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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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How COVID-19 led to Donald Trump’s defeat

How COVID-19 led to Donald Trump’s defeat

By Abel Brodeur, Leonardo Baccini, and Stephen Weymouth | – Did the COVID-19 pandemic doom Donald Trump’s re-election? Our study examining the effect of COVID-19 […]

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NZ's Ardern: Mosque Massacre was Enabled by ignoring White Supremacist Terror Threat and by YouTube Radicalization

NZ’s Ardern: Mosque Massacre was Enabled by ignoring White Supremacist Terror Threat and by YouTube Radicalization

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019 looked into the background […]

Juan Cole

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"I have a Dream":  The Palestinian Version

“I have a Dream”: The Palestinian Version

By Adnan Hmidan | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Every time I read how Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that came true, […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
The Taliban are megarich  - The Way Organized Crime Bosses are -- and use ill-gotten Wealth to wage war in Afghanistan

The Taliban are megarich – The Way Organized Crime Bosses are — and use ill-gotten Wealth to wage war in Afghanistan

By Hanif Sufizada | – The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Anti-War Officer Corps:  An American Crisis of Conscience in the Forever Wars

Anti-War Officer Corps: An American Crisis of Conscience in the Forever Wars

By William J. Astore and Danny Sjursen | If you have a moment, how about joining two retired officers, Bill Astore and me, Danny Sjursen, […]

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Biden Nominates first African-American Secretary of Defense, 250 Years after Crispus Attucks

Biden Nominates first African-American Secretary of Defense, 250 Years after Crispus Attucks

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President-Elect Joe Biden will appoint retired four-star general Lloyd J. Austin III as his secretary of defense, according to the […]

Juan Cole

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Even Conservative Britain Plans to slash carbon emissions 68% by 2030: Banking, Building and Borrowing are key

Even Conservative Britain Plans to slash carbon emissions 68% by 2030: Banking, Building and Borrowing are key

By Anupam Nanda | – For those conscious of the growing climate crisis and the perilous economic situation, the path out of the coronavirus recession […]

The Conversation

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By 2030, Today’s World will be Made Over

By 2030, Today’s World will be Made Over

This article reviews Mauro F. Guillén’s recent book, 2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide And Reshape The Future of Everything, (New York: St. Martin’s […]

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Israel legitimises squatter outposts stolen from Palestinians and thus proceeds with silent annexation

Israel legitimises squatter outposts stolen from Palestinians and thus proceeds with silent annexation

By Abdel Nasser Al-Najjar | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Weeks before the March 2020 General Election in Israel, the main pillar of […]

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