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Iraqi Kurdistan aims at 3 Gigawatts of Solar, as Households and Villages Rush to Rooftop Panels
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Iraqi Kurdistan aims at 3 Gigawatts of Solar, as Households and Villages Rush to Rooftop Panels

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi Kurdistan is developing an interest in sustainable energy, despite being an oil exporter via Kirkuk. Solar provides little of […]

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Peace in Gaza Depends on Palestinians’ Right to Remain — and Return

Peace in Gaza Depends on Palestinians’ Right to Remain — and Return

10/25/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

Syria’s new Leader promised Democracy, but excluded Women from Parliamentary Elections

Syria’s new Leader promised Democracy, but excluded Women from Parliamentary Elections

10/25/2025 By The Conversation

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Yemen's Houthis Say they Invaded Saudi Arabia, Captured Thousands of Troops in Najran

Yemen’s Houthis Say they Invaded Saudi Arabia, Captured Thousands of Troops in Najran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Update 9/30: The Houthi military operation appears to have been against Saudi-backed nationalist bases in the far north of Yemen, […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
Spies and the White House have a history of running wild without congressional oversight

Spies and the White House have a history of running wild without congressional oversight

By Charles Tiefer | – At the heart of the current crisis over President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is an intelligence […]

The Conversation

History
The First Inscriptional Evidence for the Wife of the Prophet Muhammad, Aisha

The First Inscriptional Evidence for the Wife of the Prophet Muhammad, Aisha

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Saudi archeologist Muhammad al-Maghthawi has published a photograph of an inscription in the vicinity of Medina that seems to […]

Juan Cole

Ukraine
Ukraine gave up its Nukes for a US Security Pledge; Then Trump Muscled Zelensky by Cutting Mil. Aide

Ukraine gave up its Nukes for a US Security Pledge; Then Trump Muscled Zelensky by Cutting Mil. Aide

(Informed Comment) – In the coverage of the current scandal, no one seems to be writing about the national security debt the US (and others) […]

William H. Espinosa

Islam
The Qur’an, the Prophet, and a Forgotten History – Juan Cole in conversation with Hamza Yusuf

The Qur’an, the Prophet, and a Forgotten History – Juan Cole in conversation with Hamza Yusuf

From the podcast of the journal Renovatio: Journal of Zaytuna College. Juan Cole’s Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires (2018) retells the […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
World's Largest offshore Windfarm to power 1 mn British Homes & other Good Climate News

World’s Largest offshore Windfarm to power 1 mn British Homes & other Good Climate News

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hanna Ziady at CNN Business reports that just next year, in 2020, the world’s largest offshore wind farm will open […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
Trump’s Ukraine Plotting Has Been Happening in Plain Sight. So Why Didn’t We See It?

Trump’s Ukraine Plotting Has Been Happening in Plain Sight. So Why Didn’t We See It?

It’s not just that there’s a lot to pay attention to.

ProPublica

Constitution
Founders: Removal from office is not the only purpose of impeachment

Founders: Removal from office is not the only purpose of impeachment

By Clark D. Cunningham | – As Congress moves toward a possible formal impeachment of President Donald Trump, they should consider words spoken at the […]

The Conversation

censorship
With outbreak of New Demonstrations, Egyptian Authorities warn Foreign Journalists not to do their Jobs

With outbreak of New Demonstrations, Egyptian Authorities warn Foreign Journalists not to do their Jobs

(Al-Bab.com) – The Egyptian authorities have issued a notice to accredited foreign journalists based in Cairo. Basically it seeks to restrict their reporting of demonstrations […]

Brian Whitaker

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