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11.03.2023 - 15:20 [ FoxBusiness.com ]

China’s newest weapon to nab Western technology – its courts

(February 20, 2023)

AS&E devised a product to complement the machines it made for airports and seaports. It placed a low-powered X-ray machine on the back of a Ford Motor Co. chassis. The U.S. military used the mobile scanner to detect improvised explosive devices during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the company said. Domestic law enforcement could disguise the vehicle as a delivery van and use it to scan cars in, say, a stadium parking lot.

The X-ray van, called the ZBV, made its debut in 2003. Michael Tropeano, general manager of AS&E’s cargo-scanning division, said he thought the product would be a winner from day one.

11.03.2023 - 14:42 [ Oilprice.com ]

U.S. And EU Look To Launch Trade Talks On Critical Minerals

The United States and the European Union could launch talks on critical materials trade when U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the White House on Friday.

11.03.2023 - 14:05 [ Scharfenstein / Nitter ]

Von der Leyens Krisenbesuch bei Joe Biden: Scheitert sie, scheitert Europa

18.02.2023 - 17:59 [ Haaretz ]

Israel, Saudi Arabia Reportedly in Talks Over Increasing Military and Intelligence Ties

The talks between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which are backed by the U.S., were held before the U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council Working Group gathering in Riyadh, which was focused on defense and security, Bloomberg reported several anonymous sources involved in the meetings as saying.

More meetings between the two countries are expected to occur this weekend in Prague, during the Munich Security Conference, according to several of the sources.

14.02.2023 - 07:32 [ Matías Vernengo and Esteban Pérez Calde / Post-Keynesian Economics Society / Researchgate.net ]

Price and Prejudice: A Note on the Return of Inflation and Ideology

With the acceleration of inflation in the post-pandemic recovery, the debate seemed to be limited to whether the inflationary spike would be short-lived or persistent and become imbedded into inflationary expectations. While some Keynesian authors like Paul Krugman initially believed that inflation was caused by cost-push factors including by the sharp rises in energy and foodstuff prices as a result of the Ukraine war, and that it would quickly subside, the debate shifted rapidly and a new consensus according to which inflation was, in part the result of over stimulation of demand during the pandemic coupled with supply side shocks that lowered the potential level of output which provides the main theoretical justification for raising interest rates. Thus, even when most authors accept the notion that snags in the supply chain played a role in the acceleration of inflation, the main cause is to be seen on the excess demand side with the economy beyond its potential output level.

The challenge to conventional wisdom, and its emphasis on demand, has come from left
of center authors, like Robert Reich, that suggest inflation is caused by greedy corporations that have increased their profit margins during a crisis. This has brought back the old debate about the relationship between administered prices and inflation, and the proposition that inflation is directly related to highly concentrated market structures, or what might be termed oligopolistic inflation.

In other words, there is an ideological divide between those that blame inflation in an incompetent government and central bank reaction to the pandemic versus those that suggest that the real culprits are greedy corporations rising their mark up above their costs.

11.02.2023 - 05:32 [ Wall Street Journal ]

Biden Turns the U.S. Into a Shadow Member of OPEC

(13.12.2022)

President Biden has urged the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to increase production of oil and criticized the cartel harshly when it declines to do so—most recently on Dec. 4. But actions speak louder than words. Under the Biden administration, the U.S. has been acting as shadow member of the cartel.

07.02.2023 - 06:54 [ CNN ]

‘There is only so much patience one can have’: Biden appears to back off vow to punish Saudi Arabia

(03.02.2023)

Now almost a month into the new session of Congress, lawmakers have yet to hear from administration officials about launching a coordinated review of the US-Saudi relationship, despite repeated statements over the past few months by the White House that congressional input would be key to such an assessment

07.02.2023 - 06:52 [ CNN / Nitter ]

Months after President Biden promised Saudi Arabia would suffer “consequences” after OPEC+ announced it would cut production, his administration has no plans to punish – let alone significantly reorient its posture toward – the country, sources say

(03.02.2023)

07.02.2023 - 06:39 [ Bloomberg ]

OPEC+ Exports Show Russia Surges While Saudi Arabia Dials Back

(03.02.2023)

It’s also unclear exactly what drove the decrease in Saudi shipments, which dropped by 580,000 barrels a day last month, or about 8%.

