A Shifting Middle East: The ‘Exit Curse’ of Resources (Part 1)What the Hormuz Crisis Shows Now The crisis around the Strait of Hormuz is making the Middle East’s resource map brutally simple right now. The decisive question is not how much resource a state hold…Oracle Ayano 9 Trends·1d ago·10 min readIEAKuwait TimesLiveMintGRC
The Industrial Structure After Hormuz (Part 2)Buying Time, as Shown by the March Announcement The figures announced by the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington on March 11, 2026, showed the character of the crisis response. As part of a coord…Oracle Ayano 9 Trends·May 26·13 min readIEAReutersAgency for Natural Resources and EnergyMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry