September 23, 2020
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Giancarlo Elia Valori The issue of the new relationship between Israel and Bahrain, following the agreement already signed between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, is particularly interesting. It marks a realignment of the Sunni world with the Jewish State, clearly against Iran, and hence indirectly with the …
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September 18, 2020
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Giancarlo Elia Valori The issue of the new relationship between Israel and Bahrain, following the agreement already signed between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, is particularly interesting. It marks a realignment of the Sunni world with the Jewish State, clearly against Iran, and hence indirectly with the …
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September 18, 2020
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Eric Zeusse On March 10th of this year, there were 290 daily new U.S. cases of Covid-19(coronavirus-19). On March 13th, U.S. President Donald Trump declared a pandemic national emergency, because the number of daily new cases was now suddenly doubling within only three days. However, no lockdown was …
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September 18, 2020
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Carice Witt What will it take to rescue the global economy in the wake of COVID-19? Are adjustments, improvements or amendments enough? Haven’t we done this before? Maybe it’s time to rethink this with a mindset, not of ‘starting again’ which would tend to invite ‘again’ thinking, but …
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September 18, 2020
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Giancarlo Elia Valori In 2019, the last year for which we have complete data, the global industry of transformers and similar technology was estimated to be worth 60 billion U.S. dollars. The world of the future will be increasingly electrified and energy, in particular – anyway abundant – …
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September 18, 2020
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
James M. Dorsey The odds are that Saudi Arabia is not about to formalize relations with Israel. But the kingdom, its image tarnished by multiple missteps, is seeking to ensure that it is not perceived as the odd man out as smaller Gulf states establish diplomatic relations with …
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September 14, 2020
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Giancarlo Elia Valori Strange to say, but the Libyan economy which, as is well-known – depends much, if not almost exclusively, on oil extraction and sale, performed very well in 2017 even at a time of falling prices – currently made more complex by the Covid-19 pandemic which …
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September 14, 2020
Africa, Analysis, Economics, Middle East, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION, REGIONS
Fatma Ahmed Althani Fatma Althani has presented her desertion with the focus on Arab Free Zone during the period of 1997-2005, which she defended at the Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences (University of Tripoli). Fatma provided Geostrategic Media with an abstract of her paper and we publish it upon her approval. Abstract The …
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September 9, 2020
NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Giancarlo Elia Valori With a view to currently understanding what is happening in the critical relationship between the Libyan military groups, we need – first and foremost – to look at the role played by the United Arab Emirates. In Yemen, for example, the UAEs, which are primary …
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