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Oil Drops Below $95: Market Awaits Reopening of Hormuz Despite US Strikes on Iran
LONDON (Realist English). Global energy prices closed sharply lower on May 27 amid conflicting signals over the prospects of US-Iranian...
Oil Plunges 6% Amid Possible US–Iran Deal
LONDON (Realist English). Global energy prices experienced one of their sharpest declines of the past month on May 25, as...
Oil rises again: markets lose faith in a quick US-Iran compromise
LONDON (Realist English). On May 22, global energy markets closed with solid gains, recovering part of the week's losses. Oil...
Coal prices hold above $133 amid Hormuz crisis
LONDON (Realist English). The global coal market, which surged to historic highs on the back of the Middle East crisis,...
From Hormuz to Solar Panels: How Iran Accelerated the Global Shift to Renewables
WASHINGTON (Realist English). An analytical article by Benjamin Bradlow, professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton University, published in...
Oil Market Freezes Awaiting Outcome of Trump–Xi Summit
LONDON (Realist English). On 14 May, the global oil market remained on edge. Brent crude prices hovered around $105–107 per...
China – Leader in Green Energy, Europe and the US Lag Behind
ABU DHABI (Realist English). April and the beginning of May 2026 brought another round of loud "victories" for the Western green...
Xi Jinping’s Economic Strategy: Exports, Technology, and State Control
BEIJING (Realist English). Beijing continues to maintain economic growth through industrial production, high-tech exports, and large-scale state support for strategic...
Global coal prices jump by $17
LONDON (Realist English). While the world watches missile strikes in the Strait of Hormuz and record oil prices, a fire is...
Putin and Tokayev Approve Nuclear Plant Construction and Currency Swap: Results of State Visit to Astana
ASTANA (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Kazakhstan concluded with the signing of 16 bilateral documents and...
Kyiv Rejects Merz’s Initiative on Ukraine’s Intermediate EU Membership
KYIV (Realist English). The Ukrainian leadership has not supported the initiative of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who proposed introducing "associated membership"...
Russia’s Oil and Gas Revenues Jump 39% in May, But Budget Loses Out Due to Stronger Ruble
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Russian economy continues to adapt to external challenges, showing a mixed picture. A slowdown in economic growth...
“Cuba Does Not Change Its Principles”: Cuban Ambassador Orta González Responds to US Pressure
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Cuban people are ready to defend the life and dignity of Venezuela's leadership, just as 32 Cubans...
Erdoğan Redesigned the Opposition to Suit Himself
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey’s authorities are moving from suppressing the opposition to forcibly reshaping it. This is argued by Salim Çevik,...
The G2 Era as Reality: China Cannot Be Contained, the US Cannot Be Displaced
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States and China are beginning to recognize that neither side is capable of forcing the...
“The fire of World War III is flaring up”: Gennady Zyuganov calls on leftist forces to unite and rise up against capitalism
MOSCOW (Realist English). On May 24, the 3rd International Anti‑Fascist Forum began its work in Moscow. Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the...
Turkey and Israel on the verge of direct confrontation
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS and Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov analyzes the causes and consequences...
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