“Shit! I Think We Bit Off More Than We Can Chew”: Explaining Al Qaeda’s Decline

“This failure stands in contrast to the experience of terrorist groups like Hamas and Hizballah, which enjoy considerable local support. Both are integrated into the broader Palestinian and Lebanese Shi’a populations of their countries. Hamas is the de facto ruler of Gaza, and Hizballah is part of the Lebanese government. “

“This Is Much More Than A Spat”: What The Qatar Crisis Means For Global Energy Markets

“The latest incident, whereby a group of oil-producing Arab nations has cut ties with neighboring energy-exporting country Qatar, is much more than a simple diplomatic spat. Collectively, the countries involved control 29% of global crude oil and 33% of global liquid natural gas exports.”

BofAML: The Idea That Stocks Will Continue To Rise Is “Wishful Thinking”

“With US companies seemingly reluctant to make major decisions on hiring and investment ahead of tax reform, with tightened financial conditions starting to bite into Chinese domestic demand, and with an escalation of political risks across the globe, it seems to us that the equity market may be too complacent about downside risk to global growth.”

How Trump Went From Used Car Salesman To Qatar’s Biggest Critic In Just 2 Weeks

“We are friends, we’ve been friends for a long time now, haven’t we? Our relationship is extremely good, we have some very serious discussions right now going on, and one of the things that we will discuss is the purchase of lots of beautiful military equipment, because nobody makes it like the United States.”