MacroVoices #554 Dr. Anas Alhajji + Louis-Vincent Gave: Developing Crises in Middle-East and France | 23 Oct 2026 | Macro Voices

1. Executive Briefing (TL;DR)

• The Three Seas Crisis (Gulf, Red Sea, Black Sea): Geopolitical escalation across three critical maritime corridors has structurally altered global energy markets, fertilizer supply chains, and agricultural trade, highlighting severe global economic interdependence [00:02:47].
• Saudi Pipeline Infrastructure Expansion: Saudi Arabia expanded its East-West pipeline capacity from 5.5M to 7M bpd and targets 10M bpd total bypass capacity around the Strait of Hormuz, including a planned 2-3 year pipeline project through the Empty Quarter directly to Oman [].