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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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In Reward for Israeli ties, Trump to sell F-35 Stealth Bomber to Emirates despite its killing of Civilians in Yemen, Libya

In Reward for Israeli ties, Trump to sell F-35 Stealth Bomber to Emirates despite its killing of Civilians in Yemen, Libya

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Yemeni news site Maarib Press headlines the news that Trump’s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, announced that he is […]

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Israel/ Palestine
How the Israelis are Destroying Palestinian Jerusalem, One Institution at a Time

How the Israelis are Destroying Palestinian Jerusalem, One Institution at a Time

( Al-Shabaka.org ) – The Israeli state has actively sought to destroy Palestinian Jerusalem since its creation in 1948. Al-Shabaka’s Senior Palestine Policy Fellow, Yara […]

Yara Hawari

Antisemitism
Why is the Israeli Gov't Rooting for a 2nd Term for Trump and his White Nationalist, anti-Semitic Allies?

Why is the Israeli Gov’t Rooting for a 2nd Term for Trump and his White Nationalist, anti-Semitic Allies?

By Bruno Beaklini | – ( Middle East Monitor) – As I write, the United States is going through two simultaneous processes: the formal victory […]

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Climate Crisis
Climate change: Joe Biden could ride a wave of international momentum to break deadlock in US

Climate change: Joe Biden could ride a wave of international momentum to break deadlock in US

By Richard Beardsworth and Olaf Corry | – Joe Biden’s presidency is likely to be dominated by “the three Cs”: COVID-19, China and climate change. […]

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censorship
Pompeo's touting of "Second Trump Administration" craters State Department's Credibility on Democracy Promotion

Pompeo’s touting of “Second Trump Administration” craters State Department’s Credibility on Democracy Promotion

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nicole Gaouette, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood at CNN report that secretary of state Mike Pompeo insisted there would be […]

Juan Cole

Armenia
Did Peace just Break out in the Caucasus or Did Russia Strong-Arm Armenia into its Orbit?

Did Peace just Break out in the Caucasus or Did Russia Strong-Arm Armenia into its Orbit?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – The war in Nagorno-Karbakh is over. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev signed an agreement […]

Nikola Mikovic

Environment
Uh, oh: Oil field operations likely triggered earthquakes in California a few miles from the San Andreas Fault

Uh, oh: Oil field operations likely triggered earthquakes in California a few miles from the San Andreas Fault

By Thomas H. Goebel | – The way companies drill for oil and gas and dispose of wastewater can trigger earthquakes, at times in unexpected […]

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State of Chaos:   Can America Escape Trump’s Hellscape?

State of Chaos: Can America Escape Trump’s Hellscape?

( Tomdispatch.com) – In 2016 as now, he was the candidate of chaos. Yes, he was a billionaire (or wanna-be billionaire or in-hock billionaire, not […]

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Afghanistan
Trump fires Mark "Yesper" Esper as SecDef; Was it over Afghanistan withdrawal?

Trump fires Mark “Yesper” Esper as SecDef; Was it over Afghanistan withdrawal?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Barbara Starr, Ryan Browne and Nicole Gaouette at CNN report on the firing of secretary of defense Mark Esper on […]

Juan Cole

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