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Saudi Succession Remains Unclear
...wer to choose the crown prince (but which does not appear to have played much of a part in the appointment of a successor to Prince Sultan in 2011 or Prince Nayif in 2012). Perhaps all that can be concluded from the latest developments is that the Allegiance Commission, for whatever reasons, has yet to...
Volume: 56Issue: 07Published at Fri, 15 Feb 2013 -
UAE Takes On The Muslim Brotherhood
...sed international Muslim Brotherhood organization. However, since the ‘Arab Spring’ of 2011 the activities and objectives of Jam’iyat al-Islah, particularly in the UAE, have changed dramatically, as did the Brotherhood’s goals, which moved from merely using the Gulf state as a source of fu...
Volume: 56Issue: 07Published at Fri, 15 Feb 2013 -
Revolutions Spiral Out Of Control
...prived southern town of Tataouine are debated (MEES, 30 November 2012). Not only has the fall in oil production of recent years continued, the decline accelerated for 2011 whilst the sharp climb in gas output over the years to 2010 has gone into reverse (see graph). Of the almost 10...
Volume: 56Issue: 06Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013 -
‘Arc Of Instability’ Spreads Across North Africa
...Dellys was attacked at least nine times between 1995 and 2008 (MEES, 28 July 2008). According to Algerian media reports a guard was killed during two further attacks in 2011. And Bouira town was the site of a double car bombing in August 2008, which killed 12 local employees of the Canadian en...
Volume: 56Issue: 05Published at Fri, 01 Feb 2013 -
African Union Grants Sudans More Time
...untries, and to “make recommendations on the strengthening of the AU’s support to the process. (The AUHLIP is a body headed by former South African president Thabo Mbeki, that was set up to facilitate negotiations relating to South Sudan’s secession from Sudan in 2011). While realistic, this ne...
Volume: 56Issue: 05Published at Fri, 01 Feb 2013 -
In Amenas Attack Highlights Algeria’s Vulnerability To Saharan Instability
...pressed their “full support for the government and people of Mali.” Certainly the alliance of al-Qaeda-linked Islamists and Tuareg rebels that seized control of northern Mali in early 2012 had their insurgency massively boosted by the flow of illicit arms from Libya’s 2011 conflict but this appears to be th...
Volume: 56Issue: 03Published at Fri, 18 Jan 2013 -
New Saudi Eastern Province Governor Appointed
...ea is at the epicenter of the Saudi oil industry and home to Ghawar, the world’s biggest oil field, the kingdom’s biggest oil processing center at Abqaiq, and Ras Tanura, location of its biggest refinery and export terminal. In 2011, King ‘Abd Allah sent troops to put down a Shi’ite-led pro-democracy mo...
Volume: 56Issue: 03Published at Fri, 18 Jan 2013 -
Iran Oil Ministry Refutes Export Plunge
...l, oil products and condensate. According to Mr Kateb, for the next Iranian year (21 March 2013-20 March 2014) the Oil Ministry has reportedly forecast exports of approximately 1.5mn b/d, significantly lower than 2011’s 2.2mn b/d. The International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest monthly oi...
Volume: 56Issue: 02Published at Fri, 11 Jan 2013 -
Kuwait Oil Minister Pushes Refinery Expansion Despite Political Attacks
...rliament cancelled it.” The parliamentary questions suggest that the new parliament may continue the investigations started by previous parliaments into Shell’s $800mn consultancy deal with state-owned upstream firm KOC to help develop northern Jurassic gas fields (MEES, 8 August 2011), and the ca...
Volume: 56Issue: 02Published at Fri, 11 Jan 2013 -
Israeli-Turkish Normalization Talks May Include Energy Parameter
...rmara incident, when Israeli commandoes killed nine Turkish citizens while boarding a Turkish ship, which was attempting to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. Although both sides have been pressured by the US to reach some sort of accommodation since the autumn of 2011, the campaign has been st...
Volume: 55Issue: 52Published at Fri, 21 Dec 2012 -
Warship Arrivals Renew Iran Ties With Sudan
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Volume: 55Issue: 51Published at Fri, 14 Dec 2012 -
Egypt Faces Critical Days
...E£69.614bn ($11.39bn) from E£47.218bn ($7.73bn) in the corresponding period of fiscal year 2011-12, the November issue of The Financial Monthly, published by the Egyptian Ministry of Finance said. Cairo is badly depending on a $4.8bn loan from the IMF to breathe some confidence back into the ec...
Volume: 55Issue: 49Published at Fri, 30 Nov 2012 -
Iran Still Trying To Sidestep Sanctions
...e largest buyer of Iranian crude, data published by the country’s General Administration of Customs on 21 November indicates a fall of close to 22% in Iranian imports since the beginning of the year. In October Chinese imports were 23.2% lower than the same month in 2011. South Korea’s national oil co...
Volume: 55Issue: 49Published at Fri, 30 Nov 2012 -
Kuwait’s Political Instability Worsens
...nstitutional Court about the elections, and a ruling is expected on 27 November. The court overturned earlier this year a 2011 decree by the Amir that allowed elections in February 2012, triggering the latest political crisis. When the ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings started Kuwait’s government gave cash ha...
Volume: 55Issue: 48Published at Fri, 23 Nov 2012 -
Political Comment (2 November 2012)
...March 2011 – such as the US, France and Turkey – appear to be having second thoughts. But the harsh reality is that it may already be too late, and that Syria, like the egg Humpty Dumpty in the English nursery rhyme, is already broken beyond repair. Unless Mr Asad can bomb his own ci...
Volume: 55Issue: 45Published at Fri, 02 Nov 2012 -
Maliki Asserts Control Over Central Bank Of Iraq
...$150-160mn per day in the first 10 months of 2011, and reached around $200mn per day early this year, before peaking at $300mn daily. The irony here is that Mr Maliki was backed by Tehran for the post of prime minister with the acquiescence of the US. Moreover, the Maliki administration is...
Volume: 55Issue: 44Published at Fri, 26 Oct 2012 -
Oil-Rich Abyei No Longer Open For Discussion, Juba Says
...adlock on the Abyei referendum on the grounds it ignored the eligibility of the predominantly Muslim nomadic people of the Misseriya tribe to vote. By way of a protocol, the 2005 CPA had originally granted Abyei a January 2011 referendum in order to decide whether it joined the South, or re...
Volume: 55Issue: 41Published at Fri, 05 Oct 2012 -
Baghdad-Ankara Relationship At Crossroads
...rkey in 2011. Turkey is aiming to break into the list of the world’s top ten economies by 2023, and Ankara is targeting Iraq in general and the KRG in particular, as strategic fuel sources for this planned economic expansion (MEES, 28 May). Turkey’s economic boom since the late-1990s has be...
Volume: 55Issue: 40Published at Fri, 28 Sep 2012 -
Kuwait Political Stalemate Seen Continuing After Electoral Law Upheld
...e parliamentary finance committee and the oil ministry started probes into Shell’s Enhanced Technical Services Agreement (ETSA). Being conducted for state-owned upstream firm Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), the ETSA is to help develop northern Jurassic gas projects (MEES, 8 August 2011). The enquiry looks at...
Volume: 55Issue: 40Published at Fri, 28 Sep 2012 -
NIOC Hit With US Sanctions As EU Looks At Further Measures
...th Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was a basis for the decision. The US drew attention to the appointment in July 2011 of Rostam Qasemi as Iran’s Petroleum Minister – he was a former IRGC Brigadier General. The US Treasury also said that evidence of the NIOC-IRGC link was an in...
Volume: 55Issue: 40Published at Fri, 28 Sep 2012