Category Archives: Iran

Freedom on the Net 2022 Ratings by Country

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Freedom on the Internet and in social media in 2021-22 shows that only 18% of global internet users are assessed as Free, 34% as Partly Free, and 37% as Not Free.  11% are in countries that were not assessed.  The … Continue reading →

Posted in Affairs of State, Algorithms, Big Data, China, Communications, Cybersecurity, Democracy, Democracy Ratings, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Assemble, Freedom to Petition, Freedoms, Infrastructure, Iran, Middle East, NATO, Putin, Religion, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Nations | Leave a comment

Democracy Survey Details of Countries of Current Concern

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

We go back to the International Democracy Survey of 2022 and focus in more detail on countries of current concern to understand how they have entrapped and suppressed their populations to live in dictatorships. The first two components are the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 Election, Affairs of State, California Oil, Democracy, Democracy Ratings, Economies, First Amendment, Fossil Fuel Energy, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Assemble, Freedom to Petition, Freedoms, Gasoline, Immigration Policy, Iran, Middle East, Natural Gas, Oil, Politics, Putin, Religion, Russia, Saudi Oil Imports, Ukraine, US Oil, World Oil Exports, World Oil Usage, Yemen | Tagged | Leave a comment

Russians, Look Up! Every Time Putin Makes a Nuclear Threat, It is Also Against You.

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Russians Look Up:  Every Time Putin Makes a Nuclear Threat, It is Also Against You Nobody knows, but Ukraine, the US, Russia, and all other major countries must be making plans for a response to whatever kind of nuclear attack … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Iran, NATO, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Putin, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine | Leave a comment

Total Covid Deaths and Percent Reported for the Most Populous Countries

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Total Covid Deaths and Percent Reported for the Most Populous Countries The WHO is working on a report on Covid Total Deaths in countries in contrast to the Reported Deaths in many countries.  It is based on the IHME report, … Continue reading →

Posted in Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health Care, IHME Projections, Iran, Vaccine Distributions, Variants of Covid-19 | Leave a comment

Sanctioning Russian Oil Exports

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Russian Oil Exports to Europe, China, and the US The oil scene in round numbers is that the World is about to use 100 million barrels per day (mbpd), where a barrel is 42 gallons and makes 19.2 gallons of … Continue reading →

Posted in Autos, California Oil, China, Climate Change, Climate Science, Energy Efficiency, Fossil Fuel Energy, Iran, Middle East, Oil, Saudi Oil Imports, Ukraine, US Oil, World Oil Exports, World Oil Usage | Leave a comment

The International Democracy Survey of 2022

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

For most countries, there are few changes from the Survey of 2021, which we recently put up.  The 2022 survey includes events through 2021.  The 2022 Survey is at V-dem.org.  It is a compilation of ratings from 0 to 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Election, 2022 Election, Congress, Congressional Investigation, Democracy, Democracy Ratings, Equal Treatment Under the Law, Equality of Opportunity Project, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Assemble, Freedom to Petition, Freedoms, Impeachment, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Politics, Russia, Trump Administration, Ukraine, Upward Mobility, Voting Rights | Leave a comment

Putin’s Nuclear Threats, and the Danger of Authoritarians with Nuclear Powers

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Putin’s Nuclear Threats and the Danger of Authoritarians with Nuclear Powers Putin has now put his nuclear forces on alert, although there is no evidence of any threats to Russia or Russian forces in Ukraine from NATO or nuclear powers.  … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Iran, North Korea, North Korea Nuclear Threat, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Trump's Mental Health, Voting Rights, VP Pence | Leave a comment

The Democracy Index 2021 Summary

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Democracy Index 2021 Summary This is produced yearly by The Economist Intelligence Unit, based on 60 indicators in 5 categories.  Each category is rated 0-10, and then the overall score is their average.  We focus on those by size … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Democracy, Democracy Ratings, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Assemble, Freedom to Petition, Freedoms, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, North Korea Nuclear Threat, Putin, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, Voting Rights | Leave a comment

Dictatorships and Their Control of Nuclear Weapons

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Dictatorships and Their Control of Nuclear Weapons Today, I and 200 other scientists attended talks by citizen nuclear experts of the Union of Concerned Scientists.  Steve Fetter of Princeton, former Assistant Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, North Korea Nuclear Threat, Nuclear Weapons, Public Confidence, Trump Administration, Trump Insurrection, Trump's Mental Health | Tagged | Leave a comment

We Welcome the New World of Science in the USA

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Thank God the darkness is over. As a science writer, we welcome not only the restoration of science by real scientists, but even its elevation to a cabinet position. I was taught that scientists were only supposed to report on … Continue reading →

Posted in Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Economies, EPA, Fossil Fuel Energy, Health Care, Iran, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Renewable Energy, Science and Engineering Education, Science Funding, Trump Administration | Leave a comment