1. Oman At The Crossroads As New Sultan Takes The Reins

    ...at increasingly threaten the country’s outlook. Problems started during the 2011 ‘Arab Spring’ when protests rocked Oman, resulting in two deaths amid a security clampdown (MEES, 7 March 2011). Muscat responded by ratcheting up government spending 26% to OR13.48bn ($35.2bn) in 2012, with spending gr...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 03
    Published at Fri, 17 Jan 2020
  2. Korea LNG Imports: Australia Threatens Qatar For Top Spot

    ...6mn t as a result. In Q4 2019 Australia with 2.12mn tons only just failed to pip Qatar (2.22mn tons) for top spot. Australia supplied a record 1.26mn tons (17 cargoes) in December, two more than Qatar. The last time a country other than Qatar was top on a quarterly basis was Indonesia back in 2011; on an...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 03
    Published at Fri, 17 Jan 2020
  3. Tunisia’s Pending Economic Transformation

    ...t, Tunisia will head to the polls once again with no guarantee of a decisive result. Many Tunisians have lost hope in the current political system. The 2011 Jasmine Revolution successfully brought about a measure of democracy, but has so far failed to deliver economic prosperity. In fact, plenty of...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 03
    Published at Fri, 17 Jan 2020