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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: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for Freeing Ethiopia's Dissidents, but Challenges still Await

Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for Freeing Ethiopia’s Dissidents, but Challenges still Await

By Mohammed Girma | – Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. He becomes the 100th Nobel Peace Prize winner, […]

The Conversation

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Turkey Shells position of US Special Forces in Syria, almost Provokes Firefight

Turkey Shells position of US Special Forces in Syria, almost Provokes Firefight

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tom O’Connor , James LaPorta AND Naveed Jamali at Newsweek report that the Turkish military subjected a position occupied by […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Turkish Military Operation in Syria puts Large Numbers of Civilians at Risk

Turkish Military Operation in Syria puts Large Numbers of Civilians at Risk

Key Concerns Include Unlawful Attacks, Treatment of Displaced People, Arbitrary Arrests

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
South Africans advise Palestinians on how Apartheid can be Overcome

South Africans advise Palestinians on how Apartheid can be Overcome

Ramzy Baroud | @RamzyBaroud | – The way to truly defeat Apartheid: A conversation with Na’eem Jeenah and Salim Vally “Perhaps the time has come […]

Middle East Monitor

Kurds
Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds

Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds

By James L. Gelvin | – Turkey’s attack on Kurdish-run territory in northern Syria will likely snuff out a radical experiment in self-government that is […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
How the Roberts Court's 'Citizens United' allowed Parnas and Fruman to Buy influence in America

How the Roberts Court’s ‘Citizens United’ allowed Parnas and Fruman to Buy influence in America

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As I pointed out last week, the most powerful intervention in US politics allowing foreign influence in US elections, which […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
An Expansionist State?  Did Israel ever have any intention of honoring either the 1947 Partition Plan or 1967 borders?

An Expansionist State? Did Israel ever have any intention of honoring either the 1947 Partition Plan or 1967 borders?

By Thomas Suárez | – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to annex parts of the occupied West Bank if re-elected in last month’s General […]

Middle East Monitor

Iraq
Did Bush put Iraq on Road to Democracy?  Not to Judge by the Violent Crackdown on Protesters

Did Bush put Iraq on Road to Democracy? Not to Judge by the Violent Crackdown on Protesters

By Balsam Mustafa | – When Muhanad Habib, a 22-year-old Iraqi from the Sadr City district of Baghdad, posted on Facebook in late September, he […]

The Conversation

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Not Just Ethnicity: Turkey v. Kurds and the Great Divide over Political Islam v. the Secular Left

Not Just Ethnicity: Turkey v. Kurds and the Great Divide over Political Islam v. the Secular Left

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkey’s incursion into Syria has roiled the Middle East and NATO countries, demonstrating one key polarizing divide on both sides […]

Juan Cole

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