Prospects of Future U.S.-North Korea Negotiations

While the first diplomatic negotiations between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore in June 2018 suggested positive developments, the second summit in Hanoi in late February 2019 is considered a failure. The governments in Washington, D.C. and Pyongyang are currently in a deadlock...

Qatar’s OPEC Departure Indicates Future Action

Qatar announced in December 2018 that it would be renouncing its membership from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in order to focus more on its exports of natural gas. This move has made Qatar the first Arab country to exit OPEC since the organization’s founding in 1960...