Fuel as an Instrument of Statecraft
Major powers increasingly wield control over fuel supply to pressure adversaries, and the recurring result is grid collapse and economic breakdown in fragile, energy-dependent states that markets must map as supply and stability risks.
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Cuba's grid suffered another nationwide blackout as US fuel restrictions and the cutoff of Venezuelan oil bit (world desk), a textbook instance of the thesis: fuel wielded as statecraft producing grid collapse in a fragile, energy-dependent state.
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Supporting · August 3, 2026
Cuba Suffers Another Nationwide Blackout as US Fuel Restrictions Bite
Cuba's grid suffered another nationwide blackout as US fuel restrictions and the cutoff of Venezuelan oil bit (world desk), a textbook instance of the thesis: fuel wielded as statecraft producing grid collapse in a fragile, energy-dependent state.
Al Jazeera
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