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The Price of Vassalage
How Europe’s response to the Hormuz crisis is blunting the very tools it needs to escape import dependency
Hot takes
Sharp, unfiltered analysis of breaking market events, policy decisions and geopolitical shocks as they happen. Hot Takes cut through the noise with pointed commentary on the moves that matter — price spikes, political miscalculations, supply disruptions and the decisions behind them. Short, fast and designed to provoke. Available to subscribers on the Premium subscription tier. Latest issues below 👇
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Iran: US Energy Dominance laid bare
Trump’s war of choice is a bonanza for US LNG exporters, and a catastrophe for everyone else
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Revenge of the machines
Natural gas markets implode in frenzy of automated selling and cascading long-stop orders
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Short squeeze!
Hedge funds punish complacency in EU gas market. This is a sign of the times.
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Venezuela: what happens next?
Chaos looms after audacious decapitation of Maduro regime
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See no evil, hear no evil
From moral high ground to marked silence: the new US stance on Ukrainian corruption
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The Illusion of Power
🎧 VIDEO POD: Empty threats and new dependencies in a fragmented energy world
Gastech
Gastech 2025: Peak LNG hubris
HOT TAKE: Dealmaking frenzy and reality denial reign supreme in Milan
geopolitics
PoS2: It’s not about the gas
HOT TAKE: Power of Siberia 2 sends a clear signal of geopolitical intent
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Venture Global’s pyrrhic victory
HOT TAKE: Court ruling clarifies legal grey area, at the expense of long-term trust between buyers and sellers
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Geopolitical theatre (part 2)
HOT TAKE: The Transatlantic LNG deal is a ridiculous sham, and everyone knows it
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Don’t forget the macro!
HOT TAKE: Oil and gas prices will surge on Monday’s market open. But this won’t mark a structural shift.