Historian @hebrewu. @TheWilsonCenter fellow, 2022- 23. _Oil Wars_ coming out with @yalebooks this October. More here: https://nitter.cf/t.co/MbRvR9FIad
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עצה ל"דמוקרטים" ולגוש-השינוי:
כדאי שתחוקקו את "חוק יסוד: זכויות חברתיות", ואפילו לפני ועדת-החקירה וכו'.
למה?
חוק זה, שהוא חלופה למנגנוני-הפיצוי, יסייע בפיצוח דפוס הנאמנות של המעמדות הנשחקים לימין, ויפתח דיאלוג בינכם לבינם.
האמון שתרכשו בדרך זו יסייע לכם בקידום מהלכי חקיקה אחרים.
Guy Laron retweeted
European Commission sounds the alarm (now !!!) about the number of oil refineries closing in the region over the last 20 years. "We need to counter this trend," says EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen. "This crisis is a wake-up call." Quite.
Guy Laron retweeted
Socioeconomic status was key indicator of voting in Israel's elections.
Among Jewish voters, in the lowest socio-economic cluster, Netanyahu's coalition won North Korean levels of support. In the top cluster, 81% voted for the Change Bloc.
via @YediotAhronot
I had the pleasure of talking today with @hugorifkind on the @TimesRadio on "Oil Wars," my new book. Hugo asked all the right questions. Enjoy: youtu.be/nehd82otj8Q?si=_T7W…
Season 4 of The Diplomat is expertly written, well played, and geopolitically implausible. Next season should take place in places that really matter to American foreign policy: Taipei, Beijing, Warsaw, and Jerusalem. London matters less. Leshana Haba Bi-Yrushlayim.
Guy Laron retweeted
CHART OF THE DAY: The price of natural gas in the US 🇺🇸 and Europe 🇪🇺. Now, imagine running a gas-intensive company (say, a fertilizer plant) in either region. Europe >$30; US <$3
Always an honor to be published in @HistoryToday and with such an esteemed company: Louise Ketle, Nigel Ashton, and Fawaz Gerges contributed to the roundtable on the Suez Crisis. link below
המשפט בצהוב היה הדבר הכי מפתיע או עצוב בכתבה. פוליטיקאי ציני שמבין היטב את הנזק שהוא גורם ובכל זאת ממשיך הלאה.
Guy Laron retweeted
My new book - out today in Britain. All good bookstores etc…Also out in translation in Italy, Germany and the Netherlands this week
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BREAKING: UK government approves the Jackdaw natural gas field in the North Sea — the project, which is effectively built already, was previously quashed over its climate impact.
Next test for London is the approval of the Rosebank oilfield project.
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Russia’s Arctic oil route is up nearly 50% this year.
About 20 million barrels have gone to Asia through Arctic waters since July, Reuters reports. Last season’s total was 13 million.
Traders expect another 5 to 10 million barrels before the ice closes the route.
The Northern Sea Route is riskier and needs icebreakers. It used to be the expensive option.
The war flipped the maths. Suez, Hormuz and the Black Sea are all disrupted, and tanker rates are at records. Arctic transit fees now cost less than the Red Sea route to Asia.
Putin wants Arctic cargo to double to 70 million tonnes a year by 2030.
Every chokepoint that closes makes the ice route look cheaper.
Keynesianism and the welfare state fell in the oil supply shock of the 1970s (we can debate if it was cause or catalyst). Will neoliberalism collapse because of the oil supply crisis of the 2020s? (We can debate whether its cause or catalyst)
Update: Youth riots in Albania against the Prime Minister; Cost of living riots in Milan. When energy prices are up, people are angry.
@Reuters ran this headline in late '21. But from where I sit, the unrest in India & France, the diesel deal with Russia, the blue tsunami, & Susan Collins's uphill battle (bc her voters can't afford to heat their homes) have one provenance: high oil prices (above $100 a barrel).
A conversation with the great @AllisonKSommer on the @haaretzcom podcast about oil wars, past and present.
From Yemen to Iran, from Ukraine to Russia, energy infrastructure - and the effort to destroy it - becomes part of the global conflict for dominance. With so many tankers, pipelines, and refineries being hit, no wonder that prices for crude as well as refined products are up.
