Surging Gas Prices & Oil Wars of US-Israel, Iran, Kuwait
Juan Cole Informed Comment On Saturday morning the US and/ or Israel attacked the Khuzestan Petrochemical Special Economic Zone at Mahshahr and several other petrochemical sites around Ahvaz, a city…
Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg Would Crash the World Economy
Juan Cole for Informed Comment President Donald J. Trump threatened Friday to destroy Iran’s major oil terminal on Kharg Island if Tehran continued to obstruct shipping through the Strait of…
Juan Cole, Trump and the Return of the White Man’s Burden
Intro by Tom Engelhardt, Article by Juan Cole Once again, the “President of Peace” Donald Trump who, while running for office in 2016, announced that “regime change is a proven,…
“Iran Will Decide When this Ends:” Juan Cole on Sam Seder’s “Majority Report”
Juan Cole for Informed Comment On Tuesday I was a guest on Sam Seder’s “Majority Report.” Sam and I have been having conversations about world affairs for a couple of…
Trump set off a Bomb in the Cockpit of the World Economy; Does Global Recession Loom?
Juan Cole for Informed Comment Oil prices hit $120 early Monday morning in Asia, for the first time since the initial shock of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.…
SCOTUS Tariff Ruling to Ease Solar Prices, as even GOP Voters Boost Sun Power
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment Although President Trump calls solar and wind power a “scam,” falsely alleges that they drive up electricity costs (the opposite is true), and has…
Electric Takeover: Türkiye Leaves the US in the Dust
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment Turkiye has become an ordinary European country when it comes to electric car and hybrid sales. In fact, it is the fourth largest market…
Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The Israeli authorities are still not permitting journalists into Gaza, even months after a supposed ceasefire. The big Western news corporations are taking this…
Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The Saudi-owned daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports that during a visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Riyadh, a multi-billion dollar investment by Saudi…
Turning Point: Wind and Solar Outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time
Wind, solar and hydro accounted for 47.1% of electricity generation, nearly half, in the Eurozone.
Why Trump’s Denunciations of the Iranian Killings Ring Fatally Hollow
Intro by Tom Engelhardt for Tom Dispatch At almost 82, I still walk six miles a day without fail. And sometimes now, when I’m walking in my city, New York,…
All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment It is admittedly summer in Australia, but this is ridiculous. SBS News reports, “Australia . . . claimed all of the top 15 hottest…