Pakistan Rushes to Electric Bikes as Fuel Crisis Reshapes Economy
Crisis Driven Shift in Consumer Behavior
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered an immediate shift in how people in Pakistan think about...
Hormuz Blockade Creates Winners and Losers Among Middle East Oil Exporters
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has significantly impacted global oil prices, benefiting countries like Iran, Oman, and Saudi Arabia while others like...
Oil Markets Hold Their Breath as War Clouds Global Supply
Global oil markets are entering a phase of uneasy stability, as prices hover despite deepening geopolitical risks. Traders appear caught between two opposing forces...
Explosives found near critical Serbia–Hungary gas pipeline
Explosives described as having "devastating power" were discovered near the Turkstream pipeline in Serbia, which transports Russian gas to Hungary and other regions, according...
Rebalancing Energy Policy: Diversification, Net Zero, and the Erosion of Energy Security
Thirty years ago, I was negotiating the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) pipeline - later expanded into the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline - one of the most ambitious...
Conflict Forces Big Oil to Rethink Middle East Dependence
The ongoing Iran war is reshaping the global energy landscape by undermining the Middle East’s long standing position as the most reliable and cost...
How Shock, Timing, and Industrial Strategy Are Rewriting the LNG Era
The global LNG market is no longer shaped by familiar cycles of tightness and surplus. It is now defined by inelasticity, a structural rigidity...
Oil Reserves do not Solve an Oil Shock
The renewed oil shock has exposed an old truth that governments keep trying to forget. Energy markets may look global, digital, and sophisticated, but...
From Hormuz to South Asia: The Energy Crisis Unfolding at Home
South Asia is once again experiencing a hit to its energy stability because of events happening far beyond its borders. The ongoing Iran-Israel conflict,...
Re-evaluating Global Order in the Aftermath of a Strait of Hormuz Shutdown
Geographically, the Strait of Hormuz has been defined as a thin waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. However, this description does...