Don’t let the deadline drive the deal
By Dennis Ross As both a practitioner and also a student of high stakes negotiations, I am well-acquainted with the ...
Month: July 2015
China tells its Muslims to forget Ramadan
UIGHUR HOMELAND — The 11 million Uighurs occupy a huge portion of Western China, but the Han Chinese are moving ...
Despite bombing, Sunni-Shia frictions in Kuwait are few
MOURNING — Kuwaiti Shias line up behind the coffins of some of those killed in the bombing. The Friday suicide ...
Gov’t says it will revive mothballed LNG plans
FILL ‘ER UP — An LNG tanker loads up a cargo at an Australian export terminal. Iran last week announced ...
Turk border traffic is back to normal, but no deal signed
QUEUE — Turkish trucks were lined up at the border a few months ago waiting, waiting, waiting to get into ...
UK court: Bank Mellat can sue Iran for all it wants
The High Court of Justice of the United Kingdom has ruled the British government shafted Bank Mellat when it imposed ...
The Oil Patch
MILD SLIDE — There is now clearly a downward trend that began two months ago. But it is not very ...
Venezuela gets $550m line of credit from Iran
Venezuela has received from Iran a $500 million credit line to fund joint investments and help improve the supply of ...