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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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Netanyahu Openly Boasts About Stealing vast Swathes of Palestine, but US Pols Won't Acknowledge It

Netanyahu Openly Boasts About Stealing vast Swathes of Palestine, but US Pols Won’t Acknowledge It

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Beleaguered Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is under serious corruption charges and is not assured of winning the upcoming election. […]

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What John Bolton's exit reveals about Donald Trump's foreign policy priorities

What John Bolton’s exit reveals about Donald Trump’s foreign policy priorities

By Steven Hurst | – Everyone who works in the Trump White House eventually outstays their welcome and John Bolton was no different. In a […]

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Iraq: The Middle East’s new battle front between Israel and Iran

Iraq: The Middle East’s new battle front between Israel and Iran

By Stasa Salacanin | – In the last two months, several unexplained explosions occurred in Iraq, significantly damaging ammunition warehouses and weapons storage sites. All […]

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Just Do It!  Debating How Much Time We Have to Avert Climate Disaster is a Waste of Time

Just Do It! Debating How Much Time We Have to Avert Climate Disaster is a Waste of Time

By Arn Menconi | Special to Consortium News | – The UN’s warnings are dire, but they are still likely overestimating the time we have […]

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Algeria
As Algeria Democracy Protests Continue for 29th Week, will "The Power" Strike Back?

As Algeria Democracy Protests Continue for 29th Week, will “The Power” Strike Back?

(Al-Bab.com) – Last Friday, for the 29th week in succession, demonstrators took to the streets of Algiers. It’s now five months since they achieved their […]

Brian Whitaker

Afghanistan
Reflections on “Peace” in Afghanistan; Leaving a Misguided War and Choosing Not to Look Back

Reflections on “Peace” in Afghanistan; Leaving a Misguided War and Choosing Not to Look Back

( Tomdispatch.com) – When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Donald Trump
With Bolton gone, will Trump meet Iran's Pres. Rouhani?

With Bolton gone, will Trump meet Iran’s Pres. Rouhani?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the wake of the firing of national security adviser and full-time warmonger John Bolton, secretary of state Mike Pompeo […]

Juan Cole

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Bolton pushed America's Rush back to Nuclear Weapons, but wasn't Alone

Bolton pushed America’s Rush back to Nuclear Weapons, but wasn’t Alone

Lawrence Wilkerson is the former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. He is current the Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public […]

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China's Struggle for Green Electricity

China’s Struggle for Green Electricity

By Feng Hao | – ( ChinaDialogue ) – Using electricity for everything will help lay the groundwork for lowering carbon emissions, but it won’t […]

China Dialogue

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