Tag: Oil & Gas
4 Articles
- Conflict & Security
Global Energy Security: Western Dependence on Gulf Oil and the Role of Regional Mediation in Middle Eastern Conflicts
Introduction The 1973 Oil Embargo first revealed the deep interconnection between Middle Eastern stability and global energy security. In response to US military support to…
July 8, 2025
- Human Rights & Development
Oil Licenses and Repression: The Human Rights Impact of Sanctions Policy in Venezuela
Introduction On March 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) revoked General License No. 41 (GL41), a significant policy…
May 14, 2025
- Business & Economics
Trade Tensions, Oil Sanctions, and the Future of Middle East Oil
Introduction On April 2, the Trump Administration announced global reciprocal tariffs, including the Middle East. Gulf partners were spared from high reciprocal tariffs, with the…
May 13, 2025
- Conflict & Security
How the New Geopolitics of Energy Informs the Current Oil Price-Risk Relationship in the Middle East
Introduction There is now some consensus among oil market participants that the long-held assumption of a correlation of oil price to Middle East regional risk is broken. Since…
December 10, 2024