Energy
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Aug 28, 2026
WHO WILL WRITE THE NEW RULES OF HORMUZ?
Iran wants to turn wartime leverage into a greater role over the Strait. Oman and the Gulf states have another plan.
10 min read
Aug 26, 2026
America Says It Controls 65 Billion Barrels of Venezuelan Oil. That Is Not What Happened.
Washington says it has taken is something subtler and harder to name: an equity stake in the company that will work seventeen fields, a hand on that company’s governance, and the right to buy its oil cheaply. So the real question was never who owns the oil.
23 min read
Aug 22, 2026
Indonesia Isn’t Choosing China. It Is Diversifying Its Dependencies.
Indonesia is deepening defence-industrial cooperation with Beijing while China already dominates important parts of its trade and industrial economy.
27 min read