The geopolitics of energy markets – with Helen Thompson

Macro Bytes · Jul 5, 2022 · 28m

In the first of a two part special, Luke Bartholomew and Paul Diggle are joined by Professor Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University, and author of the recent book Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century. In this episode they discuss the geopolitics of energy supply, and how this helps to explain aspects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the green transition, and other features of the global economy.

The key takeaways are:

Energy markets provide a vital frame to understand 20th and 21st century geopolitics. US energy independence has complicated the relationship…