by Afshin Molavi | Apr 2, 2020 | Belt and Road Initiative, NewPost, Southeast Asia
Nikkei Asian Review has a good piece on the fate of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) amid the global Covid-19 pandemic. Some excerpts from the piece below: Some think a weakened China will have little choice but to step back and reassess its foreign...
by root | Apr 2, 2020 | MENA Business Daily, NewPost
Oil/Saudi/Russia – “Saudi Arabia and Russia signalled on Thursday they were ready to cooperate to help stabilise the oil market after calls with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss the slump in prices triggered by the end of a deal to curb output and a...
by root | Apr 1, 2020 | MENA Business Daily, NewPost, North Africa Commerce/Economy, West Asia Economies
Middle East and North Africa Top Business Stories – April 1, 2020 Lebanon Debt – “Global investment bank Morgan Stanley said Lebanon would face an uphill task in its efforts to restructure the country’s public debt estimated at $96.5 billion,”...
by Afshin Molavi | Apr 1, 2020 | Caravanserai, NewPost, Poetry
Overheard in the caravanserai: a merchant, reflecting on the fleeting nature of life, reciting from Edward Fitzgerald’s version of the Rubaiyat of the great hakim Abu’l Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Khayyam, otherwise known as Omar Khayyam. “Oh, come with old...
by Afshin Molavi | Apr 1, 2020 | Aviation, NewPost, Original Articles, South Korea
Global airlines continue to stare down the abyss as the novel coronavirus pandemic has crushed bottom lines amid a historic slowdown in air travel. Airlines across the world are clamoring for government support. Korean Airlines is trying a different tactic, opting to...
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...
