The Frontier

A strike on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline knocked out 700,000 barrels per day of its export capacity, about 10% of its maximum output.

Simon Dixon identifies "transnational capital" - including BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard, partnered with sovereign wealth funds - as controlling Western nations. He notes America has sold $65 trillion in assets to foreign investors as Saudi Arabia shifted from buying US treasuries to equities.