Discussion

UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach

mrexcess: Given the Greenland stuff, isn't it within EU and UK's interests to keep the US occupied in Iran?

hermitcrab: Possibly. However:- Europe gets a lot of it's oil through the Straits of Hormuz.- Xi might see this as his opportunity to attack Taiwan.It is just a huge mess in which everyone loses. Except perhaps Netanyahu and Trump, personally.

solstice: If we finally get the broad roll-out of renewable energy out of this, that would be a silver lining to this horrible mess. I hope it is a "Things need to get worse to get better" type of situation.

blitzar: > Europe gets a lot of it's oil through the Straits of Hormuz.20 mb/d, around 25% world seaborne oil trade, transits the Strait – 80% destined for Asia. 4%, of the region’s crude flows are routed into EuropeLNG - In 2025, almost 90% of the total volumes exported via the Strait of Hormuz was destined to the Asian market, while the share of Europe was just over 10%.Volume of oil (or LNG) isnt really the problem for the western hemisphere, its the doubling of price.

asplake: And to ease oil prices, the US takes its already limited pressure off Russia meanwhile. Given the Ukraine situation, I can't see how that helps EU and UK.