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Newtonian Scotland: Science, Sociability, and the Art of Conversation
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Newtonian Scotland: Science, Sociability, and the Art of Conversation
During the Scottish Enlightenment, Scotland became one of the most vibrant intellectual laboratories in Europe—not because Isaac Newton ever set foot there, but because his ideas were debated, contest...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Energy Politics Weekly: Risk Premiums Rise as Fundamentals Stay Grounded
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Energy Politics Weekly: Risk Premiums Rise as Fundamentals Stay Grounded
Executive Summary — Weekly Energy Politics Update
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February 3, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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Where Oil Is Pricing Risk (and Where It Isn’t)
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Where Oil Is Pricing Risk (and Where It Isn’t)
A Standing Weekly Indicator for Energy Politics
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February 1, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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This Day in History — February 1
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This Day in History — February 1
🇨🇦 Canada — February 1, 1965
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February 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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Forward Curves and Volatility: Energy Market Signals for 2026
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Forward Curves and Volatility: Energy Market Signals for 2026
What Forward Curves Are Telling Energy Politics
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February 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Solar Variability, Economic Stress, and Energy Politics
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Solar Variability, Economic Stress, and Energy Politics
From Sunspot Cycles to Chaotic Risk: A Working History and Forward Agenda Energy Politics – Working History Series (Archival synthesis with post-2011 update)
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January 29, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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Market Signals: Options Markets and the New Energy Risk Regime
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Market Signals: Options Markets and the New Energy Risk Regime
Options-Implied Energy Risk Outlook January 24, 2025
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January 27, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Solar Variability, Economic Stress, and Energy Politics
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Solar Variability, Economic Stress, and Energy Politics
From Sunspot Cycles to Chaotic Risk: A Working History and Forward Agenda Energy Politics – Working History Series (Archival synthesis with post-2011 update)
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January 25, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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Energy Politics Weekly Update — January 25, 2026
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Energy Politics Weekly Update — January 25, 2026
This week’s thought-line
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January 25, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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✨ Robbie Burns Day | 25 January
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✨ Robbie Burns Day | 25 January
Today we raise a glass to Robert Burns (1759–1796) — Scotland’s national poet and one of the great voices of world literature.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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Market Signals
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Market Signals
Options-Implied Energy Risk Outlook January 24, 2025
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January 24, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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Energy Politics Weekly Update
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Energy Politics Weekly Update
January 17, 2026
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January 18, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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On This Day in History — January 18
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On This Day in History — January 18
🇨🇦 Canada & 🏴 Scotland — A Shared Story Canadian Friends of Scotland
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January 18, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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On This Day in History — January 18
🏴 1570 — A Dark Chapter in Clan History

The execution of MacGregor of Glenstrae and eleven followers marked a grim moment in the persecution of Clan Gregor — remembered through lament, song, and romantic-era Highland art.

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On This Day in History — January 18
🇨🇦 Canada & 🏴 Scotland — A Shared Story Canadian Friends of Scotland
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January 18, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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The Quiet Comeback of Nuclear Power
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The Quiet Comeback of Nuclear Power
by Ferdinand E Banks in Energy Politics Archives Fall 2011
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January 14, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Oil Markets Update — Geopolitics Adds Noise, Not Direction
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Oil Markets Update — Geopolitics Adds Noise, Not Direction
Bottom line: Geopolitical risk has intensified across Venezuela and Iran, but oil continues to trade structure rather than headlines.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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The Quiet Comeback of Nuclear Power
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The Quiet Comeback of Nuclear Power
by Ferdinand E Banks in Energy Politics Archives Fall 2011
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January 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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On This Day in History — January 11
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On This Day in History — January 11
🇨🇦 Canada & 🏴 Scotland — A Shared Story
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January 11, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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From Crisis Governance to Energy Transition: The EU’s Long Arc, 2011–Today
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From Crisis Governance to Energy Transition: The EU’s Long Arc, 2011–Today
Original moment (2011): Crisis management as growth strategy
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January 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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From Crisis Governance to Energy Transition: The EU’s Long Arc, 2011–Today
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From Crisis Governance to Energy Transition: The EU’s Long Arc, 2011–Today
Original moment (2011): Crisis management as growth strategy
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January 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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On This Day in History (January 4)
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On This Day in History (January 4)
Canada 🇨🇦 & 🏴 Scotland
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January 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Remembering J. R. R. Tolkien
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Remembering J. R. R. Tolkien
Born January 3, 1892
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January 4, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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Venezuela, Shadow Supply, and Why Oil Markets Are Pricing Risk—Not Barrels
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Venezuela, Shadow Supply, and Why Oil Markets Are Pricing Risk—Not Barrels
Despite recent tumultuous events in Venezuela, contemporary oil prices do not reflect an imminent Venezuelan supply shock.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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The Red Sea Chessboard: Somaliland at the Intersection of Gulf, Turkey, and Israel
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The Red Sea Chessboard: Somaliland at the Intersection of Gulf, Turkey, and Israel
Somaliland’s importance to energy politics isn’t primarily about what it currently exports—it’s about where it sits and what that geography allows others to do.
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January 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year!
from the desk of Energy Politics
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January 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM