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Slippery Negotiations: The Give and Take of Oil Contracts in Foreign Countries
When oil prices spiraled much higher in global markets between 2003 and 2008, the governments of several oil-producing nations — including Algeria, Bolivia, China, Ecuador, Russia and Venezuela —...
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Iraq’s Oil Surge Could Threaten the Saudis: Bloomberg
Though there was no major dissension at OPEC’s Dec. 12 meeting in Vienna, there were signs that Saudi Arabia and Iraq are headed for a face-off over how much oil to pump. Before the start of the...
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World Politics After the Boom in Unconventional Energy
The energy map of the world is being redrawn — and the global geopolitical order is adrift in consequence. We are moving away from a world dominated by a few energy mega-suppliers, such as Russia,...
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Chavez Is Gone. Where Does This Leave Venezuela?
To be sure, Chávez’s boldness partially helped inspire pride and political self-confidence in the region, in addition to revitalizing the dream of leftist revolution in Latin America. Chávez’s...
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China Looks for Overseas Oil Wells, as US Looks At Home
China could overtake the United States as the world’s largest oil importer earlier than expected, while US net oil imports continue to drop due to its booming domestic supply — a remarkable shift...
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How China Propped Up Chávez
Hugo Chávez, resplendent in crisply pressed fatigues and paratrooper boots with red shoelaces, had a very special guest. Meeting him that day in mid-September 2011 in Caracas was the world’s most...
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Democracy And Woman Power
For too long, women were viewed as victims — of discrimination and illiteracy, of violence, and confined to deferential positions in society because of once-unbreakable cultural and religious...
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U.N. Overwhelmingly Approves Global Arms Trade Treaty: Reuters
The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first treaty on the global arms trade, which seeks to regulate the $70 billion business in conventional arms and keep weapons...
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The Rise Of The Middle Classes
For months now, protestors have gathered in the capitals of many developing nations—Turkey, Ukraine, Thailand, Venezuela, Malaysia, and Cambodia, among others—in demonstrations united by some key...
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China’s Big Dip In South America
Global TimesFiled under: China Tagged: Aid, Argentina, banking, Brazil, BRIC, Cuba, diplomacy, foreign relations, Latin America, manufacturing, mining, Politics, South America, strategic partnership,...
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China Steps Into the Latin American Void Trump Has Left Behind
Latin Americans can’t afford to wait four years to see when the United States will be willing to have an honest and reciprocal conversation about economic prosperity in the Western Hemisphere. Luckily...
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China’s Great Leap Into Latin America
China’s interest in Latin America is both economic and strategic. It was the accelerating Chinese economy’s voracious appetite for raw materials that keyed its entry to the region, a land of plenty...
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How The Rest Of The World Heard Trump’s UN Speech
In his sovereignty-centric speech Tuesday to the UN General Assembly, President Donald Trump threatened to “totally destroy North Korea”; called Iran “a corrupt dictatorship” whose “chief exports are...
View ArticleFrom Bitcoin to Belize, Here Are Best And Worst Assets Of 2017
It was a great year for copper, Ukrainian stocks, palladium. Uzbekistan’s currency, Venezuelan bonds and sugar not so much. It was a great year to hold bitcoin, but a bad time to have been invested in...
View ArticleTrump’s disruptive Foreign Policy Will Be Tested In Four Major ways This Month
February brings the most significant series of tests yet of whether President Trump can transform his disruptive U.S. foreign policy into concrete outcomes. The four to watch most closely are:...
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