Iraq Signs Preliminary Gas Deal With Turkmenistan
October 9th, 2023
Via Energy Daily, a report that Iraq has signed a ‘preliminary’ gas deal with Turkmenistan Iraq on Friday signed an initial agreement with Turkmenistan to import much-needed gas for the country’s insufficient and dilapidated electricity grid, officials said.They added that talks are still needed to arrange transport through Iran. Iraq, ravaged by decades of conflict […]
Read more »Sudan’s Economic War Intensifies As Sanctions Widen
October 9th, 2023
Via Middle East Eye, an article on Sudan’s economic war: The war in Sudan has been raging for close to six months, with the Sudanese army and its partner turned enemy, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary, fighting in arenas far beyond the battlefield. The conflict extends to supply lines, media confrontations, international relations, the cultural sphere and, most […]
Read more »Clean Energy Projects Are Booming Everywhere. Except in Poor Nations.
October 7th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on clean energy projects in developing countries like Congo where a big obstacle is the lack of loans, a subject of intense disagreement between richer and poorer countries. But in Congo, a hard-fought solar investment shows a possible path forward. The world is racing ahead with enormous […]
Read more »Mongolia’s Search for a Third Way
October 7th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, commentary on what the U.S. can offer a country stuck between China and Russia: The visit in early July of Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov to Beijing would have gone largely unnoticed but for an unexpected announcement. Krasnov revealed that he and his Chinese colleagues had discussed the need to counteract […]
Read more »Riyadh: An Emerging Global Cuisine Hub
October 7th, 2023
Via Arab News, a report on Riyadh’s ascent on the international gastronomic scene: “Gastronomic explosion” has accompanied Saudi capital’s transition from administrative capital to vibrant metropolis Experts see immense potential benefits for Riyadh, and the Kingdom as a whole, from global expertise and exposure Saudi Arabia’s capital is experiencing what is best described as a “gastronomic […]
Read more »Syria’s Economic Woes Create New Fractures and Power Struggles
October 6th, 2023
Courtesy of Rane’s STRATFOR Worldview, an updated look at Syria’s economic woes: In Syria, growing economic distress and frozen reconstruction efforts are threatening the legitimacy of established actors, in turn providing space for extremists to exploit. Fighting in Syria has dramatically declined as the frontlines of the civil war have largely been frozen since 2020. But […]
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