Since its creation more than half a century ago, OPEC has been the textbook case of a successful cartel. The 14-member club of crude exporters, which pumps 40 percent of world oil, has held immense sway over a critical commodity — and the global economy. OPEC’s obituary has been written many times, as waves of new technologies and petroleum discoveries upended the global energy trade. Yet the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has just as often defied its critics. It’s facing a fight for survival as the U.S., once its biggest customer, unleashes record supplies of shale oil and the planet turns to renewable energy. So OPEC is again deploying its most trusted tool: cutting output to push up prices. But whether such tactics can still succeed is unclear.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 27, 2017
What to expect from the next round of Syria talks -- Barbara Bibbo, Al Jazeera
Russia in Syria: 'Victory' in war but can Moscow win the peace? -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC
Sinai attack needs to be a turning point in Egypt's war on terror -- Jason Burke, The Guardian
China: Enlisting Cities in the Fight for Reform -- Matthew Massee, Geopolitical Futures
Brussels rattled as China reaches out to eastern Europe -- James Kynge and Michael Peel, Financial Times
China hits roadblocks in Central Europe -- Lili Bayer, Politico.eu
Special Report: 'Treacherous shenanigans' - The inside story of Mugabe's downfall -- MacDonald Dzirutwe, Joe Brock, Ed Cropley, Reuters
There’s only one sick country in Europe – and it’s not Germany -- Will Hutton, The Guardian
Russian-speaking Germans: Who are they? -- Dmitri Stratievski, Intersection Project
Norway's tough-love approach to the refugee crisis -- Fraser Nelson, Spectator
After NAFTA comes the politics of uncertainty -- Barry Campbell, Globe and Mail
Trump’s winning with NAFTA uncertainty—and Canada’s going to pay for it -- Rona Ambrose, Financial Post
After Weinstein, a Cultural Revolution -- Rich Lowry, NRO
As he investigates Trump's aides, Robert Mueller's record shows surprising flaws -- David Willman, L.A. Times
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 'Gray Zone' Warrior -- Steven Wills, War on the Rocks
"Man banned from Nobel Prize party over sex assault claims"
ReplyDeleteThe Nobel committee let this go on for 2 decades.
They only put a stop to it after it became public.
www.thelocal.se/20171123/man-banned-from-nobel-prize-party-over-sex-assault-claims
The European elites are always lecturing us that they are better than Americans.
Yeah, right!
The Nurse is a typical Democrat.
ReplyDeleteEric Holder defended people like this from the start of Obama's presidency.
Yet Democrats still vote for the like of Obama and Holder.
Twitter does not delete accounts of a massive number of racists. We know which way the principals of Twitter lean.
Judging the number of the comments, I would say this got people 4X more upset than usual. My prediction is that this will not be forgotten within 2 presidential election cycles. Democrats won't get it; this will be one of their many albatrosses.
"Nurse 'no longer an employee' at Indiana hospital after controversial tweet" - USA Today
Indiana nurse sparks fury after tweeting that 'white women raise terrorist, rapist, racist, killer sons' and says 'every one should be sacrificed to the wolves'
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5119231/Indiana-nurse-claims-white-women-raise-rapist-sons.html