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Killing Jamal Khashoggi Was Easy. Explaining It Is Much Harder
By Philip M. GIRALDI
18.10.2018
Getting to the bottom of the Jamal Khashoggi disappearance is a bit like peeling an onion. It is known that Khashoggi...
Raised eyebrows in Moscow as Saudi crown prince predicts Russia &...
6 Oct, 2018
The Saudi crown prince believes that Russia will “disappear” from the oil market within 20 years, giving China only five years tops...
Britain and the Black Gold of Mesopotamia
by Jacques R. Pauwels
October 5, 2018
The First World War was a contest between two blocs of imperialist powers, whereby a major goal was the...
Germany Can’t Give Up on Cooperation With Russia in Oil and...
24.08.2018
Germany has greenlighted the Nord Stream 2 project to bring Russian gas to Europe and is under strong pressure from the US, which warns...
Five-nation deal paves way for tapping Caspian riches
Five states sharing Caspian shoreline sign deal on legal status of inland body of water, agreeing to keep it exclusive.
12 Aug 2018
The leaders of...
Climate Scientist: California Wildfires Are Faster, Stronger, Deadlier & Will Continue...
August 02, 2018
In California, tens of thousands of residents have been forced to evacuate as deadly wildfires continue to rage across the state. The...
Trump’s Iran Gambit Won’t Pay Off
By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
It is as clear as day that President Trump is obsessed with regime change in Iran. What is not made clear is...
New Actors Could Be Drawn into Israel’s Coming War With Hezbollah
The looming showdown between Israel and Hezbollah will be nothing like the last. A new cadre of battle-tested Hezbollah fighters returning from Syria and...
Interests, Russia, Greece and Turkey: Only history exists
By Doctor William Mallinson*
Athens, 7 April 2018
Ever since at least 1791, when English Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger denounced Russia for seeking to...
The Petroyuan Is Here and Global Oil Markets Have Reacted Positively
by Adam Garrie
2018-03-26
This morning, history was made as China began trading Yuan denominated oil futures contracts on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange. According to Liu...