The war in the Middle East may create a new diplomatic atmosphere around the Russia-US-Ukraine trilateral talks, but it does not automatically make a full deal more likely. Its main effect is to alter priorities, leverage, and timing rather than to remove the fundamental obstacles that have blocked a settlement […]
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Japan Keeps Its Distance: How Tokyo Is Responding To The Strike On Iran
The Japanese government is in no hurry to openly endorse the US–Israeli military operation against Iran, despite relying on the Persian Gulf for more than 90 percent of its oil needs. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has confined herself to ordering an immediate analysis of the consequences for sea supply routes […]
Putin Might Finally Deal His Long-Awaited Deathblow To The EU Economy
He just ordered that some of Russia’s LNG exports to the EU be redirected to Asia, and if the EU doesn’t coerce Zelensky into giving him more of what he wants in Ukraine, then there’d be no reason for him to not cut off Russia’s exports to them entirely for […]
The Consequences Of The EU Decision To Ban Russian Natural Gas Imports And Russia’s New Gas Export Strategy
After the start of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine, as well as within the framework of a strategy to contain Russia and inflict a strategic defeat on it, including military-economic and financial support for Kyiv and increasing sanctions pressure on Moscow (a new 20th sanctions package is now being […]
The War In The Middle East Is Driving Europe Toward A New Energy Shock
Europe may soon face another energy crisis — this time triggered not by supply disruptions within the continent but by escalating military tensions thousands of kilometers away. The confrontation involving United States, Israel, and Iran is already reshaping global energy markets, pushing prices higher and threatening the fragile recovery of […]
Energy Crisis Deepens Under US Oil Blockade
Cuba is facing one of its most severe energy crises in decades as a renewed US pressure campaign has choked off vital oil supplies to the island. Just weeks after Washington moved to halt fuel shipments, satellite data analyzed by Bloomberg News show that nighttime light intensity across much of […]
Will Nord Stream Operate Again?
Trump Is Seeking Incentives for Russia to Make a Ukraine Deal The Trump administration is trying to work out a settlement to the Ukraine war. Part of the formula for success is convincing Russia to settle for less than what it wants, and convincing the Ukrainians to agree to a […]
Why’d The US Temporarily Waive Sanctions On India’s Purchase Of Russian Oil?
The “politically inconvenient” truth is that the US is unilaterally reshaping the world order in a bid to restore unipolarity, and regardless of one’s opinion about this, it’s objectively achieved some tangible progress as of late. Treasury Secretary Scott Bennett announced that Indian refiners had just been provided with a 30-day waiver to purchase […]
OPEC+ Boosts Output After Iran Strikes
Global energy markets are bracing for turbulence after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, prompting OPEC+ producers to announce a coordinated output increase of 206,000 barrels per day next month – slightly above expectations. The move, agreed to by the coalition of OPEC members, Russia and allied oil-producing nations, is […]
Tragedy Of Middle East War
The recent joint attack by the United States and Israel on Iran marks a dramatic and dangerous escalation in the Middle East. According to security expert Roland Popp of the Military Academy at ETH Zurich, the assault was not a spontaneous response to an imminent nuclear threat but the culmination […]






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