Why Russia may be a smart business partner for Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir famously lamented that Moses "took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one...
Donald Trump becomes the choice of the Republican establishment
The 2016 presidential campaign is being driven by two politicians whose names are not on any ballot: Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. The Republican...
El Nino's end offers ray of hope for the distillate market
Britain's Labour Party adopted the song "Things can only get better" as its campaign anthem for the 1997 general election, expressing the party's ambitions...
Abbas has little choice but to end US boycott
Palestine’s leadership made a very difficult decision in December 2017. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is also chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization...
Stormy weather ahead but Saudi banks remain strong
The downgrading of Saudi banks by Moody’s on the 14 May comes as no surprise given the twin stresses of low oil prices and...
Super Tuesday victories are nice, but Trump was already a 'winner'
"We have expanded the Republican Party," Donald Trump declared in Palm Beach, Florida, as he discussed his Super Tuesday primary wins. "We are going...
Catalonia and Iraqi Kurdistan: A time of disenchantment
Obviously, the circumstances of the separatists in Catalonia and Iraqi Kurdistan have nothing in common since the political and geographical situations are different. But...
Turkey’s foreign policy concerns are immune to coronavirus crisis
I wondered, few days ago, what issues might be dominating Turkish politics and society had the coronavirus outbreak not happened?
It would be unrealistic to...
Iranian regime facing a three-dimensional crisis
The Iranian regime is currently facing the highest level of pressure it has experienced in decades. It is encountering three major problems, which are...
"Britain's motorists should thank Saudi's Al-Naimi for cheap fuel"
Britain's motorists have Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi to thank as the country's supermarkets cut the price of petrol to less than one pound...
