It’s time to realize that we are in an Energy World War, so I just put together this new war map.

I wrote a Substack titled “The Great Energy World War” about this last April, and it has aged well.

https://steelcutter.substack.com/p/the-great-energy-world-war

The asterisked text in the bottom right is critical. We are entering a new and extremely dangerous era of proxy warfare, where principal antagonists use a compliant vassal state as a launching pad to strike their enemies with missiles and drones.

A vassal state like Ukraine serves as a cutout or fig leaf to avoid a direct kinetic conflict between the principals. This fig leaf is wearing thin, as Russia is openly threatening the NATO nations providing deep-strike missiles and drones to Ukraine with direct attack.

Russia is also “returning the favor” by providing Iran with ISR support, allowing Iranian missiles and drones to rapidly attack mobile U.S. military targets in the Persian Gulf region.

It’s only a matter of time until a U.S. Navy warship is struck by an Iranian missile and sunk. In comparative historical terms, it’s 1914, on the eve of world war. In 2026, the current Energy World War may exploded into a Kinetic World War.

Do Trump and our other national leaders understand that they are juggling flaming torches in a gunpowder factory on roller skates? Do they understand the global downside risk of escalating this war of choice?

Another free Substack I wrote last year before the so-called 12-Day War:
“If we go to war against Iran, the world economy will crash”
https://steelcutter.substack.com/p/if-we-go-to-