For the first time in months, oil crossed the $100-per-barrel threshold on Thursday — a number that carries weight not merely as a price, but as a signal that the world's energy order is under strain. Iranian-backed Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping and American military threats have placed two of the planet's most critical oil corridors under simultaneous pressure, sending tremors through global markets already fragile with inflation anxiety and doubts about the sustainability of the artificial intelligence investment boom. The breach of this symbolic barrier reminds us that geopolitical con