China’s Edge in an Oil Shock: Electric Cars and Renewables
Beijing’s decades-long push to reduce its dependence on foreign oil with huge investments in clean energy sources like electric vehicles is now paying off.
As the price of oil soars to $100 a barrel and countries scramble to limit the fallout of the sudden loss of Middle East fuel, China has two significant advantages over its geopolitical rivals. Many of its new cars run on electricity. And that electricity is mostly powered by sources at home.
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Why Escalation Favors Iran
America and Israel may have bitten off more than they can chew.
“Decapitation strikes, in particular, create powerful incentives for horizontal escalation: when a regime survives the loss of its leader, it must demonstrate resilience quickly by widening the conflict,” writes Robert Pape.
14.03.2026 19:20
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Trump's Operatie Barbarossa. Hubris.
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Dit lijkt wel een wanhoopskreet. Zeer opmerkelijk voor een land met de grootste krijgsmacht ter wereld die dit toch makkelijk alleen moet kunnen. Of toch niet?
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Still waiting on the tariff dividends check, of AT LEAST $2000, that he promised each and every one of us LAST YEAR. Trump said this is how he would "share the financial benefits of his tariff trade policies", which he claimed were bringing in "trillions of dollars". Did you get YOUR check???
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Life comes at you fast
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because that's why they were calling for "freedom of speech"
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Ahahaha.
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Seems like the most important post in the world right now.
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‘Mr president, dear Donald,
We zouden graag in je strijd mee willen doen, maar het kanon is kapot.
Sorry, groet, keep up the fight.
Je D.’
14.03.2026 16:54
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And once you see it, you cannot unsee it.
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Senior Houthi official Mohammed al-Bukhaiti says the group has decided to stand with Iran and will announce when military action begins “at the appropriate time”.
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An infographic titled "president Trump is reshaping the media", reposted from his truth social account.
Donald Trump is now just openly bragging about interfering in the media. He's the president. He's running a truck over the first amendment here.
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Map of the ME showing the two straits
Yemen’s Houthis have announced they’ll be joining the war in support of Iran shortly. Analysts expect them to shut down another strait, Bab El-Mandeb, which will close the Suez Canal. The global economy hangs by a thread.
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Snippet from @nickcohen.bsky.social that really resonates.
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VVDer Aartsen stuurde in dec stiekem een brief naar alle wethouders: niet met staalslakken bemoeien. Dan kan Tata ze lekker blijven afzetten. Een leugen. Wethouders mogen zich er wel mee bemoeien. Nieuwe Stas moet kooltjes uit t vuur halen: er was weer eens een verkeer beeld ontstaan. Natuurlijk.
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“Onthoud wie je was”:
Oud president van Oekraïne Viktor Joesjtsjenko schreef een open brief aan Victor Orbán.
"Victor, kijk eens naar deze foto. We staan hier zij aan zij in een tijd waarin de toekomst van onze regio ons gezamenlijk, duidelijk en rooskleurig leek."
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Het bruine gespuis bij Forum voor Democratie waar Lidewij de Vos voor wegkijkt.
Door en door fout. En gevaarlijk.
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“No one gives a sh*t about housing.”
“Affordability is a Democrat scam.”
“If [gas prices] rise, they rise.”
It couldn't be clearer: Trump never cared about lowering the cost of living.
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Receipts:
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We thought Gerhard Schröder selling out to Russian gas was the ultimate betrayal of European security.
Viktor Orban is proving to be even worse.
Sabotaging EU unity and actively working against our collective defense makes him Europe's biggest traitor
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