Dwight Lindquist

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has substantially disrupted the petroleum industry, and significant uncertainty will remain in the months ahead. On April 12, 2020, in an effort to stabilize the market and bolster energy prices, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ...

On January 8, 2020, Russia and Turkey released a joint statement advocating for a ceasefire in Libya, where conflict continues between the UN-backed Government of National Accord and the Libyan National Army. The following day, however, the leader of the LNA, Khalifa Haftar, rejected the ceasefire and ...

While Turkey’s economy seems to have successfully recovered from a recession, certain risks may threaten its economic health moving forward. The country faced three straight quarters of recession through quarter two 2019, precipitated by a ...

While Vietnam’s economy has displayed relatively robust economic growth over the past few decades, various short-term and long-term risks threaten to reverse this trend. After years of reform, the country began integrating with the international economic system, notably joining ASEAN in 1995 and the WTO in 2007 ...

Protests in Lebanon spanning two weeks in late October culminated in the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister. While the proximate cause for the protests was an increase in the tax rate applied to the use of WhatsApp, a messaging platform, the Lebanese public had long harbored dissatisfaction over the sectarian government’s corruption and failure to effectively run the economy ...

The deep sea mining industry is poised for rapid growth over the next half-decade as companies, countries, and institutions react to changes in international demand for various minerals. Deep sea mineral deposits often hold reserves that are denser than those found on land ...

India’s economy has faced significant challenges over the past two years, with overall GDP growth decreasing each of the past five quarters to 5% for the quarter ending in June 2019. The government has implemented various measures in order to boost growth, such as a $20 billion corporate tax cut in late September ...

China’s nuclear power industry has grown dramatically since the country developed its first reactor in the 1980s. As of Fall 2019, China has 45 reactors producing power, with roughly a dozen under construction ...

The UN has predicted that the earth’s population will increase to over 9 billion by 2050, and that by that time the demand for food will increase by 70%. Rapid and widespread technological advances will prove essential if we are to meet this need ...

Japan hosted the seventh iteration of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in the city of Yokohama from August 28 until August 30, 2019. The event is held every three years and acts to foster engagement between ...