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January 25, 2023 | Muhammad Hussein

The world is heading towards CBDCs: the inevitable future of finance or new form of dystopian control?

It is the unfortunate – or fortunate, depending on one's propensity to autocracy – nature of every decentralised system in this modern age to become centralised under the scope...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, EU, Europe & Russia, IMF, International Organisations, Lebanon, Middle East, Opinion, Turkey, UK, US, World Bank, World Economic Forum
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January 20, 2023 | Reuters

Davos 2023: Big oil comes in from the cold on energy transition

A different type of energy transition has taken place at this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting. Unlike 2021's COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, where oil and gas executives...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics, International Organisations, OPEC, Opinion, World Bank, World Economic Forum
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November 8, 2021 | Muhammad Hussein

The Middle East looks likely to be a focal point for the post-pandemic 'Great Reset'

Almost two years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic it is worth reviewing what has happened. With lockdowns around the world, preventative measures varied from country to country;...

Published in: Article, Coronavirus, International Organisations, Middle East, Opinion, World Economic Forum