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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: […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Top 4 Reasons Turkish Pres. Erdogan got a Tense Reception in DC, Despite Trump's Warmth

Top 4 Reasons Turkish Pres. Erdogan got a Tense Reception in DC, Despite Trump’s Warmth

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump warmly hosted Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, praising him to the skies, despite Congressional deep frustration with Turkey […]

Juan Cole

Germany
Brexit decides Tesla to Open Gigafactory in Germany in Win for E-Mobility

Brexit decides Tesla to Open Gigafactory in Germany in Win for E-Mobility

By Sören Amelang | – Tesla’s announcement to build a “gigafactory” for e-car production in Germany is likely to speed up the slow shift to […]

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Did Ancient Iraq’s Huge Assyrian Empire Rise and Fall on Climate Change?

Did Ancient Iraq’s Huge Assyrian Empire Rise and Fall on Climate Change?

By Ashish Sinha and Gayatri Kathayat | – Ancient Mesopotamia, the fabled land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, was the command and control […]

The Conversation

Islam
Jazz Legend Talib Dawud: Be-Bop and Islam's "Elevation of the Mind"

Jazz Legend Talib Dawud: Be-Bop and Islam’s “Elevation of the Mind”

(Informed Comment) – Jazz Trumpeter Talib Dawud, whose given name was Alfonso Nelson Rainey, was one of the early American jazz converts to Ahmadiyya Islam. […]

Shalom Goldman

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European Court of Justice rules Israeli Squatter Products from Stolen Palestinian Lands must be Labeled

European Court of Justice rules Israeli Squatter Products from Stolen Palestinian Lands must be Labeled

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Associated Press reports that the European Court of Justice has ruled that goods produced in the West Bank by […]

Juan Cole

US Foreign Policy
Foreign Powers are Buying American Policy and it is all Perfectly Legal

Foreign Powers are Buying American Policy and it is all Perfectly Legal

By Ben Freeman | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Foreign influence in America is the topic du jour. From the impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s request that […]

Tomdispatch

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How the Trump Administration has Made Iranian Nuclear Enrichment only Rational

How the Trump Administration has Made Iranian Nuclear Enrichment only Rational

By Akan Malici (Informed Comment) – It would be rational for Iran to pursue a nuclear bomb. Ironically, the U.S. has long been compelling it […]

Akan Malici

Climate Crisis
Since Trump Dumped the Paris Climate Agreement, is it Game Over?

Since Trump Dumped the Paris Climate Agreement, is it Game Over?

By Henrik Selin | – Editor’s note: On Nov. 4, the Trump administration formally notified the United Nations that it planned to withdraw the U.S. […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
"Catastrophic" Wildfires Threaten Sydney, Australia as Gov't Backs Coal

“Catastrophic” Wildfires Threaten Sydney, Australia as Gov’t Backs Coal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Australians in New South Wales and part of Queensland face “catastrophic” wildfires today according to government authorities. Based on the […]

Juan Cole

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