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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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Climate Change
Greta Thunberg's Generational J'accuse: It's a Crime to Cause the Climate Crisis

Greta Thunberg’s Generational J’accuse: It’s a Crime to Cause the Climate Crisis

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Greta Thunberg, in her speech to the United Nations General Assembly, let them have it.(See below.) Over a century ago, […]

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Assyrians
When Christians First Met Muslims (Emir-Stein Center Talk)

When Christians First Met Muslims (Emir-Stein Center Talk)

Michael Penn | Emir-Stein Center | Video Clip and Transcript | – If history matters, then getting right the history of the first encounters of […]

Emir-Stein Center

Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Israeli Government Means for Palestinians

Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Israeli Government Means for Palestinians

(Middle East Monitor) – Experience has taught Palestinians not to pay heed to Israeli elections. But to every rule there is an exception. Although it […]

Ramzy Baroud

Houthi
No, Yemen's Houthis are not Simply a Proxy of Iran

No, Yemen’s Houthis are not Simply a Proxy of Iran

By Vincent Durac | – The attacks on oil production facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in Saudi Arabia have drawn renewed focus on Yemen’s Houthi […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
Ukraine Scandal shows the Squad was Right about Impeaching Trump, & they’re Telling the Dems so

Ukraine Scandal shows the Squad was Right about Impeaching Trump, & they’re Telling the Dems so

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mi) was widely castigated for saying, virtually as soon as she was elected, that it was necessary […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Netanyahu no Longer King in Israel: A Byzantine Electoral Gothic

Netanyahu no Longer King in Israel: A Byzantine Electoral Gothic

(Informed Comment) – The outcome of the Israeli election is still difficult to predict, since in parliamentary systems the horse trading comes after the election. […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Climate Change
The Anti-Trump: Germany's Merkel Commits to Ambitious 2030 Climate Goals

The Anti-Trump: Germany’s Merkel Commits to Ambitious 2030 Climate Goals

With Incentives, CO2 Price

Clean Energy Wire

Afghanistan
From Baghdad to Kabul: One Officer's Journey from True Believer in our Forever Wars to Dissident Veteran

From Baghdad to Kabul: One Officer’s Journey from True Believer in our Forever Wars to Dissident Veteran

( Tomdispatch.com) – Recently, on a beautiful Kansas Saturday, I fell asleep early, exhausted by the excitement and ultimate disappointment of the Army football team’s […]

Danny Sjursen

Corruption
Bribery & High Crimes and Misdemeanors:  Did Trump finally go Full Impeachable in Ukraine Calls?

Bribery & High Crimes and Misdemeanors: Did Trump finally go Full Impeachable in Ukraine Calls?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that in the course of his conversation in July with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, […]

Juan Cole

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