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OPEC+ and the geopolitical changes
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Demostenes Floros, Geopolitical and economic analyst aboutenergy.com During the last meeting it was agreed that production cuts should be prolonged. However, from a political point of view, the most important thing is the institution of the new Organization On July 2nd 2019, OPEC+ decided to prolong its production cuts for a total amount of 1,200,000 b/d […]
European elections a new beginning?
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by Marco Pondrelli Approximately one week after the vote, we can try to venture the first considerations. A premise is needed: the European elections differ from the Politics elections, the turnout this year stops at 56% against 58.8% five years ago, numbers much lower than the Italian elections. This low turnout is one of the […]
Trump and sanctions against Iran, what happens now?
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Demostenes Floros | aboutenergy.com On May 2nd 2019, U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, announced the end of the Iran oil export sanctions waivers. Iran immediately responded setting a 60-days before restarting to increase the uranium enrichment. Waiting for the next OPEC+ meeting on June 30th 2019, what are the most important geopolitical consequences of the […]
Trump, China and globalization
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of Lorenzo Battisti (International Department of Italian Communist Party and Pci Paris) Trump has long been accused of putting an end to the “magical” globalization. In reality, his policies are the result of the new world balances generated by the emergence of the Brics and in particular by the economic and political development of China. […]
China in the Driving Seat
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Demostenes Floros | aboutenergy.com Versione in italiano The new geography of manufacturing. The speed at which China is changing its energy mix, from coal to gas. Europe’s response. The interwoven fates of Rome and Beijing over the Belt and Road Initiative. Analysis of a busy month of meetings In the next few weeks, the U.S. President […]
European Union and copyright
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by Francesco Galofaro, University of Turin There is little to be done: the more the mass media try to portray a European Union that is useful and citizen-friendly, the more they are drowning in the objective contradictions of the Community institutions. A good example of this is the approval, on 26 March, of the European […]
Italian-Chinese cooperation and the devil’s alternative
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Francesco Maringiò The complex Sino-American trade negotiation is going through a period that is not turbulent but is nevertheless marked by objective difficulties: too much distance separates the American warnings from the concessions that China is willing to make without penalizing its development and it becomes too difficult to contain the impact of the war […]
Greater Eurasia and the (new) energy routes
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Demostenes Floros | aboutenergy.com Versione in italiano In recent years, we have witnessed the emergence of a geo-economic center in Eurasia, that is being structured around Russia and China. A new development pole that wants and can become an alternative to the Euro-Atlantic center. Gas is above all. According to preliminary data provided by Gazprom, in […]
Oil price rise on Opec-led supply cuts
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Demostenes Floros | aboutenergy.com Versione in italiano In addition to the OPEC+ deal and the turmoil in the Latin American country, another bullish factor was a slight depreciation of the dollar and the impression that the Federal Reserve will not implement a strong tightening monetary policy in 2019 as it was previously supposed Oil and currency […]
The Bolivarian Revolution is in danger!
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by Marx21.it A Golpist opposition that does not want to recognize the will of the Venezuelan people proclaims itself government by inviting the armed forces to sedition. Immediately President Trump recognizes the legitimacy of the coup, threatens Venezuela with intervention and even armed support for the heirs of Pinochet and Videla and calls on all […]
A new recession is looming
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Demostenes Floros | aboutenergy.com Versione in italiano To balance the market, global economic powers must implement expansive policies and producer countries must implement the production cuts agreement as soon as possible During the last month of 2018, oil prices strongly decreased at around $8/b in the wake of the global financial turmoil. In fact, in 2018, […]
Confronting the crisis of imperialist globalisation
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The Anti-Trump: Xi Jinping’s thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era by Andrea Catone, Director of the magazine MarxVentuno Motivated by a series of questions asked in an interview during the IX World Socialism Forum – an annual event now organized in autumn in Beijing by the World Socialism Research Center at […]