Dr Anne Marie Slaughter, the current Director of Policy Planning at the US State Department, talks about the Obama's Administration unfinished business in the Middle East, the growing U.S. tensions with China, and the challenges to statecraft in an election year.

As Washington and Beijing spar over free speech, the Dalai Lama, and Taiwan, here's one thing they are no longer likely to fight about: the world's oil supplies.

Fareed Mohamedi, Chief Economist for PFC Energy, shared his thoughts with The Majalla about several oil related issues; global energy markets, the future of oil, the rise of China and its growing economic nexus with the Persian Gulf, and the outlook for an increasingly indebted U.S. economy.