/553/ Energy Sovereignty = Political Independence? ft. Benjamin Bradlow

About this episode

The episode discusses global energy shortages and their political implications with guest Benjamin Bradlow.

On global shortages and their political consequences. Benjamin Bradlow, assistant professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton, talks to Alex and Lee about the world-historic impact of the Hormuz Strait closure. How will shortages – beyond oil and gas – reverberate through global supply chains? Why are markets so sanguine about all this? Are financial economic elites too insulated from consequences? Will China be the big beneficiary as more countries turn to importing its tech for renewables? Do countries want to trade dependency on the Middle East or US for dependency on China? Would a world of energy autarky be more or less peaceful? Are "electrostates" a thing? For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast Links: The Winners and Losers of the Iran Energy Shock, Benjamin Bradlow, Foreign Affairs The energy crisis may just be starting, Martin Wolf, FT

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex, Lee

Guest: Benjamin Bradlow

Topics covered

• energy sovereignty
• political independence
• global supply chains
• market reactions
• China's tech imports
• energy autarky
• geopolitical dependencies

Keywords

• energy crisis
• Hormuz Strait
• global shortages
• financial elites
• electrostates
• renewables
• dependency
• China

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Organizations: Princeton, Foreign Affairs, FT

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