04.01.2023 - 17:46 [ BusinessInsider.com ]

How Saudi Arabia‘s crown prince snubbed Biden repeatedly to forge ties with authoritarian China and Russia

(Jan 1, 2023)

Crown Prince Mohammed has more affinity with the ideology of fellow strongmen Xi or Putin than with the US, said Alterman. 

„They share a belief that a significant liberalization of domestic life would lead to social chaos, the collapse of morality, and political polarization,“ said Alterman.

„The Saudi leadership is much more comfortable with Saudi Arabia pursuing the Chinese path of tightly managed politics, strong state-owned companies, and limited social freedoms than pursuing the US model,“ he said. 

04.01.2023 - 17:20 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Israel can normalize ties with Saudi Arabia – with Biden‘s help – opinion

“First, a written agreement defining our strategic partnership and what the US commitment is to our security if we’re attacked.

“Second, a status that assures us that US weapons sales will be reliable. It’s intolerable that from one month to the next we don’t know anymore if the US will fulfill its commitments. We need to be treated more like NATO or Israel where we can disagree on political and economic issues, but the underlying commitment to sell us what we need to defend ourselves doesn’t change.

04.01.2023 - 16:44 [ Energyintel.com ]

US Holds Back on Saudi Moves as Tensions Ease

(27.12.2022)

Despite threats of „consequences“ made by the Biden administration during the run-up to US midterm elections in early November, no concrete actions have materialized.

One of the top potential measures, passage of the „Nopec“ antitrust legislation, has not advanced, after quietly failing to be included in a targeted bill this month.

30.12.2022 - 19:37 [ Reuters ]

Israel‘s Netanyahu urges US to reaffirm commitment to Saudi Arabia – Al Arabiya

(December 15, 2022)

„The traditional (U.S.) alliance with Saudi Arabia and other countries, has to be reaffirmed. There should not be periodic swings, or even wild swings in this relationship, because I think that the alliance…is the anchor of stability in our region,“ Netanyahu told the Saudi-owned website.

„I‘m to speak to President Biden about it,“ Netanyahu said according to a published transcript of the interview.

30.12.2022 - 19:24 [ Wall Street Journal ]

Biden Turns the U.S. Into a Shadow Member of OPEC

(13.12.2022)

President Biden has urged the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to increase production of oil and criticized the cartel harshly when it declines to do so—most recently on Dec. 4. But actions speak louder than words. Under the Biden administration, the U.S. has been acting as shadow member of the cartel.

08.12.2022 - 21:43 [ Reuters ]

U.S. climate envoy Kerry hails holding COP28 conference in OPEC member UAE

(Dec 7, 2022)

U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry on Wednesday hailed the decision to hold next year’s COP28 climate summit in OPEC member the United Arab Emirates, saying fossil fuel economies should be encouraged to lead the transition to clean energy

08.12.2022 - 21:27 [ QZ.com ]

How the US Congress could defang OPEC and keep gas prices low in one stroke

(30.11.2022)

The idea was first put forth back in 2000, when antitrust lawyer Seth Bloom wrote the NOPEC Act. It stands for No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels. The law would explicitly permit the US government to pursue price-fixing claims against oil-producing countries.

08.12.2022 - 19:58 [ Reuters ]

Saudi Arabia signs Huawei deal, deepening China ties on Xi visit

Saudi Arabia and China showcased deepening ties with a series of strategic deals on Thursday during a visit by President Xi Jinping, including one with tech giant Huawei, whose growing foray into the Gulf region has raised U.S. security concerns.

King Salman signed a „comprehensive strategic partnership agreement“ with Xi, who received a lavish welcome in a country forging new global partnerships beyond the West.

06.12.2022 - 15:15 [ Bloomberg ]

Xi’s Expected in Riyadh as the Middle East Looks Beyond America

Saudi Arabia announced that Xi will attend a summit with regional leaders from Wednesday. If he shows up, he’ll be stepping in to what has traditionally been viewed as Washington’s sphere of influence.

06.12.2022 - 15:10 [ NBC News ]

Biden vowed ‚consequences‘ for Saudi Arabia after oil production cut. But the U.S. has no plans to follow through.

(03.12.2022)

“This is an eight decades long relationship and we will continue to assess relations with Saudi Arabia methodically and strategically, and in line with what’s in our interests,” one official said in a statement.

“We will judge the way forward based on their actions as well as our ongoing consultations with partners and allies, the new Congress, and the Saudis.”

