The New Geopolitics of Oil
Fueled by the war in Ukraine, oil prices had surged above $100 a barrel to levels last seen in 2014. With recessionary prospects, prices have...
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OPEP+ decision: are we back in the 70s?
OPEC+ has announced a surprise cut in oil production of more than one million barrels per day, abandoning previous assurances that it would maintain stable...
Oil may rise again in the second part of the year
Russia’s plan to reduce oil production by 500,000 barrels per day in retaliation for sanctions, if kept beyond June, will tighten the market, exacerbating the...
Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow, a good news for the financial market?
Xi Jinping’s meetings in Moscow with Vladimir Putin have put the Biden administration on the sidelines as two adversaries discuss a Ukrainian peace proposal that...
The Balkans, New European Nightmare
The market seems to want to ignore all the risks likely to thwart its current optimism. Yet they are numerous, often blatant and systemic. One...
La nouvelle géopolitique de l’Ukraine
Le bombardement de missiles du président Vladimir Poutine contre des dizaines de cibles civiles en Ukraine, y compris des infrastructures énergétiques critiques, marque une victoire...
Why Ukraine cannot win the war
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in the hope of a lightning victory and a government collapse in Kyiv, the Kremlin has had to revise...
L’Europe dans la tourmente
Les dommages économiques causés par l’arrêt des flux de gaz russes s’accumulent rapidement en Europe. Alors qu’une récession à l’échelle du continent semble désormais inévitable,...
Energy crisis and European chaos
Given the energy crisis the old continent is going through, the European Union has called for an emergency meeting of energy ministers. The awakening is...