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Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast
China

Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast

Juan Cole

five miles off Dongying is where China Energy CHN Energy has located its $1.2 billion offshore solar panel array, the largest in the world

How to turn Extreme Weather Tragedies into Climate Victories

How to turn Extreme Weather Tragedies into Climate Victories

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Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions

Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions

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Yemen
Yemen in Flames

Yemen in Flames

The political situation in Yemen continued to deteriorate on Tuesday. Since Sunday, 50 protesters have been killed by troops and security forces in the country’s […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Time to Begin Leaving Afghanistan

Time to Begin Leaving Afghanistan

Memorial Day, in my view, should be a time of reflection not only on the sacrifices made for the nation in war but on whether […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Egypt Lets Palestinians of Gaza Circulate

Egypt Lets Palestinians of Gaza Circulate

The new, transitional Egyptian government formed in the wake of a popular revolt took a step on Saturday toward lifting the Israeli-induced blockade of the […]

Juan Cole

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The Revolution was not Televised: Gil Scott-Heron RIP

The Revolution was not Televised: Gil Scott-Heron RIP

Gil Scott-Heron is dead at 62. Ironically, his obituary will not be televised because television news became just what he predicted. In memoriam:

Juan Cole

Egypt
G8 ‘Marshall Plan’ for Arab Spring Nations Falls Short

G8 ‘Marshall Plan’ for Arab Spring Nations Falls Short

The 8 wealthiest industrial countries, meeting at the G-8, urged that the world give Egypt, Tunisia and liberated Libya (’emerging democracies in the Arab world’) […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Congress: Yankee Come Home; Iraq, Pakistan: Yankee Go Home

Congress: Yankee Come Home; Iraq, Pakistan: Yankee Go Home

Between 70,000 and 100,000 members of the Sadrist Shiite political bloc rallied in Baghdad on Thursday, demanding that the some 47,000 US troops still in […]

Juan Cole

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Israelis Support Obama over Bibi

Israelis Support Obama over Bibi

More evidence that Israel derangement syndrome is a malady among the American political class and a narrow sliver of the AIPAC elite, but that most […]

Juan Cole

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The Secret Patriot Act

The Secret Patriot Act

Dear Tea Party: If all your distrust of the federal government doesn’t cause you to vote against the so-called PATRIOT Act, your tea is weak. […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top 5 Arab Spring Stories Today

Top 5 Arab Spring Stories Today

1. Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his sons will stand trial for ordering deadly force to put down protesters in Egypt (several hundred were […]

Juan Cole

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