Concerns about potential disruption to Russian energy exports initially caused oil and natural gas prices to rise as the crisis in Ukraine unfolded, and they may yet do so again. But global energy prices could eventually end up lower than otherwise if tensions escalate. Indeed, the balance of power increasingly favours the West over Russia in the energy sector, just as it long has in finance.
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