ENERGY & ECONOMICS

Food Security:An Element of National Independence

by Elias Aoun*
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“Would food be considered an instrument of national power?” This statement is attributed to a report issued on Dec. 10, 1974 by the U.S. National Security Council under Henry Kissinger: “National Security Study Memorandum 200: Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests.”

Oil price plunge halts GCC boom

by Claire Ferris-LayThis

GCC: Six-year economic boom hits skids after oil price plunge. (GETTY IMAGES)The global economic downturn coupled with the plunge in oil prices has ended the six-year GCC economic boom which sanctioned a surge in government and private spending, according to a report released on Monday...

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