DAILY GEOPOLITICAL INSIGHTS: The Geopolitical News Roundup & Analysis for Tuesday, 16 January 2024

Gibraltar: Tuesday, 16 January 2024

DAILY GEOPOLITICAL INSIGHTS: The Geopolitical News Roundup & Analysis for Tuesday, 16 January 2024
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DAILY GEOPOLITICAL INSIGHTS: Good Morning from the GEÓ Newsteam in Gibraltar – Geopolitical Coverage & Analysis for Tuesday, 16 January 2024 including: Houthi strikes hike Oil prices, More Economic uncertainty on the horizon, The Doomsday Clock – what you should know. #GEÓInsights #GEÓAnalysis #GEÓVoice #Geopolitics #OilPrices #GlobalEconomy #wef24 #DoomsdayClock

1. ENERGY: OIL – US-UK Strikes on Houthi cause immediate knock-on effect as Oil prices rise. As a direct result of strikes against Houthi rebels by the US and the UK Brent Crude, the yardstick for international for oil prices for much of the world, hit €74.03 per barrel before easing back, while US West Texas crude increased by 2.79% to €67.89 Learn More /…

2. GLOBAL ECONOMY: WEF – More Economic Uncertainty on the Horizon. More than half (56%) of chief economists expect the global economy to weaken in 2024, with seven in 10 saying pace of geoeconomic fragmentation will accelerate, according to the latest Chief Economists Outlook by the World Economic Forum. Read the full paper here

3. THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK: What we can all do to turn back the hands of the Clock. Every January in recent decades, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set the hands of the Doomsday Clock — a graphic illustration of how close the planet is to the civilization-ending disaster symbolized by midnight. The next announcement is scheduled for January 23rd (2024) Learn More /…