Beyond the Wire: Why I Wrote “When the World Stops Counting on the US”
While my latest column is appearing in nearly 30 newspapers this week—including the Miami Herald and the Kansas City Star—there is a deeper technical story behind the headlines that I want to share with my readers here: the global energy transition. The Insight: In my decades of covering this energy transformation, I’ve noticed a subtle […]
Erdoğan, Israel, and the Azerbaijan Oil Pipeline: Why the Valves Stay Open
The Erdoğan Israel energy connection remains a critical, if quiet, pillar of regional stability. While global headlines focus on the escalating rhetoric between Ankara and Jerusalem, the underground reality of the energy trade remains remarkably stable. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline—the 1,100-mile artery of the Caspian—continues to deliver Azerbaijani crude to Israeli refineries via Turkish soil. […]