Last week, I had a chance to attend a talk by the eminent New York Times journalist and writer, Stephen Kinzer. Kinzer's talk centered on Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, the countries he wrote about in "Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America's Future." While discussing the relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, Kinzer mentioned about the deepening schism in relations between ...
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- 11.11.2013 14:18:00
... talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry provide an opening for broader discussions. But these measures do not include mediating and checking the ongoing efforts of feuding regional powers Qatar and Saudi Arabia, whose big money and disruptive tactics have joined with western interests to advance a parallel government and army in Syria. Earlier this year, U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, who was part of the negotiations along with ...
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- 15.09.2013 13:09:00
... third stage. This was a big global reshuffle as during the 1960s these powerhouses sold around 85% of the global crude oil – much more than modern OPEC at around 40%. Again, the third stage was followed by a transitional period of 1985 to 1986, as Saudi Arabia pushed for the net-back mechanism across not only petroleum products, but also crude oil. Saudis also began to reject officially manipulated prices by OPEC. We essentially see how net-forward is rejected in favour of net-back and crude oil ...
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- 13.09.2013 16:47:00