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關鍵詞:Middle East
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MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
EVEN IN CELEBRATING THE KILLING OF SULEIMANI ON WEDNESDAY, AN EPISODE THE SAUDIS INSTINCTIVELY CELEBRATE, TRUMP UNDERLINED HE WANTED NATO TO REPLACE SOME US TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST – AN IDEA HE REFERRED TO AS 「NATO ME」. HE ALSO STRESSED THAT THE UMBILICAL CORD TYING THE US TO THE MIDDLE EAST – OIL – HAD BEEN CUT. THE US WAS SELF-SUFFICIENT IN ENERGY, HE SAID – A HALF-TRUTH BUT ONE HE BELIEVES.
DEFYING MEDIA SPECULATION AND WITH TENSIONS STILL HIGH IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE WILL VISIT SAUDI ARABIA, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND OMAN ON A FIVE-DAY TRIP STARTING SATURDAY AS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED FRIDAY.
"IT"S VERY HARD TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT TRAVELING TO THE MIDDLE EAST OR THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST IS SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY SHOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW IF THEY DON"T HAVE TO DO."
HTTPS://WWW.BBC.COM/NEWS/WORLD-MIDDLE-EAST-51055219
“TODAY, [PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP] SPOKE WITH [NATO] SECRETARY GENERAL [JENS STOLTENBERG]. THE TWO LEADERS DISCUSSED THE CURRENT SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE PRESIDENT EMPHASIZED THE VALUE OF NATO INCREASING ITS ROLE IN PREVENTING CONFLICT AND PRESERVING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST,” HE WROTE ON TWITTER ON JAN. 8.
EVEN BEYOND IRAN, THE REGION SCARCELY REGISTERS ON MULTINATIONALS』 PROFIT-AND-LOSS STATEMENTS. THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA ACCOUNTED FOR 2.4% OF LISTED AMERICAN FIRMS』 REVENUES IN 2019, ACCORDING TO MORGAN STANLEY, A BANK. FOR EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE COMPANIES IT WAS 4.9% AND 1.8%, RESPECTIVELY. MIDDLE EASTERNERS STILL BUY COMPARATIVELY FEW OF THE WORLD』S CARS (2.3M OUT OF 86M SOLD GLOBALLY IN 2018). PEDDLERS OF LUXURY GOODS LIKE PRADA, AN ITALIAN FASHION HOUSE, AND L』ORéAL, A FRENCH BEAUTY GIANT, BOOK 3% OF SALES IN THE MIDDLE EAST (NOT COUNTING SHEIKHS』 SHOPPING TRIPS TO MILAN OR PARIS).
CROFT: THEY ARE GOING WAY DOWN, BUT WE STILL NEED THEM. AND THE SECOND PART OF WHY WE"RE STILL DEPENDENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE PRICE IMPACT. OIL IS GLOBALLY TRADED COMMODITY. SO IF WE GET A MAJOR SUPPLY DISRUPTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND IT"S PROLONGED, WE"LL STILL FEEL THE EFFECTS IN THE UNITED STATES. FIVE YEARS AGO, IF WE HAD THE TYPE OF DISRUPTIONS WE"VE SEEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE MAY, PRICES WOULD BE ABOVE 100.
SINCE THE 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS, U.S. ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE COMPROMISED THE STRATEGIC STABILITY OF THE MIDDLE EAST, THE PERSIAN GULF, AND SOUTHWEST ASIA. THE INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN IN OCTOBER 2001 QUICKLY REMOVED THE AL QAEDA PRESENCE IN THAT COUNTRY, BUT OUR PROLONGED STAY THERE HAS BEEN A STRATEGIC NIGHTMARE. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION』S DECISION TO INVADE IRAQ, WHICH WAS DOOMED FROM THE START, TARGETED THE WRONG ENEMY AND CREATED THE CONDITIONS FOR THE CURRENT INSTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. THE IGNORANCE AND DECEIT OF GEORGE W. BUSH AND DICK CHENEY HAS BEEN TRUMPED.
