Opinion: Energy, Asymmetry, Black Budget Revenue and the Shadow War: Confronting Iran’s Playbook

April 21, 2026

I have spent years on the ground across the corridors that shape global power—Africa, the Middle East, Asia—working not just with executives and policymakers, but with the truck drivers, the field operators, and the logistics crews who keep energy flowing to us.

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