Petro-Empire: How the World's Oil Addiction Became a Weapon of Imperial Control
On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched nearly 900 strikes on Iran in twelve hours. The Supreme Leader was killed. The Strait of Hormuz closed. Oil crossed $100 a barrel. The IEA called it the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. None of this was an accident. It is the architecture of a system — one built on fossil fuel dependency and maintained through imperial violence.
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