06.12.2022 - 14:26 [ i24news.tv ]

Exclusive: Saudis say normalization with Israel ‘matter of time‘

Senior diplomatic officials shared with i24NEWS that the Gulf state is looking to normalize relations with Israel, but that this will take time.

„The direction of Saudi-Israeli relations is normalization, but it will take more time and we must not put the cart before the horse.“ So said Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir in a meeting held in recent weeks with members of the American Jewish community (AJC), as revealed in an official document obtained by i24NEWS.

04.12.2022 - 19:17 [ Wall Street Journal ]

OPEC+ Keeps Oil Curbs Despite Russia Price Cap

During a virtual meeting, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and the Russia-led bloc—a group collectively known as OPEC+—decided to maintain production cuts of 2 million barrels a day, initially agreed to in October, OPEC said.

04.12.2022 - 18:11 [ theHill.com ]

OPEC+ agrees to stay with existing oil output targets

Oil-producing alliance OPEC+ agreed on Sunday to keep its same production targets, dealing another setback for the U.S. and western allies seeking to curb high gas prices.

03.12.2022 - 18:41 [ jewishinsider.com ]

Biden’s Saudi recalibration a potential setback to prospects for Saudi-Israel normalization

(October 21, 2022)

Schneider is a co-chair of the Abraham Accords Caucus, as well as a lead sponsor of the DEFEND Act, which seeks to promote the creation of an integrated Middle East air-defense infrastructure, potentially including both Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), also an Abraham Accords Caucus co-chair and lead DEFEND Act sponsor, raised concerns that the White House was “disrupting… momentum” toward integrated air defense by postponing a United States-Gulf Coordination Council meeting focused on the issue following the oil production cut announcement.

03.12.2022 - 18:35 [ QZ.com ]

How the US Congress could defang OPEC and keep gas prices low in one stroke

(30.11.2022)

The idea was first put forth back in 2000, when antitrust lawyer Seth Bloom wrote the NOPEC Act. It stands for No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels. The law would explicitly permit the US government to pursue price-fixing claims against oil-producing countries.

03.12.2022 - 18:28 [ china-environment-news.net ]

Egypt, Saudi Arabia & Qatar join Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as ‘Dialogue Partners’

(September 14, 2022)

Egypt and Qatar have been granted Dialogue Partner status of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) following the admission procedure launched in September 2021 at the Dushanbe summit.

03.12.2022 - 18:19 [ CNBC ]

OPEC+ to consider deeper oil output cuts ahead of Russia sanctions and proposed price cap

OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers could impose deeper oil output cuts on Sunday, energy analysts said, as the influential energy alliance weighs the impact of a pending ban on Russia‘s crude exports and a possible price cap on Russian oil.

OPEC+, a group of 23 oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, will convene on Sunday to decide on the next phase of production policy.

03.12.2022 - 18:09 [ BBC / Youtube ]

G7 and allies approve cap on price of Russian oil – BBC News

It comes after the EU agreed on the price cap after persuading Poland to back it.

The price cap was put forward by the G7 group of nations in September and aims to stop Moscow profiting from oil exports while avoiding a price spike.

01.12.2022 - 10:55 [ ORF.at ]

EU-Ratspräsident Michel traf Xi Jinping in Peking

Chinas Staats- und Parteichef Xi Jinping hat heute EU-Ratspräsident Charles Michel in Peking empfangen. Bei dem Treffen sollte es um die angespannte geopolitische Lage, den russischen Angriffskrieg in der Ukraine und die künftigen Beziehungen der EU zu China gehen.

25.11.2022 - 08:55 [ BeijingBulletin.com ]

VP Harris‘ visit is signal to China of US support for South China Sea

During a visit to the Philippines, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will demonstrate America‘s commitment to defending its treaties by flying to an island province facing the disputed South China Sea.

This week, Harris met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for talks aimed at reinforcing Washington‘s oldest treaty alliance in Asia and strengthening economic ties.

25.11.2022 - 08:40 [ CNBC ]

Canceled sailings from China and ‚radical‘ vessel cuts hit U.S. ability to reach export market

(11.11.2022)

But as of now, for weeks 51 and 52, carriers have scheduled no blank sailings on the Asia-North America West Coast route, which Murphy says is a reflection of the carriers‘ indecision as to how to approach the potential pre-Chinese New Year rush.

