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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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MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

Dr. Abedini was detained on November 22 by ICE before boarding a flight to attend the MESA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

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Donald Trump
Ozymandias on the Potomac:  Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

Ozymandias on the Potomac: Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

These days Donald Trump’s Washington abounds with monuments to overblown imperial grandeur and plans for more

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The Ecocide of Gaza

The Ecocide of Gaza

Well before October 7, 2023, the Gaza Strip had progressively been isolated from the West Bank and the outside world overall

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Iran
“All the Saints and Sages:”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:25

“All the Saints and Sages:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:25

How long will sages debate if this world is eternal or created? / Once I have left it, why should I care, either way?

Juan Cole

Academic Freedom
In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom

In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom

I have been in higher education as a student or professor for over five decades, and I have never seen things as bad as they are now.

Juan Cole

Arab World
Why Palestinian Statehood is a Prerequisite for Arab-Israeli Peace and Expansion of Abraham Accords

Why Palestinian Statehood is a Prerequisite for Arab-Israeli Peace and Expansion of Abraham Accords

The Saudi leader’s plan to normalise with Israel comes with a price. He wants to see a “clear path [towards a] two-state solution”

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The Hot Tub of Death? Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat

The Hot Tub of Death? Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat

As it turns out the high-tech sector that has produced so many billionaires isn’t pro-environment; instead simply pro-billionaire

Juan Cole

Iran
“Your Reward is Neither Here nor There!”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:24

“Your Reward is Neither Here nor There!” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:24

A Muezzín from the Tower of Darkness cries “Fools! your Reward is neither Here nor There!”

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Is Venezuela the New Iraq?

Is Venezuela the New Iraq?

There are continuities and discontinuities in the spectacle of American power

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