🎙️ New Energy Vista Episode (recorded on June 11, 2026)

As the Iran war enters a fragile diplomatic phase, are Gulf states converging on a common strategy or pursuing increasingly divergent paths toward Iran and the United States?

In this episode of Energy Vista, Leslie Palti-Guzman sits down with Daniel Benaim, Distinguished Fellow at the Middle East Institute and Founder of Benaim Advisory.

The conversation comes at a pivotal moment. While attention remains focused on the future of the Strait of Hormuz and global energy flows, Gulf countries are reassessing their relationships with Iran, the United States, and one another following one of the most significant regional conflicts in decades.

Leslie and Daniel discuss:

🔹 Whether the Iran war strengthened or weakened Gulf unity

🔹 Why some Gulf states were more heavily targeted than others

🔹 The differing approaches of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Oman toward Iran

🔹 Whether Gulf states can accommodate Iran while protecting their economic and security interests

🔹 The future of the Strait of Hormuz and the implications for regional energy security

🔹 The future of U.S.-Gulf relations and whether a new regional order is emerging or whether the United States remains the indispensable external power

This is a timely conversation on diplomacy, deterrence, energy security, trade flows, investments and the future of the Gulf region.

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*** Correction: In this latest #EnergyVista podcast with Daniel Benaim,  Leslie mistakenly referred to the 2017–2021 blockade of Qatar as "U.S.-led." Maybe a Freudian slip. She meant the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar.

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In this episode of the Energy Vista Podcast, Leslie Palti-Guzman sits down with energy scholar and foreign policy expert Brenda Shaffer to discuss the energy policy implications of the Iran crisis and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.

Brenda argues that policymakers continue to draw the wrong lessons from energy crises. The conversation explores whether some climate policies have weakened energy security. Leslie and Brenda exchange on the role of natural gas in modern economies, Europe's energy challenges, Africa's missed energy investment opportunities, China's growing influence over clean-energy supply chains, and the future of electrification.

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The United States is celebrating roughly a decade of transforming the shale revolution into a global LNG export powerhouse. But as geopolitical tensions rise and electricity demand surges from AI and data centers, new questions are emerging about America’s long-term energy strategy.

In this new Energy Vista episode, Leslie Palti-Guzman sits down with former Congressman Charles Boustany to discuss the extraordinary transformation of Louisiana and the United States into a dominant force in global energy markets.

The conversation explores how the US became a net exporter of oil and gas, whether America’s energy abundance strengthens its geopolitical leverage, and how policymakers should think about energy planning in an era of growing power demand, industrial competition, and global instability.

The conversation also explores the importance of historical perspective in energy and geopolitics. Charles reflects on his long-standing passion for history and his decision to pursue a PhD in the field.

This is an insightful exchange at the intersection of energy, industrial policy, geopolitics, and American competitiveness.

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🎙️ New Energy Vista Episode

Sanctions have become one of the most powerful tools of modern foreign policy. But how effective are they really, and for how long?

In this new Energy Vista episode, Leslie Palti-Guzman sits down with Matt McManus, former US State Department official with more than three decades of experience working on international energy and economic diplomacy.

The conversation comes at a pivotal moment. After nearly 40 days of war with Iran, the conflict has entered a fragile ceasefire and negotiation phase. Sanctions relief is emerging as one of the key diplomatic levers on the table.

Leslie and Matt explore whether energy sanctions truly change behavior, how markets adapt to restrictions, and what role the United States’ energy abundance now plays in shaping foreign policy.

The discussion also examines Venezuela’s sanctions roadmap, Russia’s LNG challenges, the rise of the shadow fleet, and whether the US energy boom has fundamentally changed Washington’s geopolitical leverage.

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📄 Matt McManus – Energy Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool: How Successful and for How Long?
https://energyanalytics.org/energy-sanctions/

📺 Bloomberg TV interview Leslie Palti-Guzman – Qatar LNG Disruption Could Last “Months”
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/qatar-lng-disruption-could-last-032952910.html

📺 Bloomberg TV interview Leslie Palti-Guzman – Markets Expect Hormuz Reopening Despite Ongoing Uncertainty
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-04-08/energy-analyst-markets-expect-hormuz-reopening-video

What happens to a country’s energy system when war reaches its offshore gas fields?

In this episode of Energy Vista, Leslie Palti-Guzman sits down with Dr. Amit Mor, CEO of EcoEnergy and Senior Lecturer at Reichman University, to examine how Israel’s energy system is operating under wartime, the implications for Jordan and Egypt’s electricity systems, and the broader risks to global energy markets as tensions escalate around the Strait of Hormuz.

They also discuss how energy infrastructure, maritime chokepoints, and geopolitical rivalries are increasingly intertwined in today’s energy landscape.

The episode highlights a core theme of Energy Vista: energy security is national security.

Key topics discussed

• How Israel maintains electricity supply despite the shutdown of major gas platforms
• Israel’s regional gas integration with Jordan and Egypt
• The geopolitical implications of attacks on energy infrastructure
• Iran’s weaponization of the Strait of Hormuz

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🎙️ New Energy Vista Episode

What happens to global energy markets when the world’s most critical maritime chokepoint shuts down?   

