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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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Feeling the Bern?  Why Trump is Terrified of having to go up Against Sanders

Feeling the Bern? Why Trump is Terrified of having to go up Against Sanders

( Tomdispatch.com) – Donald Trump filed his paperwork to run for reelection only hours after his inauguration in January 2017, setting a presidential record, the […]

John Feffer

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Will DC's Neoliberal Model of Drug Costing Finally Kill Us All?  Why is there even a debate on whether any Coronavirus Vaccine Should be Free?

Will DC’s Neoliberal Model of Drug Costing Finally Kill Us All? Why is there even a debate on whether any Coronavirus Vaccine Should be Free?

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Why is there even a question as to whether any Cov19 vaccine or diagnostic test kit should […]

John Buell

Arab Americans
With Bernie Sanders in Dearborn, Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans take the Political Stage

With Bernie Sanders in Dearborn, Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans take the Political Stage

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bernie Sanders’ rally at Dearborn, Michigan with a crowd that included Arab-Americans, on stage and off, was a frontal attack […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
How the US could Restart Negotiations with Iran

How the US could Restart Negotiations with Iran

(Special to Informed Comment) – Trump‘ s policy of exerting maximum pressure on Iran, highly provocative targeting of Quds Force General Qassem Suleimani, non-recognition of […]

Thomas Buonomo

Green Transportation
Germany set to overtake China as Market Leader for Electric Cars in 2021 with Nearly 2 mn. to be Produced

Germany set to overtake China as Market Leader for Electric Cars in 2021 with Nearly 2 mn. to be Produced

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – German carmakers VW, BMW and Daimler are set to overtake Chinese rivals to become global […]

Clean Energy Wire

Displaced and Refugees
Between Libya and the Deep Blue Sea: How migrant rescuers are making history in the Mediterranean

Between Libya and the Deep Blue Sea: How migrant rescuers are making history in the Mediterranean

By Bryan Farrell (Waging Nonviolence) – While governments fail to meet basic humanitarian requirements, rescue organizations like Sea-Watch are taking life-saving action on the frontlines […]

Waging Nonviolence

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Seeking Absolute Power in Saudi Arabia, Bin Salman engineers Arrest of Rivals, including former Crown Prince

Seeking Absolute Power in Saudi Arabia, Bin Salman engineers Arrest of Rivals, including former Crown Prince

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Glen Carey and Vivian Nereim at Bloomberg report that the Saudi government has arrested former crown prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Why Mike Pence is the Worst Choice to Lead a Coronavirus Response

Why Mike Pence is the Worst Choice to Lead a Coronavirus Response

( Otherwords.org ) -The former Indiana governor presided over the state’s worst ever HIV outbreak. His ignorance made it worse. A year after Trump took […]

Jill Richardson

Bashar al-Assad
Are Syria’s Social Media Meme Wars the Face of Modern Warfare?

Are Syria’s Social Media Meme Wars the Face of Modern Warfare?

( Middle East Monitor) – Social media continues to influence our perception of conflicts around the world, though rapid updates around the clock on developments […]

Omar Ahmed

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