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What a time
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What a time

Facing a Long And Regional War instead of the markets' Short And Contained War scenario.

By Tim Sahay, Kate Mackenzie


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The next energy crunch, maybe

Just over four years ago Russia invaded Ukraine and everything changed. Enemy oil and gas were restricted and energy suddenly became expensive and scarce.

By Tim Sahay, Kate Mackenzie


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Canada's new non-alignment

Some thoughts on Canada’s strategy to do the seemingly impossible task of decoupling from the US. Yes, it’s going to be painful, and building a coalition to endure that pain is part of Mark Carney’s plan, as demonstrated in his Davos speech.

By Tim Sahay, Kate Mackenzie


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It's about oil, no it isn't, yes it is

Re Venezuela: we are looking at the oil angle (and especially the discourse around it) and the trade-offs and assets/liabilities calculus.

By Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay


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Good enough?

Notable achievements and terrible features of the COP30 hosted in Brazil. Notably: it took place; and was not a debacle. Terribly: the actual location was inaccessible; China failed to show leadership.

By Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay