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Transforming the Global Economy: A Key Role for the IFIs
The increasing importance of regional factors in the global economy raises the need for international coordination, including via IFIs, most notably the regional development...
Toward a China-Russia axis?
China and Russia spent the last decade strengthening their mutual trade, political and military ties, developing energy infrastructure in Russian territory and uninterruptedly consolidating...
The Angolan Factor in China’s Relations with Africa
Background of resource-rich Angola:
Falling into the category of ‘richest poor countries’, Angola, located on the Western Atlantic Coast of Southern Africa is home to...
The Messy Fate of Coal: War, Heat, and Instability Delay a Global Phaseout
As Europe becomes increasingly divorced from Russian natural gas, Germany, Austria, Italy, Denmark, the UK, and the Netherlands recently announced plans to restart phased-out...
Is Europe Treading Toward a Recession?
Europe is in a paradox; I’m not even talking about the war in Ukraine. But the insinuation is interrelated. This crisis dovetails with the...
Despite its High Interest, Russia Achieves Little in Oil and Gas Sector in Africa
According to the World Bank, Russia holds the world's largest natural gas reserves, the second largest coal reserves, and the eighth largest oil reserves....
Biden’s Middle East Tour: A Mockery of the American Foreign Policy
From pledging to make the country a pariah state to fist-bumping with an alleged murderer shrouded as a crown prince, the US foreign policy...
Funding and Policy Challenges Facing Africa’s Petroleum Industry
Editor's Note: Modern Diplomacy, along with Global Leaders especially OPEC members, mourns Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General, whose unexpected death occurred early this...
Biden goes to Riyadh: Realism may not need to trump principle
At the core of a US policy debate over the merits of President Joe Biden's pilgrimage, this week to the Middle East lies the...
The Colder War: How The Global Energy Trade Slipped From America’s Grasp- Book Review
The Colder War: How The Global Energy Trade Slipped From America’s Grasp. Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New Jersey 2015.
Marin Katusa’s brilliant forethought...