Helima Croft, managing director of global commodity strategy research at RBC Capital Markets, joins Aaron to talk about rising oil prices, the effectiveness of sanctions and price caps on Russian oil, and more. Plus, the two talk about the prospects of increased oil production from Saudi Arabia and releasing sanctioned Iranian oil back into the market.
Dec 22
Phase One or Done? Assessing Trump’s Gaza Plan
As 2025 draws to a close, the fate of the Trump administration’s twenty point plan to end the war in Gaza, disarming Hamas and withdrawing Israeli forces, and facilitate good governance, security and reconstruction, has run headlong into harsh Middle Eastern realities. The admini ... Show More
1h 2m
Dec 9
The Trump Administration and Congress: A Conversation with Senator Chris Van Hollen
It’s no coincidence that the framers—reflecting the importance of the legislative branch—laid out the responsibilities and powers of Congress in Article I, with the executive second, and the judiciary third. And yet as 2025 draws to a close, the role of Congress seems overshadowe ... Show More
50m 45s
Dec 2024
Our Energy Future: Balancing climate goals with reliable supply
The world is grappling with the need to hit the global Net Zero by 2050 target which means the net amount of greenhouse gases emitted into, and removed from, the atmosphere is zero by that date. All the while providing safe, secure and affordable energy for citizens. A tug of war ... Show More
32m 39s
May 2024
How shale rewrote the global oil order
<p>For decades, countries in the Middle East have dominated the oil market, pumping large quantities of the world’s supply. Along with that has come a pattern: when there’s conflict in the region, oil prices rise. The pattern seems to be breaking though, mainly because of one thi ... Show More
17m 41s
Apr 2022
Europe and Russian Oil (with Cristian Silviu Busoi)
Yesterday, Russia announced that it will halt natural gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria, renewing questions of European decoupling from Russian gas. Cristian Silviu Busoi, a Romanian member of the European Parliament and President of Industry for the Research and Energy Committee ... Show More
33m 11s