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A frozen conflict in the Caucasus reaches a boiling point
A s most of the industrial world and major powers focus on the conflicts in the Middle East, the obstinate behavior of North...
Why Taking the Tabqa Dam is Important in the Fight against ISIS and Retaking of Raqqa
Authors: Asaad H. Almohammad, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. This week U.S. Colonel Joseph E. Scrocca, a coalition public affairs officer and spokesman for...
Fayez al-Sarraj’s attempt to take hold of NOC
O n March 24 last, al-Sarraj dissolved his Petroleum Ministry and formally acquired direct control over the National Oil Company (NOC), namely the...
Vienna Accord and the Rising inventories
It has not been a happy story hitherto for oil markets as the prices continue to be under pressure. The recent inventory build-up of...
Reviewing the Libyan issue
A re we sure we have so far well-interpreted Libya’s scenario, its strategic balances and the nature of our real interests in that...
Russia in Libya
A few days ago the press reported that dozens of Russian military "contractors", supplied by the RSB Group, were already operating in...
The implications of Pakistan and India’s permanent membership of the SCO
T he next Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan in June 2017, when India and Pakistan are likely...
Strong Headwinds for Oil Ahead
The oil markets have just received a long awaited yet unexpected jolt. “No one is yawning now”, as an article in New York Times...
King Salman Goes to Southeast Asia
L ast week, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud kicked off a month-long tour in Asia in a bid to win...
All breaking beds of our most favoured aggressor
2 017 will be a challenging year for Saudi Arabia, who is losing its leadership in the Middle East and faces looming economic...