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By Rhod Mackenzie

The United States is seeking a way to legally access the frozen Russian assets, even if it harms its own economy and reputation. The Joe Biden administration is backing a bill that would permit the seizure of approximately $300 billion in assets, purportedly for the reconstructio...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Houthi attacks on ships passing by the coast they control in the southwest Arabian Peninsula began late last year. As a result, many shipping companies, including giants such as Maersk, have been forced to send their ships around Africa, bypassing the Red Sea and the Suez Canal,...

By Prerna Gandhi

India today is the fastest-growing economy in the world, with a strong outlook of 7-8 per cent growth rates for the coming decade. Russia, despite having become the most sanctioned economy in the world, has shown uncommon resilience and returned to positive GDP growth.

Bilatera...

Amidst the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, more countries have shifted from decades-long petrodollar, as over a fifth of global oil trade in 2023 were completed in currencies different from the U.S. dollar.

Coming at a time when operators in Nigeria are seeking ways to settle domestic oil and gas trad...

By T.N. Ninan

Continuing with last weekend’s quarter-century theme, it is instructive to look back at the long-term forecast that captured the world’s imagination early in the new century.

Famously (some would say infamously), Goldman Sachs forecast that four emerging “BRICS” economies (Brazil,...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Bloomberg believes that 2023 will be the second consecutive year of record oil production in Russia. The oil boom is evident in both the volume of oil exports and its value.

According to BCS Global Markets oil and gas analyst Ronald Smith, Russia has demonstrated greater indepe...