Tag Archives: Syria

The oil price shocker – interactive edition

13 Sep

How high would oil prices climb if there was a fallout in Syria’s or Egypt’s production? Or if the crisis escalated and Iran, for example, stopped producing? Or if it blocked the Strait of Hormuz? In our interactive chart you can play around with your assumed oil supply shocks, too.

Syria’s globalized civil war

4 Jul

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Every country has a stake in the conflict one way or another. But that won’t stop the bitter war of attrition from grinding on.