„It appears more to be a wait-and-see approach, in terms of whether there will be a seasonal demand spike,“ he added.

25.11.2022 - 08:25 [ Financial Times / todayuknews.com ]

‘No way we can open’: China’s zero-Covid exit plans unravel

With the economic and social costs mounting from conflicting policy directives, Beijing needs to set explicit criteria for reopening based on vaccination coverage and the availability of intensive care units for treating an inevitable exit wave of cases, according to Yu Jie, a senior research fellow at Chatham House, a UK think-tank.

Ultimately, such conditions must be set, she said, “because it is no longer just a public health question, it is an economic question”.

24.11.2022 - 18:19 [ fwi.co.uk ]

Pork set to follow eggs as food supply tightens

EU production data to the end of August showed a 3.9% drop to 6.5 million pigs.

At the member-state level, national figures showed that German production was back 11%. Danish sow numbers have fallen 3% this year and sit at a 20-year low (11 million), while Dutch farmers are being paid to sell up to help meet national ammonia and nitrate targets.

24.11.2022 - 17:21 [ ORF.at ]

Verkauf rationiert: Großbritannien gehen die Eier aus

Supermärkte müssen den Verkauf rationieren – so beschränkt der Einzelhandelsriese Tesco die Abgabe auf drei Packungen pro Kundin bzw. Kunden. Zuvor hatte etwa der Konkurrent ASDA noch stärkere Beschränkungen erlassen – dort werden nur noch zwei Packungen ausgegeben. Für die Knappheit gibt es zwei Gründe: die Vogelgrippe und die gestiegenen Produktionskosten.

23.11.2022 - 15:24 [ Middle East Eye ]

Biden administration sticks to ‚vague‘ wording on Saudi ties after immunity decision

US will continue to review its relationship with Saudi Arabia despite the administration saying the crown prince has immunity from Khashoggi lawsuit

22.11.2022 - 20:37 [ @PeaceBelgium / Twitter ]

The last time the NOPEC bill came this close to passing was in 2007, when it got approved by the House of Reps in a 345-72 vote and the Senate by 70-23, only to die after George W. Bush threatened a veto. (good relations between George W. & the Kingdom in the aftermath of 9/11)

(17.10.2022)

22.11.2022 - 20:25 [ Reuters ]

Explainer: What is NOPEC, the U.S. bill to pressure the OPEC+ oil group?

(05.10.2022)

But several attempts to pass NOPEC over more than two decades have long worried OPEC‘s de facto leader Saudi Arabia, leading Riyadh to lobby hard every time a version of the bill has come up.

With the Senate Judiciary Committee passing the bill in May, it needs to pass the full Senate and House and be signed by the president to become law.

22.11.2022 - 20:17 [ Pakistan Economic Net / Twitter ]

Oil rises after Saudis deny report of OPEC+ supply increase

22.11.2022 - 20:08 [ @echoreflection / Nitter ]

„late last night, the Biden administration quietly gave Saudi Arabia’s Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Salman, immunity from a lawsuit for the murder of Khashoggi, who had criticized the crown prince’s policies“

22.11.2022 - 20:03 [ thePostMillennial.com ]

Saudis may boost oil production after Biden admin shields crown prince from punishment in death of Jamal Khashoggi

A production increase of up to 500,000 barrels a day is now under discussion for OPEC’s December 4 meeting, delegates said.

12.11.2022 - 09:26 [ NewStatesman.com ]

Saudi Arabia is the biggest beneficiary of the war in Ukraine

(16 May 2022)

Cracks in the resolve began to show up immediately. Amid calls for more solar, wind and nuclear power, the UK government started to double down on domestic oil and gas production, and Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, flew to Saudi Arabia to ask the regime to increase its oil output.

11.11.2022 - 08:18 [ Worldwide Exchange / Nitter ]

„The chances of getting NOPEC passed are actually declining,“ says @rbccm Global Head of Commodity Strategy @CroftHelima. „Democrats were really driving for this. I don‘t really sense a lot of Republican enthusiasm.“ #Election2022 #Midterms2022 #OPEC

11.11.2022 - 08:09 [ Reuters ]

Explainer: What is NOPEC, the U.S. bill to pressure the OPEC+ oil group?

(05.10.2022)

But several attempts to pass NOPEC over more than two decades have long worried OPEC‘s de facto leader Saudi Arabia, leading Riyadh to lobby hard every time a version of the bill has come up.

