Emiratis are publicly celebrating and Qataris are privately mourning, but Donald Trump’s sacking of Rex Tillerson is unlikely to shift US policy on the row between Saudi Arabia, the UAE and their regional rival Qatar, according to analysts. On Tuesday, Trump announced on Twitter he was firing Tillerson, citing the now former secretary of state’s…
As one nuclear crisis winds down in Asia (maybe) is President Donald Trump laying the foundations for a new nuclear crisis in the Middle East? On Thursday, March 8, came the surprise news that President Donald Trump had accepted an invitation to meet with Kim Jong-un of North Korea. South Korean National Security Advisor Chung…
Summary The US dollar enjoys a special privilege in the world due to its dominance in the global oil trade. The agreement that created this dominance was predicated on the United States being the largest oil importer in the world, which is no longer the case. China is rolling out a new gold-backed yuan oil…
