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Both the U.S. and Iran are choking off the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial conduit for 20% of the world's oil and natural gas. As energy costs surge, Daniel Yergin is sounding the alarm about the global economy and noting how Russia and China profit from the crisis. Yergin, who is Vice President of S&P Global and a leading authority on energy and economics, explains to Walter Isaacson what might lie ahead.
Originally aired on April 15, 2026
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Both the U.S. and Iran are choking off the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial conduit for 20% of the world's oil and natural gas. As energy costs surge, Daniel Yergin is sounding the alarm about the global economy and noting how Russia and China profit from the crisis. Yergin, who is Vice President of S&P Global and a leading authority on energy and economics, explains to Walter Isaacson what might lie ahead.
Originally aired on April 15, 2026
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Major support for Amanpour and Company is provided by the Anderson Family Endowment, Jim Attwood and Leslie Williams, Candace King Weir, the Sylvia A. and Simon B. Poyta Programming Endowment to Fight Antisemitism, the Straus Family Foundation, The Peter G. Peterson & Joan Ganz Cooney Fund, Charles Rosenblum, Monique Schoen Warshaw, Koo and Patricia Yuen and Barbara Hope Zuckerberg.
Subscribe to the Amanpour and Company channel here: bit.ly/2EMIkTJ
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Amanpour and Company features wide-ranging, in-depth conversations with global thought leaders and cultural influencers on the issues and trends impacting the world each day, from politics, business and technology to arts, science and sports. Christiane Amanpour leads the conversation on global and domestic news from London with contributions by prominent journalists Walter Isaacson, Michel Martin, and Hari Sreenivasan from the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center in New York City.
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