View / Can Treasury keep playing the short game and winning?
Secretary Scott Bessent’s recent moves help explain something broader about the way this administration operates.
Current Access Level “I” – ID Only: CUID holders, alumni, and approved guests only
HOUSTON -- The crisis in Ukraine has given proponents of both crude oil and natural gas exports from the United States a new rationale in their push: enhanced international power for the United States.
While markets struggle to price a sudden collapse in oil supply, military analysts are sounding the alarm on the rate countries are burning through weapons stockpiles.
Analysts fear Iran has played a weak hand well and the US has blundered into a defining strategic failure
High oil prices are boosting the Kremlinâs coffers, helping plug a budget hole and sustain the war effort in Ukraine. But beyond oil, a global scramble for natural gas and fertilizer supplies, also choked off by the Iran conflict, could further boost Russiaâs financial gains.
On February 28, the US and Israel launched new attacks on Iran targeting primarily the country's leadership, security forces, and missile program.
The Iran conflict could increase the appeal of Russia as an energy supplier for China.
The war in Iran is not just another energy shock. It is arriving at a moment when Europe is already under cumulative strain: a war on its eastern border, the lingering aftershocks of the 2022 energy crisis, industrial decline, political fragmentation, fiscal limits, and a widening debate over how much of its own security it must now provide.