With the Senate Judiciary Committee passing the bill in May, it needs to pass the full Senate and House and be signed by the president to become law.

07.11.2022 - 07:48 [ Oilprice.com ]

Saudi Arabia Reiterates Commitment To China, Regardless Of U.S. Concerns

(Nov 01, 2022)

Saudi Arabia‘s strategic pivot effectively marks the end of the 1945 core agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia that defined their relationship up until extremely recently.

07.11.2022 - 07:42 [ AtlanticCouncil.org ]

Riyadh crosses the Rubicon toward Russia

(October 11, 2022)

This decision stands in stark contrast to the careful, muted responses of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian President Narendra Modi to Putin’s accelerating aggression in Eastern Europe and mounting threats to unleash nuclear war on the continent. Apart from buying Russian oil (at major discounts, most recently about $25 below Brent prices), neither the Chinese nor the Indians have offered Putin much in the way of diplomatic cover, military materiel or other direct substantive support since the earliest weeks of the illegal Russian invasion.

07.11.2022 - 06:46 [ Politico.eu ]

Russia obstructs Iran nuclear deal as the Kremlin frets over its oil income

(March 5, 2022)

Hopes had been high that international negotiators from the permanent five members of the U.N. Security Council, Germany and the EU would be able to secure a deal with Tehran on Saturday to put strict limits on Iran’s atomic work in exchange for sanctions relief for the Islamic Republic.

Such a deal would bring significant volumes of Iranian crude oil back to global energy markets in the months ahead, and that could spell trouble for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

07.11.2022 - 06:35 [ theCradle.co ]

Iran admits to drone delivery to Russia ‘before the war’

(05.11.2022)

The minister added that Tehran’s ties with Putin are based on neighborliness and common interests, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.

The Iranian diplomat maintained that during a conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, they agreed that Kyiv would hand over evidence of the use of those Iranian drones in the conflict. “If it is confirmed that Russia used Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine, we will not be indifferent to this issue,” Abdollahian stressed.

04.11.2022 - 07:39 [ jewishinsider.com ]

Biden’s Saudi recalibration a potential setback to prospects for Saudi-Israel normalization

(October 21, 2022)

Schneider is a co-chair of the Abraham Accords Caucus, as well as a lead sponsor of the DEFEND Act, which seeks to promote the creation of an integrated Middle East air-defense infrastructure, potentially including both Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), also an Abraham Accords Caucus co-chair and lead DEFEND Act sponsor, raised concerns that the White House was “disrupting… momentum” toward integrated air defense by postponing a United States-Gulf Coordination Council meeting focused on the issue following the oil production cut announcement.

01.11.2022 - 11:28 [ Kaack Terminhandel GmbH / Twitter ]

Weizen: Matif-Kurse springen um 4% an, nachdem Russland Getreide-Abkommen aussetzt Die Nachricht lief am Samstag über den Ticker der Nachrichtendienste. Russland setzt seine Teilnahme am Getreide-Abkommen mit sofortiger Wirkung aus!

(…)

01.11.2022 - 11:21 [ theHill.com ]

Wheat prices shoot up after Russia suspends UN grain deal

Wheat prices shot up on global commodity markets after Russia pulled out of a deal to keep grain exports moving out of Ukrainian ports, exacerbating concerns that the move by Moscow could worsen global food shortages.

“Each fraction of a percentage point pushes someone somewhere over the line to extreme poverty,” United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths told the body’s Security Council on Monday.

01.11.2022 - 10:13 [ Reuters ]

Explainer: What is NOPEC, the U.S. bill to pressure the OPEC+ oil group?

(05.10.2022)

But several attempts to pass NOPEC over more than two decades have long worried OPEC‘s de facto leader Saudi Arabia, leading Riyadh to lobby hard every time a version of the bill has come up.

With the Senate Judiciary Committee passing the bill in May, it needs to pass the full Senate and House and be signed by the president to become law.

01.11.2022 - 09:57 [ Oilprice.com ]

Deep OPEC Output Cuts Upend Biden’s Attempt To Lower Oil Prices

In an effort to combat rising prices, earlier this year President Biden began the largest drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in U.S. history.
OPEC+ undid Biden’s SPR release by making deep output cuts, starting in November.
OPEC+ interests are fundamentally different than the interests of the U.S. consumer.

