Fixing the Energy Mix on January 27, 2023The recent global energy supply and demand issue caused by the Russia-Ukraine situation has led to an abrupt shift toward balancing the use of available energy resources. The West has accelerated its shift to renewable energy along with non-renewable sources by focusing on diversifying its energy mix. According to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report, […]
Dimensions of the Budding China-Saudi Arabia Partnership on December 12, 2022Xi Jinping will visit Riyadh for three summits: a China-Gulf (GCC) summit, a China-Arab summit, and a China-Saudi summit. These summits are critical to advance cooperation between China and the Gulf states. The China-Saudi summit is of particular importance because it seems to be heralding new opportunities for Saudi Arabia and China to strengthen their […]
Fallout of the Russia-West Economic War of Attrition on December 8, 2022Renowned historian Adam Tooze has warned that the world faces a “Poly-Crisis”–a perfect storm of impending global financial and socioeconomic crises. The once-comprehensible map of the world order has turned into a tangled mess, giving rise to a series of economic challenges. The global economy was already under stress due to COVID-19, and the Russia-West […]