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Strap yourself in for an even bigger oil shock

Even if the war in Iran ends today, it will take months to restore crude output and years to repair Qatar’s terminal for liquefied natural gas.

02.04.2026 20

Financial Review

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump’s threat risks sparking an even bigger oil crisis

Donald Trump’s push to “take the oil” on Iran’s Kharg Island and his misguided belief that America doesn’t need the Strait of Hormuz could...

01.04.2026 20

WA Today

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump’s threat risks sparking an even bigger oil crisis

Donald Trump’s push to “take the oil” on Iran’s Kharg Island and his misguided belief that America doesn’t need the Strait of Hormuz could...

01.04.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump’s threat risks sparking an even bigger oil crisis

Donald Trump’s push to “take the oil” on Iran’s Kharg Island and his misguided belief that America doesn’t need the Strait of Hormuz could...

01.04.2026 30

The Age

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump’s threat risks sparking an even bigger oil crisis

Donald Trump’s push to “take the oil” on Iran’s Kharg Island and his misguided belief that America doesn’t need the Strait of Hormuz could...

01.04.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is steering the world into a food crisis

The longer Trump’s war drags on, the worse the coming global food emergency will be.

30.03.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is steering the world into a food crisis

The longer Trump’s war drags on, the worse the coming global food emergency will be.

30.03.2026 10

WA Today

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is steering the world into a food crisis

The longer Trump’s war drags on, the worse the coming global food emergency will be.

30.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is steering the world into a food crisis

The longer Trump’s war drags on, the worse the coming global food emergency will be.

30.03.2026 20

The Age

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

China has already won Trump’s impulsive war

As Trump blusters and bullies his way through another week, China’s Xi Jinping is watching and smiling.

28.03.2026 20

WA Today

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

China has already won Trump’s impulsive war

As Trump blusters and bullies his way through another week, China’s Xi Jinping is watching and smiling.

28.03.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

China has already won Trump’s impulsive war

As Trump blusters and bullies his way through another week, China’s Xi Jinping is watching and smiling.

28.03.2026 20

The Age

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

China has already won Trump’s impulsive war

As Trump blusters and bullies his way through another week, China’s Xi Jinping is watching and smiling.

28.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

This is an energy emergency: entire countries may run out of oil

Some 10.5 million barrels a day of production has been closed because countries have run out of storage or face drone attacks on offshore rigs.

25.03.2026 20

Financial Review

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

‘Fool’s solution’: Trump could make the energy disaster worse if he plays his last card

Donald Trump is not someone known for making rational moves, and he has one last card to play that could deepen the energy nightmare.

20.03.2026 20

WA Today

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

‘Fool’s solution’: Trump could make the energy disaster worse if he plays his last card

Donald Trump is not someone known for making rational moves, and he has one last card to play that could deepen the energy nightmare.

20.03.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

‘Fool’s solution’: Trump could make the energy disaster worse if he plays his last card

Donald Trump is not someone known for making rational moves, and he has one last card to play that could deepen the energy nightmare.

20.03.2026 40

The Age

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

‘Fool’s solution’: Trump could make the energy disaster worse if he plays his last card

Donald Trump is not someone known for making rational moves, and he has one last card to play that could deepen the energy nightmare.

20.03.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump’s war is the most dangerous double-edged gamble I can remember

If Donald Trump’s war against Iran is really about the containment of China, it is a hell of a risk.

13.03.2026 20

WA Today

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump’s war is the most dangerous double-edged gamble I can remember

If Donald Trump’s war against Iran is really about the containment of China, it is a hell of a risk.

13.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump’s war is the most dangerous double-edged gamble I can remember

If Donald Trump’s war against Iran is really about the containment of China, it is a hell of a risk.

13.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump’s war is the most dangerous double-edged gamble I can remember

If Donald Trump’s war against Iran is really about the containment of China, it is a hell of a risk.

13.03.2026 30

The Age

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is facing a humiliating crisis he created himself

The president is manifestly unprepared for the economic fallout from his attack on Iran.

11.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is facing a humiliating crisis he created himself

The president is manifestly unprepared for the economic fallout from his attack on Iran.

