Kamil Askerkhanov

Kamil Askerkhanov23.08.2026

The farther the story of Israel’s strikes in Syria unfolds, the less it looks like a conventional contest for influence. Israel has, in effect, drawn a line for Turkey: This is as far as Ankara can go. The latest strike on the Abu Duhur air base in northern Syria, coming hours after a Turkish delegation […]

Kamil Askerkhanov15.08.2026

The EIA released some very interesting data yesterday. U.S. commercial crude inventories surged by 17.4 million barrels, reaching 424.4 million. The American Petroleum Institute had reported a 9.1 million-barrel increase the day before—already an unusually large move. But the real story emerges when you look beyond a single inventory number and follow the physical barrels. […]

Kamil Askerkhanov08.08.2026

Several developments reported today are worth considering together. China is beginning to move larger volumes of physical gold from London to Hong Kong. At the same time, Hong Kong has launched a centralized gold-clearing and settlement system, Delivery Connect with the Shanghai Gold Exchange, and plans to expand its storage capacity to roughly 2,000 metric […]

Kamil Askerkhanov18.07.2026

Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad stated that the main parameters of an agreement with Russia have already been finalized. The project envisages the supply of up to 55 billion cubic meters of Russian gas annually through Azerbaijani territory. In my view, these statements deserve far more attention than they have received. Taken separately, they appear […]

Kamil Askerkhanov26.04.2026

The Chinese stratagem works the other way around. While everyone is looking at the Persian Gulf and the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, I’ll try to carefully describe what’s happening further east, where the next step will be. The energy system is becoming the central axis of the current geopolitical shift in Asia. The blockade of […]

Kamil Askerkhanov09.04.2026

The global economy increasingly resembles the final hours of the “Titanic.” Not the moment of impact—that has already occurred—but rather the stage where the hull still holds, the lights are on, the orchestra is playing, and most passengers refuse to fully acknowledge the scale of what is happening. Markets continue to tremble, inflation erodes the […]

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Turkey and Israel: Is a Collision Becoming Inevitable?

Where Is All That American Oil Really Going?

Gold Is Moving Back Into the Settlement System

Eurasian Energy Corridor

“Making a Fuss in the East, Attacking in the West”

“Titanic” for the Global Economy

Turkey and Israel: Is a Collision Becoming Inevitable?

The Backwards Clock

Who’s Raking it in as the National Debt Explodes?

Trump’s View of Everything in the World