The Energy Map Is the Power Map: From Bronze Age Tin Routes to Petrodollar Collapse
The shape of global power has always been determined by who controls the trade routes for the era-defining energy resource. The Bronze Age collapsed when its trade network became too fragile. The petrodollar system is the modern equivalent.
The Uranium Corridor: French Militarism, Sahel Resources, and the Next Theatre of Great Power Competition
The Iran War is the world’s primary energy conflict theatre. But the Strait of Hormuz closure is triggering something larger: a scramble by every major non-US power to secure energy resources outside the oil-and-gas architecture.
The Iran War is the single largest accelerant of the global renewable transition. But the Israeli right wing’s actual strategic objective — an oil pipeline through Israel to Europe — requires a forever war to deliver a commodity the intended customer is racing to stop buying.
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