When Geopolitics Disrupts Energy Systems

About this episode

Helen Thompson discusses the impact of geopolitical conflict on global oil and gas markets.

Helen Thompson, a political economist at Cambridge, examines how geopolitical conflict has shaped global oil and gas markets, with implications for the current Gulf crisis.

People in this episode

Guest: Helen Thompson

Topics covered

• geopolitics
• energy systems
• oil markets
• gas markets
• global conflict
• Gulf crisis

Keywords

• geopolitics
• energy systems
• oil markets
• gas markets
• Gulf crisis
• political economy

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Organizations: Cambridge

Places: Gulf

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