“Thank you Brother Xi!” reads a massive billboard in central Belgrade. Brother Xi naturally refers to Chinese President Xi Jinping, and the thanks for a shipment of essential medical equipment. But why brother? According to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, Xi...
When hearing the lastest COVID-19 news from China, one is led to believe that the virus has pretty much been defeated and that the Chinese modus operandi is currently to help save the rest of the globe out of the...
Year on year growth in demand for liquid natural gas (LNG) has mostly come from developing countries. Are the increasing imports of LNG a positive outcome or a road to increasing dependency on external sources? Trends in LNG Exports Two...
The coronavirus crisis has had a severe impact on the health and economy of the United States and also politically on the Trump administration. Not long ago, an extremely strong economy had made President Trump almost invincible. He was able...
Barely four days after all sides in the Yemeni conflict welcomed the call for a ceasefire in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the war seems to be escalating yet again and threatening to undo whatever little progress had been...
Since it first started spreading at the end of 2019, Covid-19 has become a global pandemic in only the past several months. In the past weeks the United States has become the world’s coronavirus worst coronavirus hotspot. The pandemic has...
The drama of Israeli elections has lingered on for more than a year and over three rounds of polls but it appears it might finally be near resolution as the unity government between two rival groups looms closer. After bickering...
The scourge of the novel coronavirus is showing no signs of deceleration, and has put billions of people under lockdown, breaking the wheel of global economic activity. The virus has been particularly harsh towards Iran, infecting more than 44,000 people...
The coronavirus is changing our world radically. It has changed the day to day lives of hundreds of millions of people but it is also changing – perhaps in a less visible manner – international relations as well, and has...
Since the White House has finally recognized the threat the coronavirus has brought to the country, President Donald Trump has been in front of the press regularly. However, while addressing the nation, he has continued his tradition of often offering...