Energy
Energy Abundance Alone Won’t Fix the Climate
Energy abundance isn’t a climate strategy. While cheap, plentiful energy may boost infrastructure and economic growth, it risks worsening climate change, repeating past policy mistakes, and further weakening global cooperation on...
How the United States Can Outcompete China in Energy Dominance and Environmental Progress
The United States can assert its energy dominance over China by expanding energy development, supporting the innovation pipeline, and improving the grid. In a recent meeting with top oil executives,...
Trump’s Nord Stream 2 Gambit Puts Europe’s Energy Future Back in Putin’s Grip
Europe’s energy future is at risk as Trump’s Nord Stream 2 negotiations threaten energy security and deepen reliance on Russian gas. When Donald Trump spoke at the United Nations to warn Germany...
The Case For A U.S.-Canada Superstate
Pooling U.S.-Canada resources from energy to AI to defense would be a boon for global and hemispheric security. In the last month, President Donald Trump has managed to rile the...
Make America Great Again . . . With Tariffs?
The choirs of energy and economic experts are singing the same song: Tariffs are not the way to make America great again. Free trade – trade with no tariff barriers...
The American Path to Competitive Advantage
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...
Recalibrating Exports: Russia’s Strategic Moves in the Fertilizer Market
Russia’s strategic moves in the fertilizer market have enabled it to evade European Union sanctions in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. As a result, the EU must start...
Strategic Imperatives in the U.S.-China Technology Race: Power, Hardware, and Engineering Expertise
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the...
Race to the Future: Accelerating America’s Technological Edge in the Tech Competition with China
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the...
Geothermal: An Energy Source We Can Agree On?
Does Trump have a plan to build out a low-carbon energy source? Since at least the time of William Blake’s “dark satanic mills,” there has been tension between the productive...
The Lone Star Paradigm: A Texan Blueprint for U.S. Energy Leadership in the Twenty-First Century
The blueprint for U.S. energy leadership is that it must establish a resilient domestic energy strategy to remain globally competitive. Texas already provides a compelling model of success. The Trump...
Decarbonization in the Crossfire: Europe Between Trump and Beijing
As President Donald Trump continues to enact his “America First” policies, Europe finds itself caught between Trump and Beijing. The return of Donald Trump to the White House has surprised...