Economics

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Foreign Investment Is Not A National Security Threat

“It is simply silly to worry that a foreign firm would buy production facilities in the United States and then deny American buyers access to the output.” To note that...

Oil production with sunset.

Tariffs Would Hike Midwest Gas Prices

Believe it or not, Canada has a “nuclear option” of its own. U.S. financial markets were relieved the week following President Trump’s inauguration, with stocks rising and global crude oil...

President Donald Trump at the White House.

Trump’s Tariffs Will Be A Disaster

Combined tax cuts and tariffs on imports will only increase the national debt and inflation.  It was said of the Bourbons upon their restoration after the French Revolution and the...

What The Latest Russia Sanctions Mean For Oil Markets

The outgoing Biden administration fired a parting salvo of enhanced sanctions at Russia last Friday, January 10. In so doing, it surprised the oil market and shifted the prevailing bearish...

Cooling towers of a nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic.

The AI Renaissance Cannot Escape Its Power Needs

There is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) bonanza taking place in America. To grow and thrive, AI needs data. Data centers need to be constructed to marshal this resource. Northern Virginia,...

VIDEO: Countering China’s Economic Might (w/ Tatsuya Terazawa)

According to the International Energy Agency, China’s investment in manufacturing has increased by about 600 percent since 2005, and its share of value added in global manufacturing has almost tripled....

China Is No Longer Driving Global Oil Demand

For many years, the outlook for the world oil market has rested heavily on China, as it has been by far the most significant driver of demand growth in this...

Joe Biden’s Parting Shot To Natural Gas

While the Biden administration’s views on energy policy are arguably of rapidly diminishing importance, the study on U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) released by the Department of Energy...

Is China Ready for Donald Trump 2.0?

People and companies in China—indeed in business communities around the world—have eagerly embraced Beijing’s promises to enact policies that will restore the nation’s economic momentum. However, disappointment has always followed....

The Taliban’s Canal

Editor’s Note: This article has been adapted from a Center for the National Interest report entitled “Afghanistan’s Qoshtepa Canal and Water Security in Central Asia,” with some edits made for...

“Dunkelflaute” Roils The European Energy Market

Fears over the reliability of the electricity supply in Europe were validated last week, with a second stretch of cool, overcast, and near-windless weather following a less severe episode in...

Five Ways To Counter China’s Economic Might

The expansion of the Soviet Union posed a geopolitical challenge for more than four decades after the end of the Second World War. The West, led by the United States,...