AD’s All New Top Ten Podcast Countdown: #8 Netanyahu and the war of weaponised narratives

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1. Oil: Revisiting My Forecast
   

   Summary: the thinking behind my decision to lower my forecast for Brent crude on 31 December to USD55-60 per barrel (pb) rests primarily on three reports published recently by the International Energy Agency which point to the current surplus in supply swelling still further....

2. Iraq’s powerbrokers ahead of the consequential parliamentary elections in November
   

   Summary: Iraq faces severe socioeconomic challenges against a backdrop of increasing oil wealth fueling inequality and corruption. As the country prepares for parliamentary elections in November, the contest for power within and between its Shia majority, Sunni minority, and Kurdish components is highly unpredictable, with significant implications for Iraq's future stability and regional role....

3. The Sick Man of the Middle East
   

   Summary: a summer energy crisis with rolling power cuts, the continuing Gaza war and an ever-deepening reliance on costly foreign borrowing further underline the multiple vulnerabilities of the Egyptian economy....

4. Macron signals a shift on Western Sahara
   

   Summary: a decision by France over Western Sahara represents a shift and one that has infuriated Algeria....