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By Rhod Mackenzie

The is a lot of talk about how get around the current difficult situation of oil and gas transpotation in the Middle East and  one of the options mentioned is the construction of several new pipeline systems that would bypass the Strait of Hormuz. Several such projects are curre...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Many years ago Henry Kissenger said " It is more dangerous to be a friend of the USA than it is to be its enemy. And no the monarchies of the Gulf States have discovered this first hand and Iran has retaliated to attacks on it from US bases in the Gulf and support for them from t...

By Rhod Mackenzie

It has been announced that Donald  Trump fresh from renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America has his sighs on another sea nowhere near the USA and it concerns the BRICS member Iran

Donald Trump the President of the United States is poised to try to make a significant...

.Russia's trade with the United Arab Emirates has tripled  over the past three years. The UAE has become the largest trading partner of Russia in the Arab world. What factors have contributed to this sharp increase in trade, and how have sanctions affected this growth? What role has Abu Dhabi played...

The total investable wealth currently held by the BRICS member states amounts to $45 trillion, according to Henley & Partners' inaugural BRICS Wealth Report.

The BRICS group of emerging economies, which previously comprised Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, underwent a major expansio...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Iran has set up a number of companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to circumvent sanctions and increase its exports to China, according to the head of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce, Majid Reza Hariri.
"Some of Iran's exports to the UAE continue on to China. Iran has se...