Fuel price rise tests Syria

Scholar power: 9.8%

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Economics 37%, Political science 27%, Energy 18%, Sociology 18%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Juan Cole	20%	24	9.8%

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1.7 h

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9.8%

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0.081

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Eva Grant

@evagrant.bsky.social

News reports are saying this is in Homs - where some of the first protests began in 2011 - not Damascus. What a testament to hope

September 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM

by Stephen P. Smith

3%

Scholar power: 3.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 37%, Political science 27%, Energy 18%, Sociology 18%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Stephen P. Smith	3%	13	3.2%

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48.0%

3.0 h

3

3.2%

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0.02

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Stephen C. Smith

@wordsmithfl.bsky.social

#Politics #Economy #Trump

From @washingtonpost.com:

"The effects of the U.S.-led war on Iran are about to intensify in the form of huge jumps in the prices of gasoline and diesel, analysts predict."

Comment ... Trump blames Biden in 3, 2, 1 ...

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Gas prices are about to take a big jump, analysts say, with the worst still to come

The forecast of economic impacts beyond November’s midterms contrast with the Trump administration’s optimistic messaging.

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September 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM

Reposted by Mary Jane Curry

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Scholar power: 0.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 37%, Political science 27%, Energy 18%, Sociology 18%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mary Jane Curry	1%	23	0.5%

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49.0%

3.6 h

3

0.5%

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0.01

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USA TODAY

@usatoday.com

Rising gas prices have garnered a lot of attention, but diesel prices have also sharply increased recently amid mounting military tensions with Iran.

Why are diesel prices so much higher than regular gas?

Rising gas prices have garnered a lot of attention, but diesel prices have also sharply increased recently amid mounting military tensions with Iran.

bit.ly

September 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM

by Hakan Yilmazkuday

67%

Scholar power: 67.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 37%, Political science 27%, Energy 18%, Sociology 18%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Hakan Yilmazkuday	45%	25	67.5%

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45.0%

12.6 h

0

67.5%

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0.047

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HAKAN YILMAZKUDAY

@yilmazkuday.bsky.social

Welfare costs of oil price shocks increase across countries with oil dependency, monetary policy reaction to inflation, and intertemporal elasticity of substitution measures. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.497...

September 17, 2026 at 3:30 AM

by Steven Heydemann

29%

Scholar power: 29.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 37%, Political science 27%, Energy 18%, Sociology 18%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Steven Heydemann	22%	20	29.5%

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51.0%

14.3 h

1

29.5%

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0.026

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Steven Heydemann

@stevenhyde.bsky.social

www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...

Tensions flare in Syria’s Kurdish northeast as government integration deal moves forward

Hundreds of oil tanker trucks were stranded in northeastern Syria's Kurdish region Wednesday after demonstrators blocked a major highway near the town of Tal Tamr in protest over rising fuel prices. ...

www.yahoo.com

September 17, 2026 at 1:46 AM

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, David R. Miller

12%

Scholar power: 12.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 37%, Political science 27%, Energy 18%, Sociology 18%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brendan Nyhan	13%	51	9.3%
🎓 David R. Miller	8%	21	3.7%
Total			12.9%

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47.0%

15.7 h

186

12.9%

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0.049

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Trump on his Iran war: "You have a higher gas -- it's a very inexpensive price to pay for what we've done. Remember that. It's a little more. Frankly, even if it was a lot more."

September 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM

Reposted by Marc Lynch

9%

Scholar power: 9.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 37%, Political science 27%, Energy 18%, Sociology 18%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Marc Lynch	20%	24	9.8%

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48.0%

19.6 h

15

9.8%

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0.013

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The Washington Post

@washingtonpost.com

The impacts of the Iran war will intensify in the form of huge jumps in the prices of gasoline and diesel, analysts predict.

Attacks on Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline threaten to elevate what had been a shipping crisis into a broader disruption of oil.