Hegseth Compares D-Day Troops to Europe’s Migrants
Juan Cole Informed Comment Whiskey Pete Hegseth, speaking 82 years after the Allied storming of the beaches of Nazi-occupied France, appears to have sided with . . . the Nazis.…
Hormuz Jolts S. Korea to Grow Wind&Solar 3X by 2030 to 100 GW
Juan Cole for Informed Comment South Korea, the world’s 13th largest economy, spends more of its gross domestic product to import fossil fuels than almost any other country on earth,…
Trump blasts Netanyahu as Iran Talks Stall over Beirut
Juan Cole Informed Comment Monday began with a statement issued by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs cautioning that the United States and Israel, by their egregious violations of the…
Hormuz Crisis hits Asia and Africa Hard, Spurs EV Buying
Juan Cole Informed Comment The release of massive strategic petroleum reserves in the US, China and Europe, along with austerity measures around the world, have kept the Hormuz crisis from…
South Lebanon’s History of Resistance
Juan Cole for Informed Comment The Israeli destruction of south Lebanon, with Bint Jbeil having been apparently wiped off the face of the earth, and some of Nabatieh in ruins…
China exports 68 GW of Solar PV amid Hormuz Energy Crisis
Juan Cole Informed Comment The Ember energy think tank reports the numbers for China’s green energy exports this spring and they are mind-blowing. The Hormuz energy crisis is having predictable…
Araghchi: BRICS look at Iran with Different Eyes after “American Failure”
Juan Cole for Informed Comment The BRICS (a broad geopolitical group including Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and United Arab Emirates) held a…
The Electric Car Is the Only Winner in the Latest Iran War
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum Juan Cole After British troops had beaten German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s tank forces at the Second Battle of El Alamein…
Putin to Iran: You Are Fighting Courageously for Independence and Sovereignty
Juan Cole for Informed Comment Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg for 90 minutes as part of his attempt to…
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…