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TopicSaudi oil shock

Topic: Saudi oil shock

Saudi Arabia faces a double crisis and people are waking up to a harsh new reality

With plunging crude prices and coronavirus shutdowns, the non-oil economy in Saudi Arabia is expected to contract for the first time in over 30 years.

Saudi oil shock will probably not matter as much to the world as it could to India

The global energy market has diversified and the loss of 5.7 million barrels of oil in an $84.8 trillion global economy is less likely to qualify as major crisis.

Saudi oil shock could unite India, China amidst tensions in Middle East

China, India, Japan and South Korea are dependent on Saudi exports and would not want the geopolitical crisis to escalate.

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Iran now looks closer to rupture than reform. Foreign powers will try to seize opportunity

In power for 36 years, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has governed through a rigid adherence to a theological ideology and an absolute rejection of political reform.

Pakistan coming to Davos on a private pass—biggest delegation in years, (unofficial) pavilion

Sharif was not part of forum in 2025, nor did WEF officially mention Pakistan's presence in 2025. Accompanying PM will be Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, Dy PM Ishaq Dar and PPP chief Bilawal.

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Pakistan se azadi. Grow up, stop giving it prime real estate in our psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.