The enthusiasm of some Americans to punish Saudi Arabia for voting in favor of the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production by 2 million barrels on October 5 in Vienna seems similar to the excitement associated with sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, according to the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat. This is one of the opinions…
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden issued his national security strategy, which boasted, among other things, of his country’s unique capacity to “defend democracy around the world”. One of the standout phrases of this unashamed piece of geopolitical fiction was this one: “We are forging creative new ways to work in common cause with partners…
The White House’s recent policies in the Middle East show that the United States is increasingly losing ground in the region every day. The recent visit of US President Joe Biden to Saudi Arabia was undeniable proof of this. In fact, this is happening to the US not only in the Middle East, but everywhere….
Everyone should have seen this coming, and those who didn’t don’t deserve to be described as “experts”. Palpable panic has spread across the Western expert community as previously presumed gurus scramble to explain why Saudi Arabia agreed to cut oil production alongside Russia during Wednesday’s OPEC+ Summit in Vienna. The conventional wisdom up until this…
Some analysts and politicians are saying the EU has sorted out its energy problems – but that’s not entirely true Amid the European Union’s looming energy crisis and attendant signs of social unrest, some are now painting a rosier picture of what’s in store for the bloc. Journalists and academics are now pointing to a…
Russia, along with OPEC and its allies, has cooperated closely on oil production policy in the face of Western-imposed sanctions on Russia following the ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine which began in February. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is headed by Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais, who said on August 18 that the…
