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OPEC
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GeopoliticsOil TradeStrait of Hormuz
Apr 8, 2026Michael Hudson: This Changes Everything: The World After Iran War
Michael Hudson details how Iran's strategic control over the Strait of Hormuz and its ability to disrupt global oil trade has fundamentally shifted geopolitical power, challenging US hegemony and threatening a 'financial winter' for oil-importing nations.
GeopoliticsOil TradeDollar Hegemony
Mar 5, 2026Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: Oil Prices SKYROCKET w/ Persian Gulf Blockade –Who Gets Hit Hardest?
Economists Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff argue that the US and Israel initiated war with Iran to prevent a peace deal, secure oil control, and maintain dollar hegemony, inadvertently destabilizing global energy markets and accelerating the decline of the American empire.