Geopolitics / International

Apr 15, 2016 at 16:01 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict We spend a lot of time on Kurdistan because, while it’s not huge in the oil patch, where…

Apr 01, 2016 at 17:00 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • With a great deal of help from Russia, the Assad regime has recaptured the strategic city of…

Mar 18, 2016 at 16:49 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Shi'ite militia’s and Iraq's army are reportedly preparing to launch a joint offensive against…

Mar 04, 2016 at 16:39 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Several situations have combined to see a reduction in Iraqi oil sales and exports for February, though…

Feb 26, 2016 at 15:46 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Our boots on the ground say that Libya’s Special Deterrence Force (Radda) in Tripoli has arrested the Islamic State’s (ISIS) newly appointed “prince” in Sabartha,…

Jan 30, 2016 at 09:22 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Despite the oil price slide, Iraqi Kurdistan remains one of the cheapest places in the world to…

Jan 22, 2016 at 16:34 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Iraq’s oil-rich Basra continues to struggle with a conflict among rival Shi’ite tribes that threatens to spiral…

Jan 16, 2016 at 09:33 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Turkey, Game is Up You should be worried about Turkey. Two suicide attacks—one perpetrated by the PKK and…

Jan 08, 2016 at 17:44 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict This week, there is nothing more critical than the extension of the Sunni-Shiite conflict into a much more…

Dec 18, 2015 at 15:57 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The Turks have launched a ‘decisive’ military campaign against the Kurds in southeastern Turkey, forcing some 200,000 people to flee their homes so far as…

Dec 11, 2015 at 15:17 | Editorial Dept

Conflict Update • We should be concerned about various new troop deployments in Iraq as the battlefield is carved up. A few hundred Turkish troops with…

Dec 10, 2015 at 16:28 | Colin Chilcoat

Brent crude is down some 35 percent year-to-date, WTI too. Global gas prices are experiencing a similar bottoming out. Amid this backdrop –…

Dec 04, 2015 at 17:13 | The Jamestown Foundation

  (Source: BBC News)The Russian state-run propaganda machine is currently fanning anti-Turkish vitriol full-time. Economic ties between Russia and Turkey are being effectively…

Dec 04, 2015 at 16:46 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Russia has hit Turkey with a bit of economic warfare in the form of embargoed goods, targeting most damagingly Turkey’s textile and tourism industries. Notably, there…

Nov 27, 2015 at 16:03 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Here’s what happens when you have two rival governments in a country where everyone thought forced regime change would be a…

Nov 20, 2015 at 16:17 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict What Paris Means The terrorist attack in Paris means more than most are willing to concede. Europe’s borders…

Nov 18, 2015 at 15:05 | Kurt Cobb

As the world mourns those who died in Paris last week in a killing spree for which the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibility, reporters…

Nov 13, 2015 at 13:33 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict  Turkey: Energy hub dreams waylaid by violenceAbout this time last year, everyone was pretty sure that Turkey stood a chance of becoming a major…

Nov 06, 2015 at 16:08 | Editorial Dept

This week, we take you through a list of security and stability alerts in areas where oil and gas operations and other commodities may be affected.…

Oct 30, 2015 at 15:50 | Editorial Dept

• Iraq has surpassed Saudi Arabia as the world’s top crude exporter to India for the third time this year. This is based on Reuters tanker…