Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?
[caption id="attachment_55237295" align="alignnone" width="620"] German Foreign Minsiter Guido Westerwelle and Libyan Foreign Minister Ashour bin Khayal. Source: dw.de[/caption]For Europe, the past…
[caption id="attachment_55236802" align="aligncenter" width="619"] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd L), the first Turkish premier to visit the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq, and…
[caption id="attachment_55236778" align="aligncenter" width="616"] Damage in a section of the souk in the old city of Aleppo after the area was shelled by Syrian regime forces on September 30, 2012…
[caption id="attachment_55236398" align="aligncenter" width="619"] Dr. Nasser Saidi (Source: KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption]
The downfall of Mubarak and Ben Ali and the explosion of…
[caption id="attachment_55236336" align="alignnone" width="620"] A general view shows burning flames from a gas well in Sailiya, 40km north of the Qatari capital Doha. Source: AFP/Getty Images[…
[caption id="attachment_55235489" align="alignnone" width="594"] A boy stands next to a stall at Magra El-Oyoun market on January 24, 2012, Cairo. Getty Images[/caption]
Egypt’s worsening economic…
[caption id="attachment_55234614" align="aligncenter" width="620"] 15th February 1955: A twelve-year-old Sea Cadet trying out a new Sterling Sub-Machine Gun, the weapon at the center of James…
[caption id="attachment_55234515" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Iraqi oil worker works at Al-Doura oil refinery [/caption]Iraq could become the second-largest oil exporter in the world by the…
[caption id="attachment_55234316" align="alignleft" width="620"] The outlook for Saudi Arabia's Economy is favourable[/caption]Barclays’ Capital (BarCap) has recently released projections that Saudi…
[caption id="attachment_55233790" align="alignnone" width="620"] Workers at Cleopatra Ceramics factory began striking during the revolution.[/caption]Last month, Egypt saw renewed protests following…
Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players
The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.
Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.