[caption id="attachment_55252498" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] A Russian ruble coin is pictured in front of St. Basil cathedral in central Moscow, on November 20, 2014. After having recently…

[caption id="attachment_55252444" align="aligncenter" width="4000"] Statues stand outside a Deutsche Bank AG bank branch in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. Photographer: Krisztian…

[caption id="attachment_55252338" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Greek farmers take part in a protest against a controversial pension reform that is part of the country's tough economic bailout in…

[caption id="attachment_55250751" align="aligncenter" width="967"] Saudi boys visit the Rolls-Royce stand at the 2013 International Luxury Motor Show in the capital Riyadh on October 29, 2013. (Fayez…

by Andrew Bowen In an exclusive interview with Majalla, Daniel Yergin provides an insightful analysis of the changing geopolitics of energy and its implications for the world today. He also…

by Maia Otarashvili Background: the Ukraine Crisis Unfolds
 The Russia-West relationship saw significant worsening as the Ukraine crisis unfolded in late 2013. After Ukraine’s…

[caption id="attachment_55250597" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Syrian refugee takes Syrian currency from the customers at his shop at the Za’atari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq,…

[caption id="attachment_55250552" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqis harvest potatoes in a field on June 24, 2014.(KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] Food security has become a hot topic in…

[caption id="attachment_55250534" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkey's Central Bank Governor Erdem Başcı speaks during a press conference in Ankara on January 28, 2014. (Photo credit should read…

[caption id="attachment_55250422" align="alignnone" width="620"] A picture taken on February 3, 2014, shows low-income Iranians lining up to receive food supplies in southern Tehran. The Iranian…