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Convoys in a War Zone: Trump’s Insurance Fantasy Meets the Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump has declared that the United States will guarantee the free flow of energy through the Persian Gulf — insured, escorted, protected. It...

Trump Turns Iran Into a Global Toll Booth

Donald Trump has announced a 25% tariff on goods from any country “doing business” with Iran, the latest escalation in a campaign that is less...

Treasury Takes the Oil: Venezuela Becomes a US-Run Commodity Colony

In the age of empires, conquest is rarely announced with flags and formal annexations. It is executed through contracts, shipping lanes, and escrow accounts. That...

How Washington Just Cut Beijing Out of Venezuela

The announcement was brief, deliberately blunt, and strategically revealing. Donald Trump declared that Venezuela would deliver between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil to...

Venezuela as the First Protectorate of the New Empire

The declaration came without hesitation and without disguise. Hours after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump announced that the United States would govern Venezuela...

The Empire Is Back, and It Doesn’t Ask for Permission

The overnight seizure of Nicolas Maduro, flown from a guarded military base near Caracas to a New York prison, was not merely a spectacular operation....

Trump’s Secret Weapon: LNG – The Cornerstone of U.S. Geopolitical Strategy

For decades, the United States’ dependence on imported energy served as a natural leash, preventing any administration from going too far in alienating allies or...

Biden’s Last Hurrah: Sanctions Ramped Up as Trump Looms Large

As President Joe Biden’s administration prepares for its swan song, the focus has shifted to a final act of defiance against Vladimir Putin’s war chest....

Oil price toward new highs, bad news for Central Bankers

When oil surged above $90 a barrel a few days ago, observers attributed it to military tensions between Israel and Iran. However, the underlying reasons...

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