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The Unexpected Winner of the Iran War? Green Energy in Asia and Europe
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The Unexpected Winner of the Iran War? Green Energy in Asia and Europe

Neil Thompson

China’s decision to invest in a transition to a green economy has also helped buffer it from the Iran War Fall-Out

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus (HRW)

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus (HRW)

03/10/2026 By Human Rights Watch

Anti-Iran Policy as a Sacred Mission of Israeli Propagandists

Anti-Iran Policy as a Sacred Mission of Israeli Propagandists

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Islam
Fadlallah’s Life and the Shiite Wave

Fadlallah’s Life and the Shiite Wave

The death of Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husain Fadlallah at age 75 in Beirut marks the passing of a cleric revered by many Shiite Muslims and […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
On Fourth of July, Let Iraq Go

On Fourth of July, Let Iraq Go

The Fourth of July celebrates the Declaration of Independence of the American colonies of Great Britain, on the grounds that they deserved representative government and […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Steele blames Obama for Afghanistan, Defends Iraq War

Steele blames Obama for Afghanistan, Defends Iraq War

Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele has provoked a furor by remarks he made on President Obama’s Afghanistan policy at a GOP fundraiser in Noank, […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Fundamentalist bombings of Lahore mystical Shrine leave 42 Dead, 175 Wounded

Fundamentalist bombings of Lahore mystical Shrine leave 42 Dead, 175 Wounded

The FT says that at least two suicide bombers struck at the shrine of medieval Sufi master Datta Ganj Bakhsh (Sayyid Ali Hujwiri), the patron […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Hurricane Alex Halts Efforts to Deal with Gulf Oil Gusher

Hurricane Alex Halts Efforts to Deal with Gulf Oil Gusher

VOA reports that the oil skimming ships are gone. The booms protecting islands and marshes have been torn from their anchors. Sand bags have been […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
June Deadliest Month for NATO in Afghanistan; <br/> Congress cuts Civilian Aid by $4 bn.

June Deadliest Month for NATO in Afghanistan;
Congress cuts Civilian Aid by $4 bn.

As the Senate confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as commander of US troops in Afghanistan, CNN estimated that 101 NATO troops (including Americans) were killed in […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Petraeus confirmed Quickly by Committee; <br/> Seminary rioting, Jalabad Airport Bombings

Petraeus confirmed Quickly by Committee;
Seminary rioting, Jalabad Airport Bombings

The LAT reports on the lightning speed with which the Senate Armed Forces Committee confirmed the appointment of Gen. David Petraeus as commander of US […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Turkey Forbids Israeli Military Overflights

Turkey Forbids Israeli Military Overflights

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday in Toronto in the wake of the G20 conference that Turkey will no longer routinely give Israeli […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Walthen: I saw 100 Dolphins in the Oil, some Dying

Walthen: I saw 100 Dolphins in the Oil, some Dying

John L. Walthen and companions take a helicopter trip out over the Gulf of Mexico. “This was the most emotionally disturbing video I have ever […]

Juan Cole

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