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​Russia's President Vladimir Putin and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the India-Russia Business Forum in New Delhi, India, December 5, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: India and Russia rekindle ties, US-China competition in DRC heats up, Another middle power trade deal in the making

To fill the massive energy void from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Delhi has turned once again to an old friend: Moscow.

​Liberia-flagged Aframax tanker Suvorovsky Prospect discharges fuel oil from Russia at the Matanzas terminal, in Matanzas, Cuba, on July 16, 2022.
Analysis

Putin’s gamble in Cuba

A tanker carrying Russian oil is headed toward Cuba, setting up a potential confrontation with the US military around the communist-run Caribbean island.

Rahm Emanuel: Trump doesn’t know “friend from foe” on Russia
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Rahm Emanuel: Trump doesn’t know “friend from foe” on Russia

Rahm Emanuel says the arrival of Russian oil tankers in Cuba is a direct test of whether President Trump can distinguish between political theater and a real strategic threat.

QatarEnergy's liquefied natural gas production facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, on March 2, 2026.
Analysis

Iran conflict brings energy boon for some, doom for others

The US-Israeli war with Iran has badly damaged oil & gas producers in the Gulf and consumers in the Indo-Pacific. But not all countries within those regions will feel the pain equally.

A Russian LNG tanker, Arctic Metagaz, damaged earlier this month and currently adrift without crew, floats in the Mediterranean Sea, in this handout picture released on March 13, 2026.​
Hard Numbers

Abandoned Russian oil tanker drifts toward Libya, Pentagon reportedly makes hefty financial request, K-pop group returns, & Nigerian leader makes rare UK visit

700: The tons of fuel and liquefied natural gas aboard a Russian tanker that is currently floating around the Mediterranean Sea unmanned, after a drone attack earlier this month prompted the crew to abandon ship.

Workers are unloading coal from a cargo ship on the Turag River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 06, 2024.
What We're Watching

Asia seeks coal amid Iran conflict, Israel expands its war within a war, Chile’s Kast builds a wall

Much as Europe did when Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago, Asia is turning to a retro, highly-polluting fuel source as the Iran conflict limits the supply of liquefied natural gas: coal.

A man holding a South Sudan flag takes part in a national day of prayers for peace in Juba, South Sudan, on September 19, 2019.​
Hard Numbers

Fears rise of another South Sudan civil war, Democrats see opening after Texas primary, Shots fired at Toronto synagogue, Iran conflict has India seeking alternative oil sources

In Brasilia, Brazil, on February 19, 2026, Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes participates in the plenary session of the STF following the controversial operation authorized by the justice to investigate Federal Revenue Service employees suspected of leaking information about STF members and their families.
Europe

What We’re Watching: Brazil’s top court rocked by scandal, Germany’s Merz visits China’s Xi, Russia targets top communication app

Trying times, as it were, for the top court of Latin America’s largest country.

​Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Finland's President Alexander Stubb, Estonia’s Prime Minister, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and other European leaders visit memorial to fallen Ukrainian defenders at the Independent Square on the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 24, 2026.
Analysis

Four years in: Ukraine war grinds on

Somewhere in the Donbas region, Ukrainian soldier Artem Bondarenko says he hasn’t slept through the night in months as he defends Eastern Ukraine.

Graphic Truth: Russia’s declining fossil fuel revenues
Graphic Truth

Graphic Truth: Russia’s declining fossil fuel revenues

In terms of volume, Russia’s fossil fuel exports have declined a little since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022. In terms of revenue, they’ve dropped significantly.