Shaky monarchies, strategic pressures, and threats to energy and shipping
The failure to date by oil- and gas-rich Persian...
Tags: civil war in Syria, Egypt, gas, Global Brief, Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran, Iran's nuclear programme, Israël, James Dorsey, Libya, Middle East security, oil, Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf security, Qatar, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
In the days to come, the world will come to learn whether the Republic of Sudan â Africaâs and the Arab worldâs largest...
Tags: China, civil war, Comprehensie Peace Agreement, Dinka, Egypt, John Garang, Juba, Khartoum, Lamu, oil, Omar al-Bashir, Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, secession, South Sudan, South Sudan People's Liberation Movement, Southern Sudan Referendum Commission, SPLM, Sudan, Sudan referendum, The National Congress Party, UN Mission in Darfur
On oilâs collapse and the Middle Eastâs plunge into irrelevance - maybe
If the Middle East did not sit on half of the...