Energy Security
Will Renewables Dominate Great Power Competition?
As Europe prepares for a “brutal, cold winter,” its inhabitants are belatedly beginning to realize that they heavily rely on Russian gas. According to Goldman Sachs, European households may spend...
EU Pushes for Gas Price Cap to Blunt Russia’s Energy War
The leadership of the European Union (EU) is seeking a price cap on Russian gas as part of a package of emergency measures to contain soaring energy prices into the...
The Gas Weapon? Gazprom Shuts Down Nord Stream 1 Pipeline
Russian energy giant Gazprom has announced it will shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for seventy-two hours, the latest in what critics have described as Moscow’s attempts to put...
Without Alexandroupolis, Transatlantic Security Is Dead in the Water
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is rapidly raising the strategic profile and potential of Alexandroupolis, a once-overlooked Greek town on the northern Aegean Sea adjacent to Turkey and Bulgaria. Emblematic of...
Europe Needs to Go All in on Diversifying Oil and Gas
In the past, Brussels and Berlin made some awful choices regarding energy—choices that made Europe increasingly dependent on Russian gas. The Kremlin has been able to use this dependence to...
Look To Brussels: EU Leads the Way on Energy Diversification
The ongoing war in Ukraine is hardly a distant matter for the average American, given the parallel crises of rising inflation and tumbling stock values. For many, a once-unthinkable question...
The West Can’t Afford to Be Dependent on Petrostates
Europe sweats under record-high summer temperatures as it simultaneously braces for the cold months coming. Last week, the Russian gas company Gazprom announced a drastic cut—down to about 20 percent...
‘Gas War’: Russia’s Gazprom Cuts Energy Supplies to Germany
Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom announced on Monday that it intended to reduce gas supplies to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to one-fifth the pipeline’s total capacity, further...
Ukraine Joins International Energy Agency Import Bloc
The International Energy Agency (IEA), an alliance of major energy-importing nations, announced on Tuesday that Ukraine had joined the group as an “association” member, helping to strengthen its ties with...
Race Against the Clock: EU Signs Gas Deal With Azerbaijan
The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union (EU), signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Azerbaijan on Monday to substantially increase the nation’s gas exports...
Canada’s Place in Europe’s Natural Gas Race
The Russo-Ukrainian War has skyrocketed gas prices, particularly in Europe, where supplies are dangerously low. Outside of the battlegrounds of Ukraine, Russia is on an offensive with its weapon of...
A New Iran Deal Will Undermine European Energy Independence
In 2021, the European Union (EU) imported approximately 40 percent of its total gas consumption from Russia. In March of this year, a mere two weeks after Russian troops had crossed...