Oil Wars on the Horizon CounterPunch | Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade or so since World War I, and smaller engagements have erupted every few years; a flare-up or two in 2012, then, would be part o...
A history of the world, BRIC by BRIC Al Jazeera | Goldman Sachs - via economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 - invented the concept of a rising new bloc: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and, later, South Africa). Some cynics couldn't help calling it the "Bloody Ridiculous Investment Concept". | Now that doesn't really apply. Goldman now the BRICS...
US firms eye Myanmar as sanctions suspended Gulf News | Washington/Hong Kong: The suspension of US sanctions barring investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms in the poor southeast Asian state gives a green light to US firms queuing to scout for business in one of the last frontier ma...
Spain stretched in trying to reach for the sun Gulf News | Alburquerque, Spain: When officials in Madrid slashed support for alternative-energy programmes this year as part of the campaign of government austerity sweeping Europe, ripples quickly hit this rural town with the cancellation of plans for a...
Ancient Silk Road revived with soaring trade volumes Gulf News | Dubai: The so-called New Silk Road continues to fascinate policymakers and analysts as rising Asian economic power seals its imprint on this century. | This "east-east" corridor, named after ancient trade routes linking Asia with the Midd...
UAE seeks to increase energy exports to India Gulf News | New Delhi: The UAE has expressed its keenness to increase its energy exports as well as downstream investments in India, Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan said. | "We would like to see more UAE energy exports to India ...
Oil Wars on the Horizon CounterPunch | Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade or so since World War I, and smaller engagements have erupted every few years...
The Energy Wars Heat Up Huffington Post | Six Recent Clashes and Conflicts on a Planet Heading Into Energy Overdrive | Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com | Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars...
The Energy Wars Heat Up Middle East Online | Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade or so since World War I, and smaller engagements have erupted every few years; ...
A history of the world, BRIC by BRIC Al Jazeera | Goldman Sachs - via economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 - invented the concept of a rising new bloc: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and, later, South Africa). Some cynics couldn't help calling it the "Bloody Ridiculous Investment Concept". | Now that doesn't really apply. Goldman now the BRICS countries to account for almost 40 per cent of gl...
