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Oil, gas, refineries, and shipping lanes: energy as a weapon of war.
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EDITORIAL: Turkey Gets Its F-35s Back, a Gift That Embarrasses NATOAI-generated
Editorial· No. 3450

EDITORIAL: Turkey Gets Its F-35s Back, a Gift That Embarrasses NATO

The NATO summit in Ankara, on July 7 and 8, 2026, was supposed to focus mainly on Patriot systems, on billions promised to Kyiv,…

REPORT: Eight Hundred Kilometers From the Front, Ukraine Torches Russian Refineries
Reportage· No. 3448

REPORT: Eight Hundred Kilometers From the Front, Ukraine Torches Russian Refineries

On the night of July 11 into 12, 2026, Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Syzran refinery in Russia's Samara oblast, more than eight hundred…

INVESTIGATION: Syzran, the Russian refinery Ukraine refuses to let breatheAI-generated
Investigation· No. 3441

INVESTIGATION: Syzran, the Russian refinery Ukraine refuses to let breathe

There are names of Russian cities that no one in the West knew before 2022, and that now come up almost every month in…

PROFILE: Syzran, the refinery Ukraine refuses to let breatheAI-generated
Profile· No. 3437

PROFILE: Syzran, the refinery Ukraine refuses to let breathe

Some places become, against their will, the symbol of an entire war. The Syzran refinery, in Russia's Samara region, more than a thousand kilometers…

REPORT: Syzran in flames, the third strike that finishes off a Russian refinery
Reportage· No. 3430

REPORT: Syzran in flames, the third strike that finishes off a Russian refinery

On the night of July 11 to 12, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Syzran refinery in Samara region for the third time this year,…

ANALYSIS: Sanctions on Mojtaba Khamenei, hitting the wallet of powerAI-generated
Analysis· No. 3421

ANALYSIS: Sanctions on Mojtaba Khamenei, hitting the wallet of power

On July 10, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department took a further step in its economic war against the Iranian regime. Rather than sticking to…

PROFILE: The Strait of Hormuz, the vital artery of world oil, explained
Profile· No. 3418

PROFILE: The Strait of Hormuz, the vital artery of world oil, explained

At its narrowest point, the Strait of Hormuz measures barely 39 kilometers across, a stretch of water separating Iran from the Musandam peninsula, itself…

PROFILE: Oil's risk premium, the silent hostage of the Strait of Hormuz
Profile· No. 3411

PROFILE: Oil's risk premium, the silent hostage of the Strait of Hormuz

Some economic indicators speak more bluntly than any diplomatic statement, and the price of a barrel of Brent crude has been one of them…

REPORT: The Strait of Hormuz Empties Out, Global Shipping Grinds to a HaltAI-generated
Reportage· No. 3406

REPORT: The Strait of Hormuz Empties Out, Global Shipping Grinds to a Halt

The Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-fifth of the world's oil passes, emptied of its usual commercial traffic in the days following the…

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