28.10.2022 - 17:07 [ Rep. Susan Wild, Abgeordnete im US Repräsentantenhaus / Twitter ]

OPEC‘s decision to slash oil production is a slap in the face to American interests. It‘s time we restore the balance in this relationship. Today, @RepCindyAxne and I urged congressional leadership to bring up the NOPEC Act to crack down on the autocrats driving up PA gas prices.

(20.10.2022)

28.10.2022 - 16:24 [ Middle East Eye ]

Opec+ oil cut: The birth pangs of a new world order

Riyadh is apparently set on another course. It intends to join Brics and is increasing its cooperation with China, including through its unprecedented consideration of trading oil for yuan instead of dollars. The UAE is also making moves, with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed recently visiting Moscow, and his energy minister saying Russia is irreplaceable in the oil market.

27.10.2022 - 19:29 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Leitzinserhöhung zur Inflationsbekämpfung? Was für eine Schnapsidee

(14.09.2022)

Haben Sie mehr Geld in der Tasche, weil die Leitzinsen sinken oder die Geldmenge steigt? Nein, natürlich nicht.

25.10.2022 - 10:04 [ jewishinsider.com/ ]

Biden’s Saudi recalibration a potential setback to prospects for Saudi-Israel normalization

(October 21, 2022)

Schneider is a co-chair of the Abraham Accords Caucus, as well as a lead sponsor of the DEFEND Act, which seeks to promote the creation of an integrated Middle East air-defense infrastructure, potentially including both Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), also an Abraham Accords Caucus co-chair and lead DEFEND Act sponsor, raised concerns that the White House was “disrupting… momentum” toward integrated air defense by postponing a United States-Gulf Coordination Council meeting focused on the issue following the oil production cut announcement.

25.10.2022 - 09:59 [ New York Times ]

Why OPEC Is Cutting Oil Production (and Why There’s Not Much the U.S. Can Do About It)

(Oct. 24, 2022)

If the United States follows through on its threats, the Biden administration would be a true maverick in Middle East policy, because no other administration — Republican or Democratic — has ever retaliated against Saudi Arabia in any serious manner for its oil policies.

25.10.2022 - 09:51 [ @PeaceBelgium / Twitter ]

The last time the NOPEC bill came this close to passing was in 2007, when it got approved by the House of Reps in a 345-72 vote and the Senate by 70-23, only to die after George W. Bush threatened a veto. (good relations between George W. & the Kingdom in the aftermath of 9/11)

(17.10.2022)

25.10.2022 - 09:44 [ Reuters ]

U.S. Senate panel advances bill to rein in OPEC+ over oil output cut

(19.10.2022)

The legislation could be debated by lawmakers after the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

20.10.2022 - 17:29 [ Telegraph.co.uk ]

Iran has declared war on Britain and the West

Following Putin’s visit to Tehran in July, Iran offered to assist Russia with avoiding those sanctions by using its so-called “dark” fleet of oil tankers.

In return, Moscow agreed an arms deal with Iran, including the purchase of 2,400 Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones.

These Iranian kamikaze drones are now at the forefront of Vladimir Putin’s attempts to wreak havoc against Ukraine, with their participation all the more important because the Russian military is running low on stockpiles of its conventional missiles. Nor is Iran’s involvement likely to be confined to providing drones.

20.10.2022 - 17:20 [ Foaad Haghighi / Nitter ]

Despite familiar denials of wrong-doing, under a deal agreed in Moscow earlier this month with senior officials from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Tehran has promised to provide Russia with surface-to-surface missiles as well.

20.10.2022 - 15:41 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Der Imperiale Komplex enttarnt sich

(4. August 2019)

Die “Shanghaier Organisation für Zusammenarbeit” / “Shanghai Cooperation Organization” (S.O.Z. / S.C.O.). hatte sich am 13. und 14. Juni in Bischkek, der Hauptstadt von Kirgisien getroffen.

Zu Beginn des Treffens erfolgten im Persischen Golf bzw dem Golf von Oman die Tanker-Explosionen, welche dem Iran zugeschrieben wurden.