TRUMP SAYS AMERICA DOESN"T NEED MIDDLE EAST OIL. IT"S NOT THAT SIMPLE
GULF CAPITAL PJSC IS POISED TO BUY THREE FERTILITY CLINICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST FROM IVIRMA GLOBAL IN A DEAL WORTH ABOUT
JUDITH FRIEDMAN ROSEN WRITING FELLOW RAYMOND IBRAHIM DISCUSSES THE UPROAR CAUSED BY USE OF JEAN-LéON GéROME"S 1866 PAINTING SLAVE MARKET IN POSTERS EMBLAZONED WITH THE SLOGAN "SO THAT EUROPE WON"T BECOME EURABIA" BY THE RIGHT-WING POPULIST ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY (AFD) TO HIGHLIGHT THE DANGERS OF MASS MIGRATION. THE PAINTING, WHICH DISPLAYS A FAIR-SKINNED FEMALE SLAVE BEING INSPECTED BY MIDDLE EASTERN MEN, ACCURATELY "PORTRAYS A REALITY THAT HAS PLAYED OUT COUNTLESS TIMES OVER THE CENTURIES," IBRAHIM ARGUES. OUTRAGE OVER AFD"S USE OF THE PAINTING "IS JUST ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH CONCERNING MUSLIM/WESTERN HISTORY."
"RUSSIA IS INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST DOESN"T HAVE WIDER, BLOODIER CONSEQUENCES," MIDDLE EAST EXPERT ANDREI ONTIKOV SAID, ADDING THAT GERMANY AND THE REST OF EUROPE CAN PLAY A POSITIVE ROLE IN DE-ESCALATING THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. "SO, OF COURSE, RUSSIA NEEDS TO COORDINATE ITS POLICIES, INCLUDING WITH EUROPE."
HAARETZ.COM, THE ONLINE EDITION OF HAARETZ NEWSPAPER IN ISRAEL, AND ANALYSIS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST. HAARETZ.COM PROVIDES EXTENSIVE AND IN-DEPTH COVERAGE OF ISRAEL, THE JEWISH WORLD AND THE MIDDLE EAST, INCLUDING DEFENSE, DIPLOMACY, THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT, THE PEACE PROCESS, ISRAELI POLITICS, JERUSALEM AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, IRAN, IRAQ, SYRIA, LEBANON, THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, THE WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP, THE ISRAELI BUSINESS WORLD AND JEWISH LIFE IN ISRAEL AND THE DIASPORA.
SO U.S. DEPENDENCE ON MIDDLE EAST OIL HAS FALLEN, BUT PRODUCTION OF MIDDLE EASTERN OIL HAS RISEN BY ABOUT 5 MILLION BPD IN THE PAST DECADE. SO THE REST OF THE WORLD USES MORE OIL FROM THE REGION THAN THEY DID A DECADE AGO. FURTHER, ABOUT 20% OF THE WORLD』S OIL PASSES THROUGH WATERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT BORDER IRAN. THUS, A FAIR AMOUNT OF THE WORLD』S OIL SUPPLY COULD BE AT RISK IF THE SITUATION IN THE REGION CONTINUES TO ESCALATE.
RUSSIAN AND TURKISH LEADERS INAUGURATE TURKSTREAM PIPELINE; ERDOGAN WARNS US OF 『NIGHTMARE OF CONFLICT』 IN MIDDLE EAST.
OIL AND DE-RISKING THE MIDDLE EAST
DUBAI — BRAZILIAN STATE-RUN OIL FIRM PETROBRAS SUSPENDED ITS SHIPPING ROUTES THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, INCLUDING BUNKER HUB FUJAIRAH, AS TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST ESCALATE AFTER A US DRONE STRIKE KILLED IRANIAN MILITARY COMMANDER QASSEM SOLEIMANI AND AN IRAQI MILITIA LEADER.
GLOBAL SHARE MARKETS INITIALLY FELL SHARPLY ON FEARS THAT TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WOULD ESCALATE AFTER A US AIR RAID KILLED A TOP IRANIAN COMMANDER, BUT HAVE RECOVERED SOME GROUND ON TUESDAY [FILE: VINCENT YU/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
INDIVISIBLE EVANSTON PROTESTS TRUMP, MILITARY ACTION IN MIDDLE EAST

 

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