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Chokepoint Wars: How the Strait of Hormuz Crisis Is Reshaping Global Energy Security
The modern international system is no longer characterized by the conflicts based on the territorial boundaries but the tensions concerning the strategic routes that...
Three Possible Futures of the War on Iran: Stalemate, a Deal, or Regional Meltdown
The war on Iran is now into its third week. The Strait of Hormuz remains heavily disrupted, and oil prices have moved above $100/brl...
Taiwan Rejects China’s Energy Reunification Offer
Taiwan has firmly rejected an offer from China linking energy security to political unification, highlighting how the Iran war is reshaping geopolitical pressure far...
Markets Defy War Fears: Stability Surprises Global Investors
Global investors are showing an unexpected degree of calm in the face of the Iran war, resisting the urge to retreat from risk even...
Energy Shock: Meloni’s Stability Faces First Real Test
The political calm that has defined Giorgia Meloni’s tenure is facing its most serious test yet, as the fallout from the Iran war ripples...
Gas War Escalates as Trump Draws Red Line
Donald Trump said Israel will not strike Iran’s key gas infrastructure again unless Tehran retaliates, after what he described as a furious escalation that...
Cambodia Shifts Fuel Sourcing Amid Regional Export Restrictions and Global Energy Shock
Cambodia’s energy sector is facing acute pressure as Vietnam and China impose temporary fuel export restrictions until at least the end of March. These...
Friction at the Chokepoint: Iran’s Strategy of Systemic Coercion
Iran does not need to defeat the United States militarily to alter the outcome of this war. It does not need to sink an...
China’s Fuel Export Freeze Deepens Asia’s Energy Shortage
China’s decision to halt exports of diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel until at least the end of March is set to deepen fuel shortages...
$200 Oil No Longer a Bluff as Iran War Tightens Global Supply
The threat from Iran to push oil prices to $200 a barrel is no longer rhetorical excess but an increasingly plausible outcome of a...