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Weekly Forecast Monitor: March 22, 2024 - Global Hotspot Tracker - Middle East/North Africa Regional Tensions

22 Mar 2024

• Significance/Outlook: Due to the current tensions in the Red Sea, ships are traveling 3% farther than they were prior to the start of al-Houthi rebel attacks on commercial shipping. [...] • Significance/Outlook: As lithium-ion batteries are the future of transportation and energy storage, increasing the supply of lithium is of the utmost importance for a clean energy transition, and local production of lithium is important to the economy and national security of the United States. [...] • Significance/Outlook: The state-owned energy corporation Pemex was responsible for the leakage of significant quantities of methane from an oil platform located in the Gulf of Mexico in 2023. [...] The leaks continued even after a United Nations agency brought the issues to the attention of the Mexican government. [...] Philippines What happened: The Philippines plans to start energy exploration efforts in the South China Sea with potential help from the U.

Authors

Eugene Chausovsky

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5
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United States of America