Strategic Assessment The increase in military activity and demonstrations of force around the Strait of Hormuz has elevated the risk profile of global energy transit routes. As a significant share of the world’s oil and LNG trade passes through this narrow passage, any potential disruption would directly affect not only energy markets but also geopolitical stability. Growing strategic tensions among regional actors are further strengthening the linkage between energy security

The step taken by BP and Shell is not merely a shift in corporate positioning; it signals a quiet rewriting of the rules governing global gas flows. The tension between the legal framework of sanctions and the structural necessity of energy security is surfacing more openly than ever.

North Sea countries in Europe have agreed on a comprehensive energy cooperation framework aimed at expanding offshore wind capacity through a cross-border network structure. Yet this step is not merely a renewable energy initiative focused on building new power plants. Europe is not constructing a production site in the North Sea, but a power space.

Greenland is not for sale. But it is on the table. What is being tested through Greenland today is not an island, but the resilience of the global order itself. Through this case, we see where an ally’s sovereignty becomes negotiable, when trade turns into an explicit instrument of pressure, and where the fractures in the global system begin to surface. Trump’s Greenland move is neither a gaffe nor a temporary bargaining tactic; it is a clear signal of how power is now exerci

The Philippines has announced its first offshore natural gas discovery in more than a decade, located off the coast of Palawan. However, this development represents far more than a technical energy update. This raises a critical question: If a state cannot secure its offshore energy domain politically and militarily, who does that resource truly belong to?