, two US pharmaceutical companies announced that their COVID-19 vaccines could be available by December. US-based Pfizer, which partnered with […]

Reese Erlich

Donald Trump
Trump's election tantrum could still fuel widespread violence

Trump’s election tantrum could still fuel widespread violence

By Jack L. Rozdilsky | – In the lead-up to the American presidential election, it was estimated that the risk of post-election violence was high. […]

The Conversation

BDS
Pompeo's attempt to Penalize Boycotters of Israel aims to Strengthen White Nationalism and Roll back Civil Rights

Pompeo’s attempt to Penalize Boycotters of Israel aims to Strengthen White Nationalism and Roll back Civil Rights

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Carol Morello and Steve Hendrix at the Washington Post report that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Israeli squatters on […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
A Trump strike on Iran will make the US an Outcast and won't stop Tehran's civilian Nuclear Program

A Trump strike on Iran will make the US an Outcast and won’t stop Tehran’s civilian Nuclear Program

By Christoph Bluth | – Donald Trump asked his senior advisers to examine options for air strikes against Iran’s main nuclear installation, the New York […]

The Conversation

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