All eyes will be on the outcomes of Tuesday’s meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un. Happening on the neutral grounds of Singapore, this will be the first-ever meeting between the US and North Korea’s top leaders in the last many decades. Trump and Kim reached Singapore separately…
Weeks after Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has threatened to impose some of the strongest sanctions on Iran. Terming them as ‘strongest in history’, Pompeo has urged Iran to immediately stop its missile tests, halt its entire nuclear programs and to withdraw its…
When last December the Iraqi government declared victory over the co-called Islamic State group (IS), many in Iraq and elsewhere spoke of a new era of peace and reconstruction. Haider al-Abadi, prime minister, attributed the defeat of IS to “unity”, and the parliament election of May 12 would, many hoped, give a new political impetus…
The recent move of the US president Donald Trump, intended to terminate the 2015-nuclear pact with Iran, has further escalated the environment of uncertainty in the region. Besides indicating toward the upcoming instability and disturbed geopolitical equations in the region, this termination also holds many long-term economic repercussions. After months of speculations and negotiations, on…
During the Cold War, the then-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States had different foreign policies in the Middle East. Fortunately, these policies did not really conflict. The US had focused heavily on Israel and Iran as regional allies and buffers, and on oil-producing countries, such as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and…
In late 2016, Daisy Khan, a New York-based global-peace activist, grew increasingly alarmed by the surge in violent extremism worldwide and the resultant demonization of Islam in America. Khan, a long-time advocate for equality and justice for Muslims around the world, immediately saw a connection between the angry anti-Islamic rhetoric in US politics and media…
TRENDS speaks to Khalid Abdulla-Janahi, Chairman of Vision 3, who says it is of utmost importance for GCC economies to address the dollar-peg issues. GCC economies are struggling at this moment. They are opting for strict austerity measures and massively reducing subsidies to balance the government budgets. Will this deliver the desired result? GCC economies…
Bassel Khatoun, chief investment officer for MENA equities at Franklin Templeton Investments, discusses oil markets and the impact of the Iraqi-Kurdish clashes on prices. Oil prices to undergo massive fluctuation from Mediaquest on Vimeo. Oil markets from Mediaquest on Vimeo.
Peace in the Korean Peninsula is not viable without denuclearization and the dismantling new missile defense system in South Korea, which accounts for the Chinese – and Russian – unease in the region. After a decade of policy failures, South Korea’s strategic U-turn and Washington’s increasingly ominous tone, tensions are escalating in the Korean Peninsula…
Traffic congestion is terrible for our wallets and health, but for many it is also the indicator of a booming economy. Whether you are passing through King Abdul Aziz Road (Riyadh) to your office during peak morning hours (8.30am to 10am) or you are crossing Dubai through Sheikh Zayed Road en-route Sharjah, you must have…
