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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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For "Safety and Happiness:" On the 4th of July, we Need a Declaration of Independence from Donald Trump

For “Safety and Happiness:” On the 4th of July, we Need a Declaration of Independence from Donald Trump

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The founding generation of Americans was deeply concerned with well-being. The Declaration of Independence says that if a government won’t […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu's proposed annexation of the Palestinian West Bank could Provoke a 'diplomatic tsunami' against Israel

Netanyahu’s proposed annexation of the Palestinian West Bank could Provoke a ‘diplomatic tsunami’ against Israel

By Tony Walker | – In a deadly game of Middle East cat and mouse, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing to weigh his […]

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In the U.S., the Second Wave of the Pandemic Is Already Here

In the U.S., the Second Wave of the Pandemic Is Already Here

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – If the United States had quick-thinking and efficient leadership, the pandemic would have infected about 100,000 people and killed only […]

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Libya
Foreign Interference Keeps Libya's Crisis at a Boil

Foreign Interference Keeps Libya’s Crisis at a Boil

( 48hills) – I arrived at the airport in Tripoli, Libya, on assignment for CBS Radio with my paperwork in order. I even had the […]

Reese Erlich

Climate Crisis
Baghdad Bob on the Potomac: Trump's Hoaxes, from "Disappearing" Covid-19 to Climate to Russiagate

Baghdad Bob on the Potomac: Trump’s Hoaxes, from “Disappearing” Covid-19 to Climate to Russiagate

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Authoritarian regimes breed lies like rotting meat breeds maggots, and as Trump marches the United States into an imperial presidency […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
What do Russians make of the charge  Moscow offered Taliban Bounties on US Troops?

What do Russians make of the charge Moscow offered Taliban Bounties on US Troops?

Russian officials deny the New York times claims that Moscow offered bounties to members of the Taliban movement for killing US soldiers, while the Kremlin-friendly […]

Nikola Mikovic

BDS
Federal Court Allows American Studies Association Boycott of Israel to Stand: Victory for BDS

Federal Court Allows American Studies Association Boycott of Israel to Stand: Victory for BDS

( American Studies Association) – In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has affirmed the […]

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Donald Trump
Trump at Mt. Rushmore and other Rogues' Galleries in an America in Ruins

Trump at Mt. Rushmore and other Rogues’ Galleries in an America in Ruins

By Lawrence Weschler | – The news that President Trump is planning to stage a “massive fireworks display” before a sizeable crowd on Independence Day […]

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What Blocked Netanyahu from Beginning Planned Theft of Swathes of Palestinian West Bank on July 1?

What Blocked Netanyahu from Beginning Planned Theft of Swathes of Palestinian West Bank on July 1?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu failed to begin the theft of substantial swathes of the Palestinian West Bank on July […]

Juan Cole

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