by Afshin Molavi | Apr 7, 2020 | China Economy, Globalization, Interviews, NewPost, Original Articles
I recently met Charlie Lay in November of 2019 at the CommerzBank Emerging Markets Macro Conference held in Dubai. Charlie is a Singapore-based senior economist and FX strategist at CommerzBank, one of Germany’s largest banks and its biggest player in trade...
by Afshin Molavi | Mar 31, 2020 | Interviews, Iran Economy, NewPost, Oil and Gas, Original Articles, Saudi Arabia Economy
I’ve known Robin Mills for more than a decade and he is always one of my favorite people to see on my Dubai visits. In one sitting, Robin will take you on a tour d’horizon of the Middle East energy landscape. It’s not surprising to me that Foreign...
by Afshin Molavi | Mar 24, 2020 | Coronavirus/Covid-19, Interviews, NewPost, Oil and Gas, Original Articles
Fareed Mohamedi is one of the smartest guys I know on oil markets, the geopolitics of energy, the New Silk Road, and the political economies of oil-rich states. He has worked at Statoil, PFC Energy, Moody’s Investor Service, the Institute of International Finance, and...
by Afshin Molavi | Dec 5, 2018 | Interviews
When Kim Ghattas boarded a plane in Washington that would take her to Beirut in the year 2009, she was following a familiar path of millions of Lebanese living away from home: a return visit to the homeland. But there was nothing familiar about this homecoming:...
by Afshin Molavi | Dec 5, 2018 | Interviews
When Ian Bremmer was 24 years old, he found himself in an enviable position: a newly minted PhD from Stanford, a teaching job, and a fellowship at a prestigious think tank. A life of academia and the mind awaited him. Instead, he chose a radical shake-up: He...
by Afshin Molavi | Dec 5, 2018 | Interviews
In May 2008, a Dubai art gallery owner turned to Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, a rising Emirati commentator and art collector, with a simple question: “Why are you not on Twitter?” The rest is social media history.
