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Anthony McAuley has been a financial journalist for more than 30 years, working for some of the world’s most respected news organizations, including Thomson Financial, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The Economist Group and The National (Abu Dhabi), on a wide variety of business and economic topics. He started as a London-based reporter and editor covering the Euromarkets and “the City” for Thomson’s IFR and The Wall Street Journal. He was an Opec reporter for Reuters and then the editor-in-chief of the news agency’s New York-based Americas Energy. At The Economist Group, he was deputy editor of one of its finance magazines and then the launch editor for the EIU Industry Briefing’s energy unit.

He spent three years as a business journalist for The National in Abu Dhabi, covering energy at a time of great upheaval in the industry, as well as the regional economy. Currently, he resides in New Orleans and writes for The Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate and various other publications on topics that include world and regional energy, trade, the economy and US policy.

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The Quest for Green Air Travel By Robin Mills - Mar 19, 2023

An airliner over Dubai’s coast, a single-engine helicopter, and a Japan-Abu Dhabi flight: sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has proven capable of powering air travel. But can supply rise and cost fall fast enough to make SAF a major part of the aviation industry’s journey to net-zero emissions? While aviation is responsible for about 2 percent of global … Continue reading “The Quest for Green Air Travel”

Food Insecurity Looms After Turkey’s Earthquakes By Alexandra de Cramer - Mar 17, 2023

Turkey’s economy was weak well before February’s devastating earthquakes, but damages to the country’s agricultural sector, one of its most important industries, could push Turkey over the edge. With the growing season fast approaching, farmers in the earthquake zone need immediate assistance to stave off nationwide food shortages. Food-related consequences of the disaster have already surfaced. Within a week … Continue reading “Food Insecurity Looms After Turkey’s Earthquakes”

Russia Returns to the Graveyard of Empires By Nikola Mikovic - Mar 17, 2023

Even as Russia struggles to achieve military and political success in Ukraine, its leaders have turned their attention to another regional objective: restarting business in the “graveyard of empires.” Six months ago, Moscow inked a deal with the Taliban to supply gasoline, oil, and wheat to Afghanistan. Some of those commodities are now arriving by road and rail from Central Asia, providing Afghans … Continue reading “Russia Returns to the Graveyard of Empires”

China Brings Saudi Arabia and Iran Together – Pushes America Out By Faisal Al Yafai - Mar 17, 2023

In diplomatic terms, the optics were shocking. Here were representatives from Saudi Arabia and Iran smiling and holding hands in a foreign capital as they announced the restoration of diplomatic relations after a seven-year break. But the foreign minister in the middle, proudly bringing them together, was not a European or American politician, but China’s Wang Yi. No words were needed. The … Continue reading “China Brings Saudi Arabia and Iran Together – Pushes America Out”

With Russia in Their Sights, Chechens Depart Syria for Ukraine By Haid Haid - Mar 13, 2023

When Syrian mercenaries first began appearing a few years ago in other conflicts, such as in Libya and Azerbaijan, analysts wondered whether the fighters might eventually make their way to Ukraine. By contrast, few have paid attention to what role foreign fighters in Syria, particularly jihadists, might eventually play in Europe. That tunnel vision helps explain … Continue reading “With Russia in Their Sights, Chechens Depart Syria for Ukraine”