Tag: OPEC

50 years ago when the Middle East was at war, oil prices skyrocketed. But it probably won’t happen this time

Even if one is tempted to give Joe Biden an A grade for good intentions, it is difficult to justify more than a D based on the bulk

The real question that ought to be asked is: ‘What’ exactly voters should be voting for?

Back in the early 1970s, the OPEC oil producers’ cartel reached an agreement to limit the global supply of oil. This implacable decision, duly complied with by its

Majorities and minorities in legislatures are not all there is to it when it comes to determining a country’s progress Voters in Mauritius are caught up these days

Last week on the night of 9th June, extremist militants of ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, overran and captured Mosul, the second largest city in

Six global powers (Britain, China, France, Russia, the US and Germany) signed up a deal with Iran on November 24th. In exchange for phased-out relief from economic sanctions

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