28 May 2009, VIENNA, VIENNA, Austria --- epa01744496 (L-R, front row) Director of the OPEC research divisiton, Dr. Hasan M. Qabzard, OPEC President, Angola's Oil Minister Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos and OPEC Secretary-General Abdalla el Badri (R) address the media during a press conference in Vienna, Austria on 28 May 2009. Officials of the 12 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members held a closed-door meeting in Vienna on 28 May.  EPA/HERBERT PFARRHOFER --- Image by © HERBERT PFARRHOFER/epa/Corbis Courtesy: The Speaker-news
23 July 2015

OPEC’s spigot: spot on

By keeping production high and oil prices low, OPEC is taking on oil and gas companies by undercutting their ability to investments in future oil & gas production

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23 July 2015

No peace in Kabul without Delhi

The recent meeting between the Taliban and the Afghan governments– brokered China– holds promise to bring peace to Afghanistan. However, the absence of India at the table notable. Given India's investments in Afghanistan and geopolitical importance, China must seek to bring India to the table, otherwise peace will remain elusive

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17 July 2015

Iran sanctions: journey’s end

A journey which began in Istanbul in 2012 ended in triumph in Vienna in July 2014, as the P5+1 countries and Iran announced a Joint Plan of Comprehensive action that would see Iran free of all economic sanctions while upholding the right to a civil nuclear programme. While this journey, fraught with challenges, technically is over, the ratification battle in the U.S. congress commences now