China, Asia, and the Changing Strategic Importance of the Gulf and MENA Region
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petroleum imports, but with the shale boom the u.s. is now the biggest oil producer in the world, currently, at the moment, i m spitting out my words here, phil, and so that s raising some questions, do we really need saudi? the reality is, as the post writes, saudi arabia, as the president himself has crudely pointed out, would not survive without u.s. security support, has everything to lose from a break of relations, while the united states no longer needs the kingdom as much as it once did. phil, based on your reporting and your sources at the white house, do they see it the same way? they see this as a kingdom, an arab kingdom than can help unite peace in the region, that can potentially be a critical player in any possible israel/palestinian peace deal, and that can help the u.s. fight
their nuclear missile programs one thing that s interesting about these sanctions is that they specifically target north korea s imports of petroleum products which are very important for these weapons programs north korea has none of its own oil and needs to import a lot of its energy also a lot of the better off people in north korean cities rely on petroleum imports to run the generators that they use for their own private security supply so the screws are tightening as you said and we perhaps can expect a major change right away but this is an important step towards further cutting north korea off from its source of income stephen barr lake in seoul thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world officials in the philippines have confirmed more than one hundred people have been killed by a tropical storm in the southern part of the country dozens more are missing strong with winds of up to eighty kilometers per hour has now passed across the southern
these are further sanctions but if tightening the screw on north korea are really making any changes or difference. well north korea has already absorbed other rounds of sanctions and they ve proven to be pretty resilient when it comes to enduring economic hardship and so finding alternative forms of income other ways to fund their nuclear missile programs one thing that s interesting about these sanctions is that they specifically target north korea s imports of petroleum products which are very important for these weapons programs north korea has none of its own oil and needs to import a lot of its energy also a lot of the better off people in north korean cities rely on petroleum imports to run the generators that they use for their own private security supply so the screws are tightening as you said and we perhaps can expect a major change right away but this is an important step towards further cutting north korea off from its source of income an important step that have been also
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