by Brian C. Black, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The fall of 2026 is a moment of energy centrality, when geopolitics unfolding far…
by John Patrick Schoeneman Jr., Oklahoma State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In 2023, the International Energy Agency predicted that by 2028 the world’s…
by John Calabrese, American University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Japan’s Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu phoned his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, on Sept. 8, 2026,…
by Justin Bergman, The Conversation, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It’s the middle of the night in April 2023 in the East China Sea. A…
By Larry Felton Johnson Propelled by the breakdown in the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, and the threat from the Trump administration of deploying ground troops in Iran, gasoline…
by John Calabrese, American University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] With more than 80% of global trade by volume being transported by sea, maritime shipping…
by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The United Arab Emirates’ decision to withdraw from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries…
by Matthew E. Oliver, Georgia Institute of Technology and Tibor Besedeš, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The market for oil is…
by Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It has been said that Persian Gulf countries are both blessed and cursed…
by Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the second week of the Iran war – with the Strait of…