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THE REFRACT 2026RSSEVERY STORY HAS MANY SIDES

Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

Middle East War: Energy Tensions and Global Crises

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Middle East War: Energy Tensions and Global Crises

THE FACTSBY COUNTRYSIDE BY SIDE BLIND SPOTS

Canada

incl. 1 state outlet

3 SOURCES

Economic and security impact of the conflict on Canadian and Western interests

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China

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

Sino-Russian alternative bloc · 3 of 28 countries

China as stabilising force amid Western military adventurism

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South Korea

2 SOURCES

Economic neutralist bloc · 5 of 28 countries

Domestic economic impact and cautious geopolitical withdrawal

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Egypt

2 SOURCES

Regional stabilisation and protection of Egyptian energy interests

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United States

3 SOURCES

Aligned Atlantic bloc · 4 of 28 countries

Global energy war: Iran threatens worldwide economy

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France

incl. 2 state outlets

6 SOURCES

Pragmatic European bloc · 5 of 28 countries

Economic and energy impact on Europe, with France positioned as diplomatic mediator

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Greece

3 SOURCES

Greek military capability framed as guarantor of European energy security

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India

2 SOURCES

Economic neutralist bloc · 5 of 28 countries

Geopolitical pragmatism with focus on energy security and economic implications

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Iraq

1 SOURCE

Regional stability and strategic neutrality amid energy tensions

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Iran

1 SOURCE

Sino-Russian alternative bloc · 3 of 28 countries

Systematic delegitimisation of the Iranian regime through documentation of state repression

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Israel

2 SOURCES

Aligned Atlantic bloc · 4 of 28 countries

Iranian existential threat justifying total and preventive military response

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Italy

1 SOURCE

Pragmatic European bloc · 5 of 28 countries

European energy and security concerns amid Iranian escalation

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Malaysia

3 SOURCES

Economic neutralist bloc · 5 of 28 countries

Pragmatic neutrality focused on regional economic and commercial impacts

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Morocco

2 SOURCES

Geostrategic analysis prioritising global economic impacts over military dimensions of conflict

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Nigeria

3 SOURCES

Energy and economic impact on Nigeria's oil-dependent economy

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Pakistan

2 SOURCES

Regional mediator bearing economic costs of an external conflict

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Qatar

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

Strategic victimhood: Qatar as innocent victim of unwarranted Iranian aggression

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United Kingdom

4 SOURCES

Pragmatic European bloc · 5 of 28 countries

Critical distance from Washington, focus on economic impact and pursuit of diplomatic alternatives

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Russia

1 SOURCE

Sino-Russian alternative bloc · 3 of 28 countries

Measured support for Iran balanced with preservation of regional energy interests

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Singapore

2 SOURCES

Economic neutralist bloc · 5 of 28 countries

Technocratic approach focused on global energy and economic impacts

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Taiwan

1 SOURCE

Taiwan as priority yet vulnerable beneficiary of American military protection

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Thailand

1 SOURCE

Economic neutralist bloc · 5 of 28 countries

Global economic impact and pragmatic geopolitical non-alignment

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Turkey

1 SOURCE

Regional energy stability and balanced multilateral diplomacy

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Ukraine

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

Framing the Iran-US conflict through Ukraine's strategic interests

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South Africa

1 SOURCE

Critique of American unilateralism and promotion of multilateral resistance

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Germany

incl. 2 state outlets

3 SOURCES

Pragmatic European bloc · 5 of 28 countries

Economic critique of the global costs of military conflict pursued without German consultation

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Argentina

1 SOURCE

Aligned Atlantic bloc · 4 of 28 countries

Mobilising the Middle Eastern conflict to legitimise Milei's geopolitical pivot

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Australia

2 SOURCES

Aligned Atlantic bloc · 4 of 28 countries

Domestic economic impact and Australian energy vulnerability

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MIDDLE EAST WAR: ENERGY TENSIONS AND GLOBAL CRISES

Middle East War: Energy Tensions and Global Crises | The Refract

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March 19, 2026

28

countries

59

sources

179

articles

36/100

gap

This number is the probability that two countries picked at random frame the event differently. Each country is assigned ONE frame among four possible readings of the story, and the score measures how spread out those choices are. A low score means the countries read the event the same way — not that they agree on the facts or the figures.