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Opportunities Abound After Khashoggi-Gate
Opportunities Abound After Khashoggi-Gate Every crisis is also an opportunity. Don’t worry I’m not about to go all Rahm Emmanuel, Mr. Realpolitik, on you today. The disappearance/death/dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi is both a crisis and an opportunity for the worst people in the world. And all of them are seizing the day, as it were. […]
The Khashoggi Extortion Fiasco:
The Khashoggi Extortion Fiasco: A mystifying diplomatic escalation ensued following the disappearance of Saudi Washington Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi, after visiting the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Why would the United States of America make such a fuss over the disappearance of a non-American citizen? Why would America turn a blind eye to the Saudi […]
Oil’s $133 Billion Black Market
Oil’s $133 Billion Black Market Oil is still the world’s leading energy source, with growing demand, a fluctuating pricing system, and much of its production in volatile regions. The oil market’s value is larger than the world’s valuable raw metal markets combined, with an annual production valued at US$1.7 trillion. A flourishing black market is […]
Ban Saudi Oil
Ban Saudi Oil Alfred Eisenstaedt Egyptian Fishing Boats. Suez Canal near Port Said 1935 According to Middle East Eye, Richard Branson, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Economist editor-In-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, New York Times, Financial Times, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshah, Viacom CEO Bob Bakish and AOL founder Steve Case have all […]
The Killing of Saudi Journalist Khashoggi Could Spell the End for Mohammad bin Salman
The Killing of Saudi Journalist Khashoggi Could Spell the End for Mohammad bin Salman The death of famous journalist Saudita Jamal Khashoggi is likely to have important repercussions, revealing the hypocrisy of the mainstream media, tensions inside the Saudi regime, and the double standards of Western countries. On October 2nd, 2018, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi […]
Is This the Beginning of the End of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance?
Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE U.S.-SAUDI ALLIANCE? THE DISAPPEARANCE OF Jamal Khashoggi last Tuesday is threatening to upend the terms of the decades-long alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia. In the nine days since Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian resident of Virginia and a Washington Post columnist, […]
Lynching Journalists
Lynching Journalists Washington Post Global Opinions correspondent, Jamal Khashoggi, who is Saudi, entered his country’s consulate in Istanbul Tuesday of last week and hasn’t been seen since. Worse, Turkish officials say that Khashoggi was killed inside the consulate, his body dismembered, and then sneaked out of the building—lynched, you might say, and then disappeared, instead of […]
Déjà vu: the gas conflict around Cyprus is getting worse
Déjà vu: the gas conflict around Cyprus is getting worse In early October, the Cypriot government invited tenders for gas extraction in Block 7.1)Ankara believes that this step impairs the interests of both Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots and announced that remedial measures will be taken, which might entail an escalation of tensions in this […]
US-Saudi Relations Enter Unchartered Waters
US-Saudi Relations Enter Unchartered Waters The disappearance of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi in mysterious circumstances while on a visit to his country’s consulate in Istanbul last Tuesday still remains unexplained. The plot is thickening by the day. The latest reports suggest that he may not even be alive. The Istanbul Prosecutor has ordered an […]
“Preplanned Murder”: Turkey Says 15-Member Saudi Hit Team Murdered Journalist Inside Consulate
“Preplanned Murder”: Turkey Says 15-Member Saudi Hit Team Murdered Journalist Inside Consulate In a shocking twist to an already mysterious and bizarre saga, Turkish investigators say they believe that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul after he entered on routine business four days ago. Khashoggi’s fiance, who was waiting outside […]
Think You’re Prepared For The Next Crisis? Think Again.
BLOG Think You’re Prepared For The Next Crisis? Think Again. Even the best-laid preparations have failure points No plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force. ~ Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. ~ Mike Tyson Scottish […]
Loans Sour in Turkey, Inflation Hits 25%, Interest Rates Spike, Fears of Contagion Rise
Loans Sour in Turkey, Inflation Hits 25%, Interest Rates Spike, Fears of Contagion Rise The economic miracle fueled by foreign-currency debt. The Bank of Turkey’s decision mid-September to hike its policy rate from 17.75% to 24% may have temporarily stemmed the rout in the Turkish lira, but the hiatus is now over. This week, the […]
Wikileaks: To Weaken Iran, US Undermined Democratic Elements of Syrian Opposition to Empower Radical Groups
Wikileaks: To Weaken Iran, US Undermined Democratic Elements of Syrian Opposition to Empower Radical Groups While seven years have come and gone since the leaked document was written by USMC intelligence, little has changed when it comes to the U.S.’ long-standing goals in Syria and its callous disregard for the will of the Syrian people […]
“Shocking” Turkish Inflation Hits 15 Year High, Unleashing Stagflationary Shockwave; Lira Plunges
“Shocking” Turkish Inflation Hits 15 Year High, Unleashing Stagflationary Shockwave; Lira Plunges A few days ago we discussed how soaring oil prices have been a stagflationary double whammy to emerging markets, which have been hit not only by a surging dollar, resulting in a collapse in local currencies and spiking import costs, but a spike […]
Fragility of Middle East alliances becomes ever more apparent
Fragility of Middle East alliances becomes ever more apparent Three recent developments lay bare the fragility of Middle Eastern alliances and a rebalancing of their priorities: the Russian-Turkish compromise on an assault on the rebel-held Syrian region of Idlib, the fate of troubled Abu Dhabi airline Ettihad, and battles over reconstruction of Syria. These developments […]
