Saudi Arabia and Canada restore ties, ending 2018 dispute

Despite cutting diplomatic relations, Ottawa has continued to sell the kingdom weapons to be used in Yemen

Why BRI is back with a bang in 2023

As Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative enters its 10th year, a strong Sino-Russian geostrategic partnership has revitalized the BRI across the Global South.

Goodbye G20, hello BRICS+

The increasingly irrelevant G20 Summit concluded with sure signs that BRICS+ will be the way forward for Global South cooperation.

Damascus set to host 2024 Arab Energy Conference

Relations between Damascus and other Arab states have been warming up since the proxy war on Syria that began in 2011

Fuel paralysis: How 14 private companies control Lebanon’s oil supply and set its prices

Lebanon's energy crisis is a consequence of the state allowing 14 private companies to monopolize and set prices in this most strategic sector. How then to break this monopoly by the country's political elite, when the oil cartel is run by the same powers who govern Lebanon?