Neben den Autokraten der Mitgliedsstaaten Russland, China, Kasachstan, Kirgisien (auch Kirgisistan genannt), Tadschikistan, Usbekistan, sowie den Atommächten Pakistan und Indien, war beim Gipfel des Shanghai-Pakts auch der Präsident eines Staates mit “Beobachterstatus” zu Besuch: Hassan Rohani aus dem Iran. Am 14. Juni empfing ihn Wladimir Putin.

Nur Tage später schossen am 20. Juni iranische “Revolutionsgarden” eine U.S.-Drohne ab, was um Haaresbreite einen Luftangriff der U.S.A. auf den Iran auslöste, welche U.S.-Präsident Donald Trump letztlich wohl aus wahltaktischen Gründen in letzter Sekunde stoppte.

Wiederum nur wenige Tage später traf sich am 23. und 24. Juni Putins Nationaler Sicherheitsberater Nikolai Patrushev in Israel mit dem Nationalen Sicherheitsberater von Benjamin Netanyahu, Meir Ben Shabbat und deren U.S.-Amtskollegen John Bolton. Laut dem “Middle East Eye”, welcher sich auf britische Quellen berief, nahm an dem “präzedenzlosen” Treffen der Atommächte Russland, USA und Israel auch der Geheimdienstleiter seiner Majestät aus Saudi Arabien teil. Dieser hatte zuvor in London um eine Kollaboration der zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch amtierenden Theresa May mit ihrem Außenminister Jeremy Hunt bei einem Angriffskrieg gegen den Iran geworben.

Am 4. Juli schließlich, nur Tage nach dem G20-Gipfel in Osaka, kaperten britische Marinestreitkräfte unter Befehl ihrer Majestät und deren immer noch amtierenden Premierministerin Theresa May den iranischen Tanker “Grace 1” vor Gibraltar und verschleppten diesen. Als Ausrede fungierten E.U.-Sanktionen gegen Syrien (Zielort des iranischen Öl-Tankers), obwohl E.U.-Sanktionen ohne U.N.-Resolution keinerlei internationale oder gar rechtliche Relevanz darstellen, schon gar nicht für den britischen Akt der Piraterie.

Und am 19. Juli spielten wiederum die “Revolutionsgarden” des Iran, übrigens unter Kommando von Ayatollah Khamenei stehend und nicht unter Befehl des immer irrelevanter werdenden Rohani, den vermeintlichen Feinden und der Kriegslobby weltweit mit Schwung in die Hände, in dem sie den unter britischer Flagge fahrenden Tanker “Stena Impero” kaperten und verschleppten. Und heute verkünden die nach Aufmerksamkeit heischenden Marktschreier von Teheran, quer durch das bereits vierte Massaker in den U.S.A. durch angeblich zufällig reihenweise wahnsinnige Einzeltäter (auf-der-Flucht-erschiessen oder wahnsinnig plausible “intra-orale” Selbstmorde inklusive) einen weiteren Tanker gekapert zu haben, wieder mit lächerlichen Ausreden und dass angeblich schon am 31. Juli, was man aber jetzt wohl noch sagen darf..

(…)

Die Rolle Deutschlands ist die eines tumben, freiwillig taubstummen Idioten, den man im Krieg braucht, nach dem Motto “keine Party ohne die”. Alle, ausnahmslos alle, zerren an diesem Land und wollen es irgendwie in den Persischen Golf vor die Flinte kriegen.

Und noch dieses Jahr, das prognostiere ich hiermit, werden (zusätzliche) deutsche Marinestreitkräfte, mit Vollmacht zum Kriegseinsatz und unter Befehl irgendeiner ausländischen Macht, in den Persischen Golf entsandt werden. Ob nun direkt unter U.S.-Kommando, mit E.U.-Feigenblatt, oder einer irgendwie herbei interpretierten oder schnell besorgten U.N.-Resolution, oder man erklärt gleich den Verteidigungsfall des Nordtatlantikpakts an der Zapfsäule von Atzenhausen – es spielt alles keine Rolle.

Sie können es mit Euch machen. Also machen sie es.

Hauptsache, die Soldaten und Soldatinnen der Bundeswehr sind da unten auf der Zielscheibe angeschnallt. Und dann kann der Spaß losgehen. Und dann darf wieder gejammert werden.

Und dann kräftig, Genossinnen und Genossen!

20.10.2022 - 15:21 [ APnews.com ]

Ukraine accuses Iran of violating UN ban on drone transfers

A letter from Ukraine’s U.N. Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and members of the U.N. Security Council was obtained by The Associated Press ahead of a closed council meeting late Wednesday requested by Britain, France and the United States on Iran’s sale of hundreds of drones to Russia.

