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What’s Behind Ukraine’s Secret Weapons Deal With The UAE?
By Eric Zuesse U.S. President Barack Obama apparently is going ahead with his plan for NATO missiles to be placed in Ukraine aimed against Moscow, but found a way to do it that won’t violate the warnings by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin against Washington’s directly supplying those arms to Ukraine (such as is demanded of Obama … Continue reading
Ukraine Reaches Agreement With UAE To Buy ‘Defensive’ Weapons
Ukraine is set to buy what it calls “defensive weapons” from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as Western nations have been hesitant to provide arms to aid Kiev’s forces against separatists. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced on Tuesday that a deal on military and technical cooperation with the UAE had been reached during his visit to the International … Continue reading
In Saudi Arabia, Could An Adversary Become A Partner?
By Stratfor Global Intelligence In spite of recent media leaks and statements, it is unlikely that Saudi Arabia will strategically alter its opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood. The rhetorical softening of the new monarch’s position toward the Islamist movement is instead part of efforts to better manage Saudi Arabia’s regional challenges. In order to effectively … Continue reading
Saudi Arabia: S&P Lowers Outlook On Oil Price Negative Trend
S&P Rating agency has lowered the outlook for Saudi Arabia to negative at the back of sliding oil prices. The country is the world’s top oil exporter. The agency maintained its sovereign credit rating for the kingdom due to the country’s very solid fiscal condition and despite the substantial deficit planned. S&P also stated that “… … Continue reading
How Long Can Gulf Nations Endure Low Oil Prices?
By Jennifer Hunt University of Sydney In his first royal decree, Saudi Arabia’s newly crowned King Salman announced two-month bonuses for state employees, pensioners, students, and recipients of social service programs (that is, everyone in the country with a Saudi passport). It adds billions of dollars’ worth of spending to a budget already hit hard … Continue reading
The Saudis: Oil, ISIS, And Revolution
Loretta Napoleoni: Little will change after death of King Abdullah, but the Saudis cannot sustain low oil prices for much longer; they have lost control of ISIS; and their big fear is revolution. . Video: An interview with Loretta Napoleoni, an Italian journalist and political analyst whom is an expert on the financing of terrorism and is known … Continue reading
World’s Cheapest Electricity To Be Produced In Dubai
By Sputnik Dubai has launched an ambitious solar power plant project planning to produce up to 1,000 megawatts of the world’s cheapest electricity by 2030. “Dubai Electricity & Water Authority [DEWA] awarded a contract to build the 200-megawatt plant to a group led by Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power International. The 1.2 billion dirham ($330 million) generating station will be completed in April 2017,” Bloomberg … Continue reading
‘If OPEC Members Keep Defending Their Share, All Of Them Will Lose’
The oil price will continue to decline and all OPEC countries will lose, unless they stop defending their individual shares in the global market and agree on cutting production, World Bank oil and energy consultant Mamdouh Salameh told RT. RT: The Iranian president has implied that OPEC producers are tanking the prices on purpose. Do … Continue reading
Russia’s Putin, Venezuela’s Maduro To Meet For Talks On Oil, Finance – TASS
Russian President Vladimir Putin is due on Thursday to hold talks with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, who will arrive in Russia on a working visit, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. “In fact, President Putin plans to hold such a meeting on Thursday,” Peskov said, confirming earlier reports from Venezuelan sources. The sides will … Continue reading
Saudi Prince Says Oil Will ‘Never Reach $100 Per Barrel Again’
Amid the plunge in oil prices, Saudi billionaire businessman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal in a recent interview late on Monday with Maria Bartiromo in the USA Today said that oil prices will never reach $100 per barrel again. Markets responded, and oil prices crashed over 3% to levels that have not been seen in six years. The Saudi Prince who … Continue reading
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