Energy Economics: Is It a Commodity's Dimension to the Unfolding Conflicts?

There's a lot there that i'd like to follow up on. I want to talk about projecting hard power, specifically in the context of a potential invasion of tiwan by china and then also looking at the dynamics of a second cold war. But for right now, i wanted to follow up o n this idea of a of a a commodity's dimension to the unfolding conflicts. And many have pointed out that there are these massive exceptions in the sanctions package for russian energy exports because europe is so desperately reliant  on ther their liquid natural gas, an oil. So how do you think about the energy economics dimension of all this, and what, i suppose, recommendations do you