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…
by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran took a dangerous turn on March 18, 2026,…
by Antonio Machado Allison, Wesleyan University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Venezuela’s Orinoco River Basin is a wild land of lush forests, grasslands and a…
by Amy Myers Jaffe, New York University; Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the wake of U.S. forces’ arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás…
by Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] An image circulated over media the weekend of Jan. 3 and 4 was meant…