The ECB Should Not Raise Interest Rates Yet by Philippe Legrain
Against a backdrop of acute uncertainty, weak growth, subdued wages, and elevated market interest rates, monetary tightening is warranted only…
The Right Incentives for Climate Action by Paula Carvalho Pereda
As the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues to disrupt global oil and gas flows, countries are increasingly focusing…
What Price Hormuz?
Donald Trump has three primary objectives in the Persian Gulf: unwind the Iranian nuclear program, permanently reopen the Strait of…
The Gulf’s Post-OPEC Order by Rabah Arezki & Tarik M. Yousef
The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave OPEC is the clearest expression yet of its desire to break from the…
Iran Is Pressing Its Strategic Advantage by Carla Norrlöf
Politics May 19, 2026 Carla Norrlöf Military and economic coercion usually costs the coercer as well as the target. But…
The World Economy After the Trump-Xi Summit by Shang-Jin Wei
en English Economics May 15, 2026 Shang-Jin Wei If Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s Beijing summit produces a sustained Sino-American…
The World After the Iran War by Shlomo Ben-Ami
Not all wars lead to better international orders. The Iran war launched by the United States and Israel is likely…
Europe Is Losing the Energy-Security Battle to China by Emmanuel Guerin
While tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rattling global oil markets, energy security is no longer defined solely by…
Is the Global Financial System Making the Hormuz Shock Worse? by Hanan Morsy
en English Economics May 8, 2026 Hanan Morsy The existing global financial architecture was supposed to ensure stability by providing…
The Iran War’s Strategic Fallout by Ian Bremmer
By leaving US allies and rivals alike scrambling to respond to an unpredictable and unreliable superpower, the war in the…
The Iran Standoff and the Future of Oil by James K. Galbraith
The Iranians know that the usual US endgame in a war of choice is to walk away from defeat, take…
Four Scenarios for the Iran War by Nouriel Roubini
After failing to clinch a decisive victory against Iran, US President Donald Trump is now facing deteriorating macroeconomic conditions ahead…
How Many Divisions Has Pope Leo? by Harold James
Following the Trump administration’s spat with Pope Leo XIV over its misbegotten war with Iran, one is reminded of previous…
International LNG Prices Rise Amid Strait of Hormuz Closure
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Prices for natural gas in Europe and Asia have diverged…
The Hidden Chokepoints Threatening the Global Economy by Diane Coyle
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz offers another stark reminder of the potential for concentrated supply chains to trigger…
The Age of Global Un-Order by Mark Leonard
As crises become more complex, less predictable, and increasingly intertwined, the global system is no longer anchored by shared rules…
The Global AI Threat Has Arrived
The ability of Anthropic’s new AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, to find vulnerabilities across major operating systems and web browsers…
Hormuz Today, Taiwan Tomorrow by Todd G. Buchholz
By closing the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has handed the Trump administration a practice test. To pass—and preserve deterrence against…
LNG Shock, Coal Myths, & The Real Winners On The Grid
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The easiest story to tell after the Strait of Hormuz…
The Hormuz Crisis and the Fate of the Global South by Laura Carvalho
If the shock from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has revealed economic vulnerabilities, it has also illuminated stark…