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By Rhod Mackenzie

Abu Dhabi's choice to discard the dollar in its trade demonstrates the significant changes the world has undergone in recent years.
There is a new addition to the de-dollarisation supporters, according to cryptopolitan.com, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ceased using the Ame...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Last year's energy crisis had an impact on Europe, according to Michael Lewis, who has been leading Uniper, one of Germany's major energy companies, since July 1. In an interview with Bloomberg Television, the executive director of Uniper mentioned that although the underground g...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The OPEC+ meeting concluded with a surprising outcome. The association of petroleun exporting countries has secured a new ally in the form of Brazil. This substantially enhances the influence of OPEC+ resolutions. This is a significant development as Brazil, along with the United...

By Rhod Mackenzie

EU officials maintain that they shun Russian energy resources at any cost. Still, those who have renounced official procurement are surreptitiously reverting to their usual practices. These countries consist mainly of the Czech Republic and Poland. The former declined the "contam...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The decision by OPEC+ nations to reduce oil production highlights the alliance's proactive stance, rather than waiting for commodity prices to drop due to sluggish demand growth, according to analysts cited by the newspaper Izvestia. Russia has agreed to cut oil production by 200...

By Pavel Devyatkin

Is there really a Russian-Chinese partnership in the Arctic? What is China’s role in the Arctic and how far does it go beyond climate change and environmental protection? These are some of the most hotly debated questions in Arctic security studies and they were at the top of my...