Intelligence at the intersection. Post-Soviet energy and the world that needs it
IMN Expert helps post-Soviet companies speak to international markets — and helps investors understand post-Soviet realities. Energy. Critical minerals. Sanctions. The ground-level view.
The inside view. For outside decisions.
The inside view. For outside decisions.
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Capital without illusions: the energy transition as risk management
The energy transition is no longer shaped by ideology. It is shaped by risk. Capital is flowing toward systems that reduce uncertainty — through grids, storage, guarantees, and resilience. IMN.Expert treats energy policy as a form of governance: the ability to stabilize systems and lower risk now matters more than the choice of technology. In 2026, the decisive factor will be which states can make energy investment predictable — not which ones promise transformation.
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There Is enough food. Why does the world feel unsafe?
Food production is rising faster than population growth, yet global anxiety and instability continue to deepen.
This analysis explores the paradox of abundance in a world increasingly shaped by risk, institutional fragmentation, and declining trust. Drawing on economic data and social theory, it argues that today’s conflicts are driven less by resource scarcity than by struggles over control, access, and predictability. The article examines why material progress has not translated into a sense of security—and what this reveals about the current phase of global development. -
Hormuz is closed. Who wins in post-Soviet energy?
For the first time in modern history, the Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed. As global oil markets scramble, the real question is being asked quietly in Astana and Baku — not Washington. Who holds the alternative routes? And who is already too late?
Our services
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You have assets, projects and stories that investors and partners don't understand — or don't trust. We help you change that. Not through advertising. Through credible expert voices in the publications your audience actually reads.
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Post-Soviet markets are designed to be opaque. We give you the inside view — through analysts who work these markets daily and publish in Foreign Policy, Forbes and sector media. Structured intelligence, not generic reports.
Upcoming events
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World Petroleum Congress
Apr. 26–30, 2026
WPC 2026 convenes in Riyadh at a moment when the geopolitics of oil has become inseparable from the geopolitics of power. IMN.Expert will track how post-Soviet producers — from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan — are repositioning within a fracturing global energy order, and where the real deals are being structured outside the official agenda.
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ADIPEC
Nov. 2–5, 2026
ADIPEC has become the place where East meets West on energy — and where post-Soviet assets increasingly find their audience. IMN.Expert will be tracking how Central Asian and Caspian producers are presenting themselves to Gulf and Asian capital, and what the appetite for these markets actually looks like on the ground.
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WTO Ministerial Conference
Mar. 26-29 2026
Conference highlights the growing tension between global trade rules and geopolitical reality. IMN.Expert will track how trade governance is being reshaped by industrial policy, sanctions, and strategic fragmentation—where resilience and political alignment increasingly outweigh liberalization in the global trading system.
Expert analyses: IMN commentary
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Rebecca Lissner
On the global nuclear order: why countries start seeking new security guarantees
For Foreign Policy
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Elizabeth Economy
How China Wins the Future: why Beijing is competing not for today’s markets, but for control over the systems that will define power in the decades ahead.
For Foreign Affairs
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Robert Rapier
An expert analysis of why, in an era of fuel abundance, electricity and infrastructure have become the real constraints on global growth.
For Forbes