In this new Energy Vista episode, Leslie Palti-Guzman sits down with Kevin Book, Co-Founder and Director of Research at ClearView Energy Partners, to unpack the unfolding war in Iran and its profound implications for oil, LNG trade, and global energy security.  

The conversation comes at a moment when transit through the Strait of Hormuz has halted amid the ongoing joint US and Israeli military operations against Iran and Teheran's retaliations against more than a dozen countries, sending shockwaves across commodity markets and raising the specter of a massive supply disruption.  

• Why the Strait of Hormuz crisis is the biggest single point of failure in the global oil system  • Why prices have not spiked as much as expected despite major supply risks  

• The role of US shale, strategic reserves, and demand resilience  

• China’s vulnerability and options for major importers   

• What this crisis means for future energy security  

This is a conversation at the intersection of war, commodities, shipping, and global energy strategy.  

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Can the West still compete in nuclear power?

In this French-language Energy Vista, Leslie Palti-Guzman sits down with David Lévy, former nuclear official and energy executive, for a strategic conversation on nuclear sovereignty, transatlantic cooperation, and Europe’s industrial future.

From France’s original licensing of Westinghouse technology to today’s competition with Russia and China, we explore:

• Should the US and Europe (+Japan and South Korea) form a coherent Western nuclear bloc?
• China building 37 reactors in parallel, what does that mean for influence?
• Why renewables alone cannot provide base load for AI and data centers

This episode connects energy policy to geopolitics, industrial survival, and global power.

🎧 Listen on YouTube (with subtitles), Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

🔎 Related Energy Vista episodes:
• Philipp Chaffee on global nuclear revival, supply chains and policy drivers
• Cécile Maisonneuve on Europe’s strategic autonomy, nuclear and the new geopolitics of electricity

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Is Iran weaker today due to sanctions?

In this episode of Energy Vista, Leslie Palti-Guzman sits down with geoeconomic expert Rachel Ziemba to unpack the use of US economic statecraft against Iran in an era of shadow fleets and great-power fragmentation.

We discuss:

• How much of Iran’s current economic and political weakness is actually driven by sanctions
• China’s decisive role in sustaining Iranian, Russian, and Venezuelan crude exports
• The rise of a sanctions-evasion ecosystem linking Iran, Russia, and Venezuela
• Whether the Houthis’ disruption of Red Sea shipping indirectly enables sanctioned oil trade
• Has the US overstretched its economic statecraft tools?

At stake is more than Iran. This is about the durability of US financial power, the fragmentation of global energy markets, and whether sanctions remain leverage.

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In this special solo episode recorded on January 21, 2026, Leslie Palti-Guzman shares what truly keeps her up at night.

She begins as a parent, reflecting on how history is taught, the disappearance of classical foundations, and the transformation of information consumption in the digital age.

Then she pivots to her professional lens at the intersection of energy, trade, and geopolitics.

Key themes include:

• Why the US energy bonanza remains a strategic asset
• The risks of undermining transatlantic energy relations
• Europe’s record LNG dependence on the US in 2025
• Atlantic basin energy interdependence
• What are the limits of geoeconomic leverage

Leslie argues for data over rhetoric, for strong transatlantic alliances, and for diplomatic use of America’s energy power.

A reflective and strategic episode about markets, alliances, and energy leadership.

📨 Read a more complete take of "what keeps me up at night" on Substack:  https://substack.com/home/post/p-185580397

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In this new episode of the Energy Vista Podcast, Leslie Palti-Guzman sits down with Bob McNally, Founder and President of Rapidan Energy Group and former White House energy advisor, for an insightful and candid conversation on today’s oil market, great-power rivalry, and geopolitical risk.

We explore why the long-dominant “peak demand” narrative is unraveling, what chronic underinvestment means for future supply, and where the world may be heading next in the boom-bust oil cycle.

Key themes include:

• Venezuela’s return to the oil map and what the US intervention really means for global supply
• Why energy security and affordability have displaced rapid decarbonization as top political priorities
• Whether US shale has reached a plateau and what that means for exports and diplomacy
• Growing anxiety among allies about the reliability of US LNG trade
• Iran risk scenarios, the vulnerability of Hormuz, and markets' complacency
• The politicization of energy data and why objective forecasting matters more than ever

🎧 Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube

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At a moment of growing tension across the Atlantic, Europe is quietly questioning one of its most critical assumptions: can it rely on the United States as a long-term energy partner?

In this timely episode of Energy Vista, Leslie Palti-Guzman sits down with Marco Margheri, Chairman of the World Energy Council Italy and affiliated with ENI in Washington, DC, to unpack Europe’s deepening energy anxiety and what it reveals about a rapidly shifting global order.

This conversation goes beyond gas molecules. Leslie and Marco dig into:

• Why Europe’s post-war assumptions about codependence with Russia, China, and the U.S. are no longer viable
• The emerging role of oil and gas companies as strategic actors in an era of geopolitical volatility
• Why Italy’s energy diversification strategy offers lessons for the rest of Europe
• How the U.S.–China AI and energy race is reordering global priorities, faster than Europe may realize

Candid, thoughtful, and unscripted, this episode is a must-listen for anyone trying to understand where European energy security is heading and whether the transatlantic relationship can adapt.

🎙️ Recorded on January 22, 2026.

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