The three Western countries strongly back Ukraine’s contention that the drones were transferred to Russia and violate a 2015 U.N. Security Council resolution that endorsed the nuclear deal between Iran and six key nations — the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany — aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear activities and preventing the country from developing a nuclear weapon.

19.10.2022 - 15:02 [ @PeaceBelgium / Twitter ]

The last time the NOPEC bill came this close to passing was in 2007, when it got approved by the House of Reps in a 345-72 vote and the Senate by 70-23, only to die after George W. Bush threatened a veto. (good relations between George W. & the Kingdom in the aftermath of 9/11)

19.10.2022 - 14:29 [ Oilprice.com ]

NOPEC Bill Would Mean The End Of Aramco And OPEC As We Know Them

(17.10.2022)

Riyadh’s alignment with Russia definitively started during that War and was irrevocably strengthened when Moscow agreed to support then-beleaguered Saudi Arabia and OPEC in their first post-Oil Price War production announcement at the end of 2016, forming ‘OPEC+’ (‘plus’ Russia) in the process. And Saudi Arabia’s move towards the autocracies of the East, with which its own autocracy is naturally aligned, was definitively concluded with China when Beijing allowed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) to save face, and probably his eventual succession to the kingship as well, by offering to privately buy in 2017 all five percent of his disastrously conceived initial public offering of Saudi Aramco. Last week’s Saudi-led shock two million barrels per day (bpd) collective crude oil production cuts shows that MbS personally has nothing but contempt for the U.S., so it is little wonder that key figures in the West Wing of the White House are taking it so personally.

19.10.2022 - 14:15 [ Reuters ]

Explainer: What is NOPEC, the U.S. bill to pressure the OPEC+ oil group?

(05.10.2022)

But several attempts to pass NOPEC over more than two decades have long worried OPEC‘s de facto leader Saudi Arabia, leading Riyadh to lobby hard every time a version of the bill has come up.

With the Senate Judiciary Committee passing the bill in May, it needs to pass the full Senate and House and be signed by the president to become law.

19.10.2022 - 05:43 [ Reuters ]

OPEC+ members endorse output cut after U.S. coercion accusation

(17.10.2022)

Khalid bin Salman on Sunday said he was „astonished“ by claims his country was „standing with Russia in its war with Ukraine“.

„It is telling that these false accusations did not come from the Ukrainian government,“ he wrote on Twitter.

19.10.2022 - 05:34 [ gulfif.org ]

Russia’s Double Game in the JCPOA Negotiations

(January 26, 2022)

However, the Russo-Iranian dispute did not end there. Instead, unrest over Ulyanov’s comments led to the voicing of broader concerns over Russia’s “domineering policy” vis-à-vis Iran. The Kremlin’s central role in the Vienna talks has touched off widespread jabs in Iranian mainstream and social media. Given Iran’s refusal to sit one-on-one with the U.S. side, Ulyanov’s release of a photo of a December 29 meeting between Russian and U.S. diplomats concerning the Iran nuclear deal, intensified the criticism.

Pro-government conservative newspapers within Iran downplayed criticisms of the Russian negotiators, which they described as psychological warfare initiated by the U.S. and Israel.

19.10.2022 - 05:04 [ Newsweek ]

Mohammed Javad Zarif Says Russia Wants to Stop U.S., Iran Nuclear Deal in Leaked Interview

(26.04.2021)

The release of the comments by Zarif set off a firestorm in Iran, where officials carefully mind their words amid a cut-throat political environment that includes the powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, ultimately overseen by the country‘s supreme leader. Zarif has been suggested as a possible candidate for Iran‘s June 18 presidential election, as well.

Zarif‘s comments might complicate talks in Vienna aimed at bringing Tehran and the U.S. back into compliance with Iran‘s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

19.10.2022 - 03:53 [ Reuters ]

Iran agrees to ship missiles, more drones to Russia

Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles, in addition to more drones, two senior Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats told Reuters, a move that is likely to infuriate the United States and other Western powers.

A deal was agreed on Oct. 6 when Iran‘s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, two senior officials from Iran‘s powerful Revolutionary Guards and an official from the Supreme National Security Council visited Moscow for talks with Russia about the delivery of the weapons.