162 America’s Alliances Shift When Oil Gets Tight

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of rising oil prices on international alliances and foreign policy.

Send us Fan Mail Oil prices jump, alliances wobble, and suddenly “foreign policy” turns into a bill you feel at home. We dig into the Iran conflict chatter, why access to airspace and US bases becomes a bargaining chip, and how OPEC, pipelines, and shipping chokepoints can quietly decide who has leverage. Along the way, we pressure-test the stories people tell about gas prices by pulling in inflation, taxation, and what it means when Europe and Asia get hit harder than the US. Then we switch...

People in this episode

Hosts: Gene, Ben

Topics covered

• foreign policy
• oil prices
• international relations
• OPEC
• inflation
• gas prices

Keywords

• oil prices
• foreign policy
• Iran conflict
• OPEC
• gas prices
• inflation
• shipping chokepoints

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OPEC

Places: Iran, Europe, Asia, US

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