by Ausaf Sayeed | May 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
The United Arab Emirates left the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on 1 May, ending a fifty-nine-year membership without consulting Riyadh, Moscow or anyone else. The cartel’s most senior officials learned of the decision on the wires. The oil...
by Ausaf Sayeed | Apr 28, 2026 | Energy, Geopolitics, India-UAE
When the United Arab Emirates announced on 28 April that it was walking out of OPEC and OPEC+ after fifty-nine years, the news was framed in most Western capitals as a story about Saudi Arabia’s loss and Donald Trump’s gain. It is both. But for New Delhi, which...
