Category: Events

Atlantic Council Freedom Awards

The 2018 Freedom Awards ceremony and gala dinner is hosted alongside the Atlantic Council’s 360/OS Open Source Summit in Berlin to explore one of the new frontiers of freedom, the digital space.

2018 Distinguished Leadership Awards Honorees

2018 Honorees The 2018 Distinguished Leadership Awards will honor the following individuals: President George W. Bush Distinguished International Leadership Award Introduced by:Stephen HadleyFormer National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush and Executive Vice Chair of the Atlantic Council General Curtis M. Scaparrotti Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander, US European CommandDistinguished Military Leadership Award Introduced by:General Joseph […]

Women Seek a Bigger Role in Arab Gulf’s Energy Sector

By Larry Luxner

Women are a rare sight at the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, and they’re almost never seen in the oilfields. Hiba Dialdin wants to change that—even if it means changing the entire corporate culture of the largest petroleum conglomerate on Earth. Dialdin, a petroleum engineering consultant at Saudi Aramco, was one of five women to speak […]

All Eyes on China

By Larry Luxner

International Energy Agency chief, Fatih Birol, says China’s shift toward renewables has global implications Sharply falling prices for solar energy, China’s new pro-environment policies, and emerging US dominance in world oil and gas production are all shaping global energy markets for decades to come, said Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA). […]

The Future of OPEC and Oil Markets

By Larry Luxner

Stabilizing petroleum prices, “peak oil,” and the implications of a possible collapse of the Iran nuclear deal dominated a January 13 panel discussion in Abu Dhabi on the long-term future of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). But for now, OPEC’s fourteen members have little to worry about, Mohammad Barkindo—the organization’s Nigerian secretary […]

US Energy Official Says ‘War on Coal’ Has Put Nation at Risk

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US Deputy Secretary of Energy, Dan Brouillette, on January 13 lashed out at what he described as the “war on coal” in the United States which, he said, had thwarted the construction of clean power plants, discouraged investments in new mining operations, and, as a result, put the nation at risk. Noting that coal and […]