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One of Donald Trump’s “innovative” decisions was the “revival” of the American coal industry, which was announced long ago during the election campaign. However, despite numerous attempts by the Republican administration to create the most attractive image of the coal industry as a “beautiful and environmentally friendly industry”, the future of such a policy is very ambiguous. The article continues the series of Igbal Guliyev and Sergey Volgin’s reflections on Trump’s energy policy.

One of Donald Trump’s main initiatives, voiced even before his official inauguration, was to increase the production of American hydrocarbon resources – oil and gas. How feasible are the grandiose plans of the American president and what could prevent their implementation? This is one of a series of Igbal Guliyev and Sergey Volgin’s reflections on Trump’s energy policy.

BRICS membership would significantly increase Turkey’s international authority and prestige. The country would be able to actively participate in the development of global economic and political strategies, offering its ideas and formulas for solving global problems, write Igbal Adil Oglu Guliyev and Murad Sadygzade.

The possibility of introducing an “oil embargo” has been eliminated due to its unprofitability and ineffectiveness. The current escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict demonstrates the lack of unity among Arab and Islamic countries on the issue of pressure on Israel and its Western allies. This is due to a number of reasons.

Russian companies ready to offer energy projects designed to help friendly African countries reinforce their technological sovereignty along the entire competence chain, from capacity building to setting up enterprises in Africa, as well as enable their African partners to blend into manufacturing and logistics chains in Russia and elsewhere, writes Igbal Guliyev, Deputy Director of the MGIMO International Institutу for Energy Policy and Diplomacy,

Today, the low oil prices are beneficial for the world’s largest consumers, primarily for China, which is about to recover from the coronavirus and resumes its industrial growth rates.