A new U.S.-Venezuela oil agreement could reshape heavy-crude competition by giving Washington a direct interest in Venezuelan production and preferential access to some of the barrels. [Read more]
Robert Pape argues Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada are part of a consistent punishment strategy driven by MAGA domestic politics, not conventional trade economics. [Read more]
Political scientist Duane Bratt says Alberta’s oil-heavy economy has insulated it from Trump’s tariffs, while the trade war is testing Danielle Smith’s U.S. strategy and Alberta separatism. [Read more]
Thomas Lukaszuk says Alberta should stop shielding oil and gas from Canada’s response to Donald Trump and cancel the October 19 referendum in the name of national unity. [Read more]
Alberta’s oil sands were not simply discovered and developed. Jeremy Schmidt argues that government science, geoscience, technology and water governance helped create the modern petroleum economy — and shaped how Alberta thinks about land and energy. [Read more]
The collapse of Canada-US trade negotiations was about more than tariffs. Washington’s last-minute demands sought influence over Canada’s trade, resources, industries and domestic laws—and closely matched the Trump administration’s blueprint for dominance in the Western Hemisphere. [Read more]
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