11.03.2026 20

The Age

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is facing a humiliating crisis he created himself

The president is manifestly unprepared for the economic fallout from his attack on Iran.

11.03.2026 50

WA Today

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is facing a humiliating crisis he created himself

The president is manifestly unprepared for the economic fallout from his attack on Iran.

11.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Bad energy: Trump will be forced to end his reckless war very soon

It is astonishing that Donald Trump has created an energy crisis that America is not set up to handle.

04.03.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Bad energy: Trump will be forced to end his reckless war very soon

It is astonishing that Donald Trump has created an energy crisis that America is not set up to handle.

04.03.2026 40

The Age

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Bad energy: Trump will be forced to end his reckless war very soon

It is astonishing that Donald Trump has created an energy crisis that America is not set up to handle.

04.03.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Bad energy: Trump will be forced to end his reckless war very soon

It is astonishing that Donald Trump has created an energy crisis that America is not set up to handle.

04.03.2026 50

WA Today

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is pushing America closer to civil war

Donald Trump’s reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on his tariffs has compounded an unfolding national tragedy.

27.02.2026 10

WA Today

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is pushing America closer to civil war

Donald Trump’s reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on his tariffs has compounded an unfolding national tragedy.

27.02.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is pushing America closer to civil war

Donald Trump’s reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on his tariffs has compounded an unfolding national tragedy.

27.02.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is pushing America closer to civil war

Donald Trump’s reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on his tariffs has compounded an unfolding national tragedy.

27.02.2026 10

The Age

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Playing with fire: Trump’s unstable boom is a high-stakes experiment

America is entering a hair-raising financial adventure where the margin for misjudgment is zero.

09.02.2026 10

WA Today

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Playing with fire: Trump’s unstable boom is a high-stakes experiment

America is entering a hair-raising financial adventure where the margin for misjudgment is zero.

09.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Playing with fire: Trump’s unstable boom is a high-stakes experiment

America is entering a hair-raising financial adventure where the margin for misjudgment is zero.

09.02.2026 20

The Age

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Playing with fire: Trump’s unstable boom is a high-stakes experiment

America is entering a hair-raising financial adventure where the margin for misjudgment is zero.

09.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

The gold walls are closing in on Putin

Gold has until now been the Russian president’s get-out-of-jail-free card. His luck might be running out.

05.02.2026 10

WA Today

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

The gold walls are closing in on Putin

Gold has until now been the Russian president’s get-out-of-jail-free card. His luck might be running out.

05.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

The gold walls are closing in on Putin

Gold has until now been the Russian president’s get-out-of-jail-free card. His luck might be running out.

05.02.2026 10

The Age

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

The gold walls are closing in on Putin

Gold has until now been the Russian president’s get-out-of-jail-free card. His luck might be running out.

05.02.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is pushing China and Europe together to create a new world order

It takes a lot to throw these two foes together, but the US president may have pulled it off over the 10 days that shook the world, culminating in the...

31.01.2026 20

WA Today

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is pushing China and Europe together to create a new world order

It takes a lot to throw these two foes together, but the US president may have pulled it off over the 10 days that shook the world, culminating in the...

31.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump is pushing China and Europe together to create a new world order

It takes a lot to throw these two foes together, but the US president may have pulled it off over the 10 days that shook the world, culminating in the...

31.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Diseased mind: It is time to cut off Trump’s credit card

Donald Trump’s abuses of decency have been hitting America and the world on so many fronts that it is hard to keep a clear focus on just how...

23.01.2026 20

WA Today

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Diseased mind: It is time to cut off Trump’s credit card

Donald Trump’s abuses of decency have been hitting America and the world on so many fronts that it is hard to keep a clear focus on just how...

23.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Diseased mind: It is time to cut off Trump’s credit card

Donald Trump’s abuses of decency have been hitting America and the world on so many fronts that it is hard to keep a clear focus on just how...

23.01.2026 30

The Age

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Diseased mind: It is time to cut off Trump’s credit card

Donald Trump’s abuses of decency have been hitting America and the world on so many fronts that it is hard to keep a clear focus on just how...

23.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Trump has pulled the US into a joint venture with a leftist kleptocracy

Little now remains of the moral and legal order that we used to call the West.

08.01.2026 20

WA Today

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard