"Bin There, Done That?" Not Quite

President Trump on Tuesday suggested that Syria, which is led by former al-Qaeda commander Ahmed al-Sharaa, should “take care” of Hezbollah in Lebanon rather than Israel. The president said he was “not happy” with Israel’s war in Lebanon, which has been supported by the US, due to the tactic of taking out entire apartment buildings, […]

The UK's New Multinational Naval Initiative Aims To Contain Russia In The Arctic & Baltic Authored by Andrew Korybko, General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, head of the British Royal Navy, announced that his counterparts from the 10-nation Joint Expeditionary Taskforce comprised of the UK, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Netherlands agreed to create “a family of allied fleets”. Officially known as the “Northern Navies Initiative” (NNI), it’s explicitly aimed at containing Russia in the Arctic and Baltic. This represents the evolution of the UK’s Arctic-Baltic policy that was elaborated...

Oil's Peace Dividend Is Real, But Normalization Is Not A Light Switch Authored by Stephen Innes via The Dark Side Of The Boom, Markets can remove geopolitical risk premium far faster than physical energy systems can recover. The real post-war story may be strategic reserve rebuilding rather than simply falling oil prices. Canada's emerging Pacific LNG corridor highlights how Asia is increasingly seeking supply routes that bypass Hormuz altogether. The shift from efficiency to resilience could become one of the most important structural drivers of oil and LNG demand over the coming decade. The U.S.-Iran...