Why is china stockpiling oil?

I repeatedly come back to this subject because I think it is one of the most important yet overlooked issues in global finance. The geopolitical ramifications are enormous. Something that the Trump ad

After World War II, America and its allies put in place a set of alliances, institutions and power structures to rebuild war-ravaged countries, create geopolitical stability and generate global econom

Since the dawn of the industrial age, energy security has been defined as a reliable supply of fossil fuels at a stable and reasonable price. The pursuit of it has seen countries invaded, regimes topp

“History is just one f**king thing after another,” declares a vulgar schoolboy in Alan Bennett’s play The History Boys. Surveying the past 25 years can feel the same way. From Iraq to the euro crisis

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