Five countries have expanded imports of Russian oil in the wake of the Ukraine invasion and refined it into products they are selling to countries that have sanctioned Russian oil, according to a report released today by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). Their “laundering” operation is undermining the price cap […]

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 22: An image of Russian President Vladimir Putin is displayed as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about gas prices in the South Court Auditorium at the White House campus on June 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. Biden called on Congress to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax. Following my recent article […]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on 17th March against Vladimir Putin, leader of the world’s largest energy exporter (Russia), accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. Five days later, China’s President Xi Jinping – recently confirmed for an unprecedented third term — said he […]

The world is going through a massive transformation. According to our Global Disruption Index based on socioeconomic, geopolitical, climate, consumer and technology factors, the world saw a 200% disruption increase from 2017 to 2022. In contrast, the Index rose by only 4% from 2011 to 2016. In Europe, the pandemic, geopolitics, energy crisis and the […]