The New Map - Daniel Yergin

What initiative seeks to connect Eurasia through infrastructure, ports, and pipelines?

Belt and Road Initiative

What chokepoint is central to China’s oil‑supply vulnerability?

Straight of Malacca

What concept describes a rising power challenging a dominant one, used to frame U.S.–China tensions?

Thucydides Trap

What large gas field supports Russia’s Arctic LNG expansion?

Yamal

What U.S. national policy doctrine pledged to secure the Persian Gulf?

Carter Doctrine

This 18-mile-wide strait connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, and is considered a major chokepoint for oil tanker traffic.

Bab el-Mandeb Straight

What European country shut nuclear plants post‑Fukushima, increasing gas imports?

Germany

What country overtook Qatar as the top LNG exporter by 2019 and held the that position until being surpassed by the United States in 2022?

Australia

On of the 3 largest in the world, this is the largest oilfield in Iraq.

Rumaila

Located between Oman and Iran, it connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, serving as the only sea route for major Persian Gulf oil producers.

Straight of Hormuz

Give the name of the molecule widely recognized as being poised to become a major clean-fuel vector, acting as a key energy carrier for the transition to a net-zero economy.

Hydrogen (H₂)