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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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Changing the Climate Conversation: School Strikes are a Start, but we Need Bank Boycotts and other New Tactics

Changing the Climate Conversation: School Strikes are a Start, but we Need Bank Boycotts and other New Tactics

Strengthening the climate movement requires a rethink of strategy and tactics

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Is Trump setting the US up for further al-Qaeda attacks by putting Troops in Saudi Arabia?

Is Trump setting the US up for further al-Qaeda attacks by putting Troops in Saudi Arabia?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump is sending US troops to be based in Saudi Arabia, and King Salman has signed off on the paperwork. […]

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Libya
The United Arab Emirates is getting out of Yemen:  Will it Target Libya Next?

The United Arab Emirates is getting out of Yemen: Will it Target Libya Next?

By Abdulaziz Kilani | @AZ_Kilani | – Last week, the United Arab Emirates confirmed its troop drawdown from Yemen, which has raised questions about what […]

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Arab Americans
No, John McCain's Response to Obama being Called "an Arab" was not Exemplary: Here's Why

No, John McCain’s Response to Obama being Called “an Arab” was not Exemplary: Here’s Why

A video of Sen. John McCain from the 2008 presidential campaign wherein he disagrees with a woman at one of his campaign rallies about Obama […]

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Climate Change
In Just the Past Year, German CO2 Emissions fell by 33%, as Gas Replaced Coal

In Just the Past Year, German CO2 Emissions fell by 33%, as Gas Replaced Coal

The end for German Coal could come Sooner than anyone Expects

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Donald Trump
The Politics of Fear is intended to make us Dumb and Tribal, if we Let it

The Politics of Fear is intended to make us Dumb and Tribal, if we Let it

By Arash Javanbakht | – People have always used fear for intimidation of the subordinates or enemies, and shepherding the tribe by the leaders. Recently, […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Can Israel conceal War Crimes by Emptying its Archives?

Can Israel conceal War Crimes by Emptying its Archives?

By Motasem A Dalloul | Twitter: @abujomaaGaza | – In January 2018, +972 Magazine published an article outlining the reasons why Israel’s Chief Archivist Dr […]

Middle East Monitor

Colonialism
Putting the American in Somali-American: Why does Ilhan Omar put a Scare into the US Power Elite?

Putting the American in Somali-American: Why does Ilhan Omar put a Scare into the US Power Elite?

Reprint edition. By Juan Cole | – Trump has attempted to depict Rep. Ilhan Omar’s reformism as an expression of hatred for the US. It […]

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Donald Trump
Notorious Moments in Modern History when Dictators Sent their own Citizens "Back"

Notorious Moments in Modern History when Dictators Sent their own Citizens “Back”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s crowds have started chanting “Send her back!” referring to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a Somali-American who came as a […]

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