29 October, 2018 | Brazil, Menas Associates, Thought Piece
China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) and Petrobras have signed an agreement defining the proposed structure of joint ventures that envision: CNPC buying 20% of Petrobras’ unfinished Complexo Petroquímica do Rio de Janeiro (Comperj) refinery project; and 20% of a...
16 October, 2018 | Iran, Thought Piece
Three months before Menas Associates published the first issue of Iran Focus – later renamed Iran Strategic Focus – in October 1988, Iran had accepted UN Security Council Resolution 598, putting an end to the devastating 1980–1988 Iran–Iraq War. It had cost the lives...
4 July, 2018 | Menas Associates, Thought Piece
Myanmar is set to introduce long-awaited legislation on 1 August that will simplify company registration and enable foreign investors previously barred from participation in domestic companies to hold up to a 35% stake in Myanmar entities. The new Companies Law comes...