Environment
Taking the Lead on Clean Power? The Prospects and Perils of UK Leadership
The prospects and perils of the UK taking the lead on clean power in the wake of the United States’s withdrawal from the Paris Accords remain to be seen. Having...
Deploying Nuclear Power the Donald’s Way
The United States must prioritize deploying nuclear power to counter Russia and China and compete globally. President Donald Trump made his fortune by driving construction pilings in the ground, not...
OPEC+ Finally Grasps the Nettle
OPEC+ finally grasps the nettle and is finally raising output quotas for a subset of participants. It has been a long time coming. OPEC+ affirmed on March 3 that it...
The Ukraine Mineral Resources Agreement – A Strategic Partnership in Progress?
The Ukraine Mineral Resources Agreement that was rejected by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has potential, but further safeguards are needed to prevent abuse. I. Introduction The Ukraine Mineral Resources Agreement, initially...
Building the Future: Empowering India’s Smaller Cities for Climate Action
Empowering India’s smaller cities and making them able to weather the worsening effects of climate change will be imperative as CO₂ emissions continue to rise. India’s urbanization trajectory is set...
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...
After Paris: Adapting to American Abdication of Climate Governance
After the American abdication of climate governance as a result of the Trump administration’s decisions, what will the world look like? The emerging doctrine of the second Trump administration—or at...
Nuclear Energy Policy in the Second Trump Administration
As the Trump administration makes key nuclear energy policy appointments, tariffs threaten to undermine U.S. competitiveness in next-generation reactors. In the early days of the second Trump administration, two schools...
Neither Rapprochement With Russia nor a Deal with Ukraine Will Yield a Windfall
Neither rapprochement with Russia nor a deal with Ukraine will give either the United States or American companies what they want in the region. There has been an enormous amount...
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...
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...
Emerging Energy Security Risks in Today’s Context
Emerging energy security risks include both old geopolitical threats and new cyber and rare earth-related dangers that the policymakers who are responsible for managing the green energy transition must take...