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Megan Glancey 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

Fellow

William Friedl 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

Fellow

Cody Earle 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

Fellow

Ken Webre

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

Fellow

Evan Weaver 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

Fellow

Max Adams

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy
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MENASource

Feb 22, 2019

General Haftar’s offensive in the Fezzan region and the Italian-French competition

By Karim Mezran

The military forces under the command of General Khalifa Haftar launched a large-scale attack on the Fezzan region in January, with the aim of taking control of the main areas of local oil production.

Libya

EnergySource

Feb 19, 2019

Gas and conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean

By Nael M. Shama

In January, Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority established the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) in an effort to coordinate energy policies and establish a regional gas market. The group will attempt to develop and organize the region’s rising gas market, allowing its members to tap their vast natural gas resources, […]

Geopolitics & Energy Security North Africa

Inflection Points

Feb 15, 2019

How the US-European alliance can become even stronger in an era of disruption

By Frederick Kempe

The greater peril in Munich is that the US and its allies, by focusing so much on preventing worst-case outcomes over the past couple of years, haven't prepared for the future.

European Union

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2019

The Three Seas Initiative explained

By David A. Wemer

As the United States looks to confront Russian and Chinese economic and geopolitical competition in Europe and across the world, the Three Seas Initiative offers an opportunity to strengthen the economies of US allies.

Central Europe Geopolitics & Energy Security

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2019

Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge Gets Underway in London

By Jack Watson

The two-day event is a unique and innovative cyber crisis and policy response simulation. The UK edition is part of a wider Atlantic Council effort to foster the next generation of multidisciplinary cyber professionals.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Inflection Points

Feb 10, 2019

Disruptive Trump faces decisive February

By Frederick Kempe

February brings the most significant series of tests yet of whether President Trump can transform his disruptive US foreign policy into concrete outcomes.

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense

EnergySource

Feb 6, 2019

Energy geopolitics and the four transitions

By Robert F. Ichord

At the Atlantic Council’s recent Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi, the global energy transformation and diversification in energy and power markets were recurring themes. A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), A New World: The Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation, helped to frame the discussion of these themes. The report argues that […]

Energy Transitions Geopolitics & Energy Security

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Feb 4, 2019

Protests are a permanent feature of Iran

By Nazila Fathi

July 15, 2009 was a historic day in Iran’s recent history. Some three million people marched in silence on Enghelab (Revolution) Street in the capital of Tehran to convey their anger at the Islamic Republic in the most peaceful manner. The regime had disconnected cell phone services in a failed effort to prevent the march, […]

Civil Society Human Rights

Inflection Points

Feb 2, 2019

Venezuela and great power competition

By Frederick Kempe

The contest for the future of Venezuela will have outsized consequences on what forces and values – democratic or autocratic – will determine not only the country’s future but also influence the regional and global future.

Democratic Transitions International Organizations

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Jan 29, 2019

Time to Shame Putin Again

By Maksym Eristavi

Chechnya is at it again. Recent reports indicate that there’s another anti-gay pogrom underway in the Russian region of Chechnya. It is said to include kidnappings, secret torture chambers, and arbitrary executions. Violence against these individuals is escalating, and it’s the biggest spike of targeted attacks against gay Chechens since 2017 when 100 LGBTQ people […]

Russia
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