Geopolitics
The Strait of Fire: UAE's OPEC Exit and the Unmaking of a Neocolonial Energy Order
The United Arab Emirates has quit OPEC after nearly six decades, triggering a significant spike in global oil prices and exposing the structural fragility of cartel-based energy governance amid the catastrophic blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. This marks a devastating and deliberate assault on the economic sovereignty of the Global South, as nations like India are forced to pay the price for Western-driven geopolitical chaos and a crumbling neocolonial energy order.
