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الحوار الوطني واتفاق الطائف
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خليل زهر
Dec 16, 20191 min read
حل الأزمة اللبنانية بعقد اجتماعي جديد
#lebanon #LebanonProtests #لبنان #لبنانـينتفض #لبنانـيثور
خليل زهر
Nov 22, 20191 min read
The Attack on Saudi Oil Infrastructure: What does it Reveal?
This satellite image shows where the damage was done at the Abqaiq site Highlights The September 14 attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil...
Khalil Zahr
Oct 28, 201913 min read
نحو الخروج من أزمة النظام اللبناني وبناء الدولة الديمقراطية الليبرالية العادلة
Photo credit:Arabian Business مبررات التغيير ١. الانهيار التدريجي لجمهورية ما بعد الطائف: فشل الادارة الاقتصادية والمالية: غياب...
د. خليل زهر
Oct 25, 20193 min read
Is the Price of Oil Still a Good Proxy for the Price of Energy?
The acceleration in fossil energy consumption over the past three years is more likely driven by an extended period of low to moderate price
Khalil Zahr
Aug 28, 20199 min read
What is Behind the Divergence between World Energy Outlooks and the Two-Degree Climate Pathway?
Renewable energy cannot be a substitute for fossil energy. It needs to be supplemented by nuclear energy if climate objectives to be met
Dr Khalil Zahr
Jun 4, 201911 min read
What is Behind the Divergence between World Energy Outlooks and the Two-Degree Climate Pathway?
Credit: Left - Mellimage/Shutterstock.com, center - Montree Hanlue/Shutterstock.com. Highlights Base long-term energy scenarios do not...
Khalil Zahr
Jun 4, 201910 min read
The Case for a Federal Democratic Republic of Syria-Part II
In Part I of this article “The Case for a Federal Democratic Republic of Syria Part I,” I discussed the potential dangers of a U.S....
Khalil Zahr
Apr 8, 20198 min read
The Case for a Federal Democratic Republic of Syria-Part I
middleeastmonitor.com The Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from Syria has focused the world’s attention on the dynamics of its...
Khalil Zahr
Mar 11, 20197 min read
Ontario’s Environmental Plan: Throwing the Baby out with the Bathwater
Courtesy of pc.gc.ca On November 29, 2018, the Government of Ontario published its “Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan”, which it claimed...
Khalil Zahr
Jan 15, 20195 min read
What do the Refugee caravan, Khashoggi murder, and California fires have in common?
Global challenges such as: climate change, failed socio-economic development in many parts of the world, high rates of poverty, corruption,
Khalil Zahr
Nov 27, 20186 min read
What is Behind the Changing Temperament of the Saudi Leadership?
The rising repression of domestic political and social dissent, the backsliding on promised institutional and economic reforms, and the...
Khalil Zahr
Oct 17, 20186 min read
The Challenges Posed to Climate by Low Energy Prices
At first glance, the review of energy statistics for 2017[i] seems to be positive for the world climate agenda. Renewable energy...
Khalil Zahr
Jul 24, 20186 min read
Canada’s Climate Policy: The Challenges of National Consensus
It is ironic that the battle over oil and gas pipelines reached epic proportions in the same year in which the Canada Carbon Pricing...
Khalil Zahr
May 2, 201810 min read
How Secularism Better Serves Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Interests
*The title MAP courtesy of “Word Press” In most of its dimensions, the undergoing transformation process of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
Khalil Zahr
Mar 8, 20187 min read
The Saudi Transformation: Part II - A Strategy Revealed
The First Move: King Salman’s plan to centralize power in his hands and his descendants after him must have been readied during the first...
Khalil Zahr
Jan 18, 201812 min read
The Saudi Transformation: Part I - The Case of the Optimist
King Salman bin Abdulaziz. Image Courtesy of Wikipedia.org The Saudi Arabian “Blitz” of political, economic, and social transformation,...
Khalil Zahr
Dec 22, 20177 min read
Why Saudi Arabia Must Not Delay Energy Price Reforms
KSA Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - Faye Nureldine AFP Getty Images Speculations abound about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia(KSA)...
Khalil Zahr
Nov 11, 20175 min read
OPEC’s Dilemma: Forgotten lessons and Abandoned Strategies
A New Paradigm Stimulated by a long run-up in oil prices that started in 2001 and reached a historical high in 2011, non-OPEC supplies,...
Khalil Zahr
Aug 14, 20179 min read
Five Reasons Why Trump’s Stance on Climate Change Could be Irrelevant
The withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement announced by President Donald Trump on June 2017, was met by...
Khalil Zahr
Jul 8, 201710 min read
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