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Iraq And US Seek To Rebuild Ties Amidst Rising Regional Tensions
...lations between Baghdad and Erbil are at their lowest ebb since the region’s controversial 2017 independence referendum. On the positive side, the disputes between Baghdad and Erbil did not derail the visit. Mr Sudani made sure to include representatives from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in hi...
Volume: 67Issue: 16Published at Fri, 19 Apr 2024 -
Saudi Nuclear Plans Fuel Geopolitical Concerns
...SSIA Certainly Russia’s Rosatom has had the most success in nuclear power awards in the Mena region. It has built the region’s first and only operational plant, at Bushehr on Iran’s Gulf coast, and is building two more (MEES, 31 March 2017). Rosatom is also slated to build Egypt’s nuclear project on th...
Volume: 62Issue: 16Published at Fri, 19 Apr 2019 -
Suez Canal Shipments, Revenue Up But Trade War Threatens
...container traffic the last four quarters are the four highest on record: 2017’s 471mn tons of container traffic was up 28% on 2010. • Though Egypt’s economic fortunes are generally on the up (see p12), US President Trump’s seeming desire to kick off a trade war means that it would be foolish to...
Volume: 61Issue: 16Published at Fri, 20 Apr 2018 -
Tunisia Awaits $2.5bn In Fresh Aid As Economy Undershoots, Energy Bill Soars
...tes, Tunisia’s economy faces major challenges, as “fiscal and external deficits reached record levels, the wage bill as a percentage of GDP has climbed to one of the highest in the world, and public debt further increased to 63% of GDP at the end of 2016.” He went on to say that growth in 2017 is ex...
Volume: 60Issue: 16Published at Fri, 21 Apr 2017