Richard Nephew
Senior research scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy
“We're either able to get to a new accommodation which is likely to involve concessions to the Iranian position on this, or it's going to require an escalation that is going to require a lot larger commitment and a higher risk being faced by the United States. ... they'll have run through their externally held supplies by say October”
Richard Nephew
One-line summary: CGEP sanctions scholar; tracked for Iran-war off-ramp vs escalation claims.
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- On iran-fuel-shock-consumer-bifurcation:
"We're either able to get to a new accommodation which is likely to involve concessions to the Iranian position on this, or it's going to require an escalation that is going to require a lot larger commitment and a higher risk being faced by the United States. ... they'll have run through their externally held supplies by say October" — 2026-09-15-podcast-columbia-energy-exchange-six-months-in-iran-war-widens-as-energy-markets (2026-09-15)
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