An operational pause is not peace
About this episode
Oliver Hartwich and John Howard discuss the implications of the US-Iran conflict's operational pause and New Zealand's energy strategy shortcomings.
The guns have paused in the US-Iran conflict but Oliver Hartwich and John Howard argue New Zealand should take little comfort from that. All parties are struggling to find an off-ramp, damage to Qatar's refineries alone means a two-to-three-year rebuild, and New Zealand still lacks the energy strategy promised in 2024. Singapore, a city-state the size of Lake Taupō, has built the fuel resilience we have not.
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