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Oil, gas, refineries, and shipping lanes: energy as a weapon of war.
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DECODING: Green Credits in the Big Beautiful Bill — How Trump Is Dismantling Biden's IRA
Analysis· No. 942

DECODING: Green Credits in the Big Beautiful Bill — How Trump Is Dismantling Biden's IRA

Since President Donald Trump called the clean energy tax credits included in the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill a "giant SCAM"…

DECODING: Kapotnya offline until 2027 — Ukraine strikes Russia's war economy
Analysis· No. 935

DECODING: Kapotnya offline until 2027 — Ukraine strikes Russia's war economy

In the night of June 17 to 18, 2026, a wave of Ukrainian drones struck Moscow in the largest attack of this kind since…

INVESTIGATION: Hormuz, the naval powers reclaim their destiny
Investigation· No. 933

INVESTIGATION: Hormuz, the naval powers reclaim their destiny

The Strait of Hormuz, that maritime choke point barely 33 kilometers wide at its narrowest, concentrates nearly 20% of the world's oil within its…

COMMENTARY: The Iran-USA Deal Freezes $300 Billion in Oil — Who Will Really Pay?
Commentary· No. 930

COMMENTARY: The Iran-USA Deal Freezes $300 Billion in Oil — Who Will Really Pay?

On June 17, 2026, in Geneva, President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding that, if it holds,…

ANALYSIS: Iran-Israel-USA War — How 4 Months Reconfigured the Middle East for a Generation
Analysis· No. 925

ANALYSIS: Iran-Israel-USA War — How 4 Months Reconfigured the Middle East for a Generation

In less than four months, the war ignited between Israel, the United States, and Iran reconfigured the balance of power across the Middle East…

ANALYSIS: Inflation at 3.2% in the eurozone — the war in Iran showed up on your heating bill
Analysis· No. 910

ANALYSIS: Inflation at 3.2% in the eurozone — the war in Iran showed up on your heating bill

On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel struck Iran. Four months later, the effect of that military decision has lodged itself in…

EDITORIAL: Striking Moscow is not escalation — it is coercion, and Ukraine is right to use it
Editorial· No. 909

EDITORIAL: Striking Moscow is not escalation — it is coercion, and Ukraine is right to use it

On June 16 and 18, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Kapotnya refinery in Moscow — one of the largest refining facilities in Russia and…

DECODING: The IAEA demands access to Iran — what point 8 of the MOU actually means
Analysis· No. 908

DECODING: The IAEA demands access to Iran — what point 8 of the MOU actually means

In June 2026, the world learned that Iran and the United States had signed an agreement — the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding — that…

REPORT: NASA's Roman telescope arrives in Florida — dark energy's most powerful eye is ready for launch
Reportage· No. 907

REPORT: NASA's Roman telescope arrives in Florida — dark energy's most powerful eye is ready for launch

On June 21, 2026, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shipment's official weight: 8,200 kilograms. The…

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