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June 30, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient
According to a recent report from Swiss banking group Lombard Odier that surveyed more than 300 high net worth investors in the Middle East, attention to Islamic investments is growing fast. The survey shows that 61% of the respondents say their interest in Islamic assets has increased during the last …
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June 30, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Ahmed Aboul Gheit, secretary general of the Cairo-based League of Arab States, criticized the way the international community has dealt with the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis. Secretary General of the Cairo-based Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit recently criticized the way the international community, particularly the UN Security Council, has …
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June 30, 2022 Africa, Eurasia
Energy and food imports alongside a growing trade deficit put pressure on Morocco’s foreign currency reserves. The Office des Changes (OC) published its monthly newsletter in early June, indicating a sharp rise in both exports and imports. The newsletter shows that remittances and phosphates were the leading sources of foreign …
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June 30, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
The Turkish government’s latest loan restriction may help the embattled lira recover to some extent, but not without the risk of damaging side effects. Desperate against galloping inflation but bent on keeping interest rates low, Turkey’s government has turned to interventionist measures akin to capital controls to bolster the embattled …
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June 30, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Israel’s political landscape will shift dramatically over the next few weeks, as the US president is set to visit. Yair Lapid is scheduled to take over from Naftali Bennett as Israeli prime minister next week under a complex job-sharing agreement. It’s an open question whether Lapid intends to maintain Bennett’s …
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June 30, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Following the signing of a memorandum between Turkey, Sweden, and Finland, Erdogan lifted his veto against the Nordic expansion of NATO hours before the Madrid summit started. After a day of phone diplomacy, conflicting statements, and last-minute political posturing, Turkey has given the nod to NATO hopefuls Sweden and Finland …
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June 30, 2022 Eurasia
If Sweden and Finland succeed in joining NATO, their addition could provide the fringe benefit of enhancing U.S. strategies and tactics against a rival far removed from Atlantic waters, according to analysts. Navy and Marine Corps personnel carrying out operations to deter China would do well to pick up some …
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June 30, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient
U.S. forces on Monday killed a “senior leader” of an al-Qaida-aligned terrorist organization during a strike in Syria, U.S. Central Command said in a news release. Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, a senior leader of Hurras al-Din, was traveling alone on a motorcycle in Idlib province at the time of the …
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June 30, 2022 Eurasia
Sweden and Finland are poised to formally be invited into NATO after breakthrough negotiations Tuesday with Turkey, paving the way for one of the most significant alliance expansions in years. Turkish opposition to the two Nordic states’ membership bids threatened to derail NATO plans, but hours before an alliance summit …
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June 30, 2022 Eurasia
Идея о введении потолка цен для российской нефти, которая первоначально представлялась маргинальной и не заслуживающей серьезного обсуждения, теперь стала едва ли не главной в повестке саммита стран G7, по крайней мере в публичном поле. Насколько можно понять, главным сторонником идеи выступают США, тогда как европейские страны относятся к ней настороженно …
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