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India Refiners Say Russia Oil Flows Will Plunge on SanctionsFlows of Russian oil to major Indian refiners — a boon for both countries’ economies over the past three years — are expected to fall to near zero after the US imposed sanctio...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump-Xi Call Thaws U.S.-China Relations, but No Clear TikTok Deal YetUnited States President Donald Trump has spent the better part of this week touting a TikTok “deal” with China, but experts say it is far from finalised after both sides share...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Congress Wants to Label Russia a Terrorism Sponsor. Will It Happen?The U.S. Senate has fast-tracked a bipartisan bill to label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism if it fails to return thousands of Ukrainian children it has “kidnapped, deport...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Middle East Money Drives Silicon Valley and Wall Street’s AI AmbitionsThe artificial intelligence sector is notoriously capital intensive. Building out data centers or fabrication plants for semiconductor chips needed to power them can cost bill...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Abu Dhabi’s Multibillion-Dollar Energy Push Faces Early StumblesA year ago, Abu Dhabi launched a high-profile energy investment firm hoping to deploy billions of dollars on deals around the world. While there were early successes in the US...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Behind India’s Massive Russian Oil Imports: Asia’s Richest ManUnited States President Donald Trump’s additional 25 percent tariff on India for its imports from Russia, saying it is helping fuel Russia’s war in Ukraine, has put the South ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Dismantling Oil’s Dark Fleet Leaves India at Risk of Trump's IreAlong a stretch of beach in northwest India, a dormant graveyard for ships is stirring again, driven by an aging “dark fleet” of tankers ferrying restricted oil – just as the ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
UAE’s Global Energy Push Faces Economic Security Reality CheckThe global expansion of UAE state oil company Adnoc has faced a reality check in Australia and Europe, where its acquisition push is under scrutiny through the lens of economi...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Slaps 'Secondary Tariff' on India Over Russian Oil TradeU.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday followed through on a threat to punish India for buying Russian oil, slapping a 25% "secondary tariff" on all U.S. imports from the wo...
By Rachel Ziemba
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‘Exorbitant Privilege’: Can the U.S. Dollar Maintain Its Global Dominance?
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Since the 1940s, the US dollar has held firm as the global reserve currency, driving international trade and reinforcing the status of the United States as an economic superpo...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Senate Republicans Eye Russia Sanctions as Trump Amps Up Putin RhetoricSenate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday he expects a vote as soon as this month to place severe new sanctions on Russia, the latest sign of a growing fracture between...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Ending All Trade Negotiations with Canada over Digital Tax: Trump
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United States President Donald Trump has announced that the US is immediately ending trade talks with Canada in response to the country’s digital services tax on technology co...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Strikes on Iran Could Hit American Economy at a Fragile TimeThe U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend could ratchet up the pressure on an American economy that’s turned increasingly fragile as a weekslong global trade w...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Says U.S. Will Raise Steel Tariffs to 50 Percent at Pennsylvania Rally
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United States President Donald Trump has announced his administration is raising tariffs on steel imports from 25 percent to 50 percent....
By Rachel Ziemba
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What Could New U.S. Sanctions Against Russia Look Like?
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So far, Russia has resisted Western calls for a cease-fire in its war on Ukraine. And so far, US President Donald Trump has resisted calls by Kyiv and European countries to im...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
How the Russian Economy Is Faring as New Sanctions HitThe European Union, along with the United Kingdom, imposed a new sanctions package on Tuesday that targets Russia....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Faces $2 Trillion Hurdle to Win Money From Saudi PrinceUS President Donald Trump’s hopes of securing as much as $1 trillion in investment commitments from Saudi Arabia might clash with another costly ambition - transforming the ki...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
AI, Energy and Data Centres: How the UAE Has Approached Trump’s Second TermSince US President Donald Trump returned to office this year, his administration has announced a series of partnerships and investments involving the UAE – and more could come...
By Rachel Ziemba
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An $80 Billion UAE Firm Is Wooing Trump and Luring Wall Street
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Even by Abu Dhabi’s standards, the recent rush of investment bankers is unprecedented. Wall Street giants from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to Morgan Stanley are courting the hott...
By Rachel Ziemba
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What to Watch for as Trump’s ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs Kick In
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At 12.01am EST (04:01 GMT) on Wednesday, United States President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs will kick in, ramping up a global trade war that has roiled stock markets ...
By Rachel Ziemba
