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• Sanctions Have Only Steeled Iran against US, and Given Power to China

  Published 04 November 2013 | viewed 11,060 times

  Washington sanctions on Iran have undermined the very goals that it would like to achieve. Rather than engaging Tehran, the sanctions are reinforcing the hardliners;…

• Has the Shale Bubble Already Burst?

  Published 26 August 2013 | viewed 30,341 times

  Just like the famous Gold Rushes of the 19th century, US shale gas development is turning out to be a limited and regional market opportunity.…

• Mexico’s Energy Reform, Likely to Disappoint Everyone

  Published 16 August 2013 | viewed 4,709 times

  On August 12th, Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto unveiled a plan to change the nation’s constitution in order to allow private investment into its oil…

• Saving the Environment: A Job for Everyone, or Just Developed Nations?

  Published 18 July 2013 | viewed 15,742 times

  The U.S.-China split over climate change centres on the relative responsibilities of developed and major developing nations. China, along with other developing nations, argue that…

• Japan and China Race to Invest in Africa’s Natural Resources

  Published 24 June 2013 | viewed 20,544 times

  The competition between China and Japan, the two economic heavyweights of East Asia, has now intensified at a time when both countries are hungrier than…

• Politics Beats Benefits as Europe Favours Nabucco Over South Stream

  Published 30 May 2013 | viewed 10,666 times

  Despite possessing better financing and greater energy benefits compared to its competitors (namely the Nabucco pipeline), the proposed South Stream pipeline has faced considerable opposition…

• 5 Geopolitical Risks Commodity Investors Must Be Wary of in 2013

  Published 28 January 2013 | viewed 8,741 times

  On January 14, Deutsche Bank published their 2013 market outlook in which they identified several geopolitical hotspots to worry investors and businesses. They include a…

• Which Economies Are Set to Soar in 2013?

  Published 14 January 2013 | viewed 12,119 times

  As the European Union mulls another year of economic stagnation and the United States a year of lacklustre and uncertain economic recovery, will emerging markets…

• Why Integrated Policies are Vital for Egypt's Energy Future

  Published 06 December 2012 | viewed 13,724 times

  Egypt’s energy sector, specifically its electricity, oil and natural gas subsectors, is a large, important and promising part of the national economy. Egypt faces the…

• Polluters Must Pay In 'The New Era Of Responsibility': Jeffrey Sachs

  Published 28 November 2012 | viewed 9,153 times

  In a momentous verdict last week, BP was ordered to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history for its role in the Deepwater Horizon…

• Why Liberia Has Not Been Able to Break its Resource Curse

  Published 24 November 2012 | viewed 64,547 times

  Liberia is a nation rich with natural resources including iron ore, gold, diamonds, natural rubber, vast forest for logging and timber harvesting, and vast agriculture…

• Is India About to Alter the World's Energy Future?

  Published 23 August 2012 | viewed 56,390 times

  Since 1951, the Indian government has somehow managed to fail in every single attempt to reach its annual target of increasing the nation’s electricity production…

• Will Africa's Resource Curse Continue?

  Published 09 August 2012 | viewed 9,053 times

  Resources should be a blessing, not a curse; yet contrary to common sense, resource-rich countries in Africa have tended to experience less economic growth in…

• Taking YPF from Repsol has only made Argentina's Energy Problems Worse

  Published 27 April 2012 | viewed 5,176 times

  Argentina’s decision to nationalise YPF – a subsidiary of Spanish energy company Repsol – has been met by international disapproval; though the Argentine government insists…

• A New Type of Capitalism is Needed to Protect the Environment

  Published 30 December 2011 | viewed 8,648 times

  The world’s major 3,000 corporations are responsible for a third of global environmental damage, but economists are divided in their views of how to stop…

• How Long Can the Spending in Afghanistan Continue?

  Published 03 August 2011 | viewed 7,430 times

  With all the debate in the United States over raising its debt ceiling, politicians and lawmakers are once again fighting over national spending. Democrats are…

• Yemen Petrol Crisis Causing Further Social Unrest

  Published 06 July 2011 | viewed 6,523 times

  Socio-economic problems have erupted in Yemen as the petrol crisis enters into its fifth month with little to no end in sight. The Yemeni oil…

• Severe Electricity Shortages Crippling East China’s Industrial Province

  Published 22 May 2011 | viewed 4,260 times

  In East China’s industrial province of Zhejiang there are 500,000 enterprises – and not enough electricity to run them all at the same time. Insiders…

• Egypt Looking to Re-Negotiate Israeli Natural Gas Deal

  Published 19 May 2011 | viewed 7,038 times

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani in London on May 8 to discuss Doha’s…

• Is the Commodities Bull Market Over?

  Published 11 May 2011 | viewed 7,102 times

  No sooner had we breathlessly reported April’s record highs for gold and silver, at over $1,500 and close to $50 per troy ounce respectively, than…