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Why Is Saudi Arabia Reducing Its Oil Production?

Why did the Saudi authorities reduce production, despite receiving US advice to the contrary?

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Posted in Africa Middle East / Asia

North Africa As A ‘Perfect’ Microcosm Of The Global Effects of Russia Ukraine War

The Russia-Ukraine conflict is worsening a food crisis in the North African region, as Ukraine and Russia are leading exporters of agricultural products to North Africa, while also forcing countries to do a geopolitical dance to avoid picking a side, especially when the countries have military and diplomatic ties to either Russia or the US or sometimes both countries. The conflict also presents opportunities for exporters who can fill gaps in the global supply chain, in particular energy…but then again, those gaps are the result of both economic and political challenges with the political challenges never being so simple to solve.

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