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  <title>The Geopolitical Economist · Iran</title>
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    <title>The Price Cap Didn&#x27;t Stop Russian Oil. It Created a Toll Booth.</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Camilo Flora Matsumbo</dc:creator>
    <description>The price cap was meant to cut Russia&#x27;s revenue while keeping its oil on the market. Its enforcement built a parallel shipping system whose costs are shared unevenly by exporters, shipowners, insurers, traders and refiners.</description>
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THE PRICE CAP DIDN'T STOP RUSSIAN OIL. IT CREATED A TOLL BOOTH.

The G7 price cap kept Russian oil flowing but spawned a shadow fleet that taxes every barrel along the way. Who pays the toll?

The price cap was meant to cut Russia's revenue while keeping its oil on the market. Its enforcement built a parallel shipping system whose costs are shared unevenly by exporters, shipowners, insurers, traders and refiners.

From the opening:
“Nearly four years after the Group of Seven, the European Union and Australia imposed a price cap on Russian seaborne crude, that oil is still reaching global markets largely as before. This is not, by itself, evidence that the policy failed. The U.S.”

By Camilo Flora Matsumbo, Researcher and economic analyst, Mozambique

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/russian-oil-price-cap-shadow-fleet-toll-booth

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    <title>Trump Storms the UN Stage</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Daniel B. Gallagher</dc:creator>
    <description>Trump&#x27;s speech to the United Nations put the contours of &#x27;civilizationism&#x27; into greater relief. The real test case is not Iran but Cuba — and the ideology shaping both Trump&#x27;s and Rubio&#x27;s approach to the western hemisphere.</description>
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TRUMP STORMS THE UN STAGE

Trump's UNGA speech on Cuba reveals civilizationism in action: great powers governing their own civilizational spheres. Cuba is the test case. By Daniel B. Gallagher.

Trump's speech to the United Nations put the contours of 'civilizationism' into greater relief. The real test case is not Iran but Cuba — and the ideology shaping both Trump's and Rubio's approach to the western hemisphere.

From the opening:
“For those who care about the latest political ideology, President Donald Trump's speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday put the contours of "civilizationism" into greater relief.”

By Daniel B. Gallagher, Lecturer in Literature and Philosophy, Ralston College, Savannah, GA

Read the full commentary: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/trump-storms-the-un-stage

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    <title>Why Trump Can&#x27;t End the Iran War After the Midterms</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Vikas</dc:creator>
    <description>The Vice President says by January 2029. The theory of how wars end says neither of them controls the date.</description>
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WHY TRUMP CAN'T END THE IRAN WAR AFTER THE MIDTERMS

The Vice President says by January 2029. The theory of how wars end says neither of them controls the date.

From the opening:
“Something strange happened at the White House this week. Trump announced an end date for a war his own government started, on the same day his advisers told him it might not end at all.”

By Vikas

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/why-trump-cant-end-the-iran-war-after-the-midterms

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    <title>America Is Bombing Its Own Bond Market</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Vikas</dc:creator>
    <description>Five Iranian tankers are burning, oil has crossed $100, and the U.S. Treasury is paying more than $1 trillion a year in interest. These three facts are one story.</description>
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AMERICA IS BOMBING ITS OWN BOND MARKET

Five Iranian tankers are burning, oil has crossed $100, and the U.S. Treasury is paying more than $1 trillion a year in interest. These three facts are one story.

From the opening:
“On Tuesday night the United States destroyed five Iranian oil tankers, the Kaviz, Charminar, Horizon 1, Riesco and Derya, in the Gulf of Oman and off Kharg Island. Iran answered within hours.”

By Vikas

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/america-is-bombing-its-own-bond-market

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    <title>The U.S. Imported Iranian Oil While Bombing Iran</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Vikas</dc:creator>
    <description>For one month, a quiet Treasury licence made Iranian crude legal in American ports</description>
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THE U.S. IMPORTED IRANIAN OIL WHILE BOMBING IRAN

For one month, a quiet Treasury licence made Iranian crude legal in American ports

From the opening:
“The United States is bombing Iran, intercepting its missiles, and showcasing and trying to maintain pressure on others to stop supporting the Iranian government But at the same point in time between this”

By Vikas

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/us-imported-iranian-oil

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    <title>Iran Is Waiting for the US Midterm Elections</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Vikas</dc:creator>
    <description>In 1980, It Waited for the American Election, and It Is Waiting Again.</description>
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IRAN IS WAITING FOR THE US MIDTERM ELECTIONS

In 1980, It Waited for the American Election, and It Is Waiting Again.

From the opening:
“On Monday, Trump said his administration had opened a back channel to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The IRGC denied it. On Tuesday, Trump posted this: The Strait is not, in any commercially meaningful sense, open and operating.”

By Vikas

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/iran-waiting-for-midterms

#Geopolitics #MiddleEast #UnitedStates #Iran #GlobalEconomy]]></content:encoded>
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