The Oil Came Back. The Diesel Didn't.
Europe's reserve is one third diesel. A stock can replace a missing refinery only while it lasts.
Geopolitics is rarely decided by events. It is decided by the architecture beneath them: NATO's eastward expansion, Russia and China cast as the designated adversaries, and Iran at the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint that prices every crisis. These chapters trace the energy corridors, sanctions regimes and strategic competition that outlast whoever holds office.