Der Energieriese Qatar Energy hat laut Katars Energieminister Saad Scharida al-Kaabi Abkommen über Flüssiggaslieferungen nach Deutschland geschlossen. Das Gas solle an das US-Unternehmen Conoco Phillips verkauft werden, das es weiter nach Brunsbüttel liefere, sagte der Minister am Dienstag bei der Vertragsunterzeichnung in der katarischen Hauptstadt Doha. Die Lieferung soll 2026 beginnen und mindestens 15 Jahre laufen. Jährlich sollen bis zu 2 Millionen Tonnen geliefert werden.

Dr. Frank Umbach talks to Phoenix about the price cap on Russian oil.

Prof. Maximilian Mayer is a guest on SRF's Tagesgespräch and puts the current protests in China in context.

In a TV interview with Phoenix, Dr. Frank Umbach talks about the EU oil import embargo and the G7 oil price cap.

Prof. Maximilian Mayer and the president of the Bundesverband IT-Mittelstand (bitmi) call in the tagesspiegel background for a more strategic digital policy from the German government that also takes global dependencies in the technology sector into account.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Olaf Scholz called for a change of era. Ulrich Schlie, a longtime senior official at the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defense, however, does not expect Germany's pro-Russia policy to really turn away. There is one reason above all for this.

Dr. Frank Umbach talks about the gas contract between Qatar and Germany in a TV interview with WeltN24.

Prof. Maximilian Mayer and Narayanappa Janardhan, senior research fellow at the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in Abu Dhabi, examine in a article for Nikkei Asia how middle powers are trying to fend off pressure to choose sides between the U.S. and China and