Tag: oil

Trump is frank about his objective: to bring Venezuela’s major oil reserves under U.S. control and advance American dominance in South America.

All predictions regarding the end of the war have proved wrong.

The critical issue being overlooked, however, is whether the Gulf clock will tick patiently throughout this process.

The new threat confounds Iranian strategists who based their negotiations on backing Trump into a corner ahead of the midterm elections.

[T]the airstrike that killed Soleimani ... [i]n addition to violating Iraq’s sovereignty ... was also an attack on Iraqis.

[E]conomic interests dictate American policy, and they are the decisive factor.

In a globalised economy, the knock-on effect is less of a surge but more of a deluge that reaches East Africa with alarming speed.

China is the superpower that holds a key that Western capitals do not possess.

Venezuela is still a country plagued by social, economic and institutional crises.

[O]il, CITGO and the control of gold remain the key pieces on a geopolitical chessboard.

U.S. president Donald boasts … making no secret of how he is primarily concerned with Iran's oil.