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Khakova joins NPR to discuss the IRA’s international impacts

Issue Brief May 14, 2025

The United States’ role in managing the nuclear fuel cycle

By Kemal Pasamehmetoglu

Global nuclear energy generation is likely to increase significantly in the next few decades. This expansion provides an opportunity for the United States to shape the global nuclear energy landscape and set a high bar for standards of safety, security, and nonproliferation for the nuclear fuel cycle.
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Khakova joins NPR to discuss the IRA’s international impacts

Issue Brief Apr 2, 2025

Mapping public opinion to drive climate action in India

By Jennifer Marlon, Jagadish Thaker

India stands at a crossroads in its fight against climate change.
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
Khakova joins NPR to discuss the IRA’s international impacts

New Atlanticist Mar 12, 2025

The US pullout from the climate loss and damage fund will prove costlier in the long run

By Jorge Gastelumendi

The Trump administration has an opportunity and obligation to reconsider its climate policies and to fully recognize the economic costs.
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Jul 26, 2023

Khakova joins NPR to discuss the IRA’s international impacts
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

In the News

Jul 21, 2023

Morningstar and Ryan in The Hill: A secure gas supply and climate action go hand-in-hand
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

In the News

Jul 12, 2023

Ellinas in Cyprus Mail: Cyprus energy: No public consultation, no windfall profit tax
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
A river in Denver Colorado

EnergySource

Jul 11, 2023

How cities can drive the energy transition in the Western Hemisphere

By Maia Sparkman, Willow Fortunoff

Expanding access to critical minerals and increasing manufacturing capacity is at the top of the Biden administration’s decarbonization agenda. Mayors, who have shown their ability to deliver on domestic investment projects, have begun exploring opportunities for international collaboration.

Americas Climate Change & Climate Action

SouthAsiaSource

Jul 7, 2023

South Asia’s climate challenges are transnational. Its climate solutions must be, too.

By Ahsan Butt

The fundamental reality is that, for South Asia, cooperation on climate change is not a nice-to-have, but a need-to-have.

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Jul 7, 2023

How four cities are building resilience to extreme heat

By Kashvi Ajitsaria

Cities around the world are facing intense heat waves. But these four are taking proactive steps to prepare for and deal with extreme heat.

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IranSource

Jul 7, 2023

Iran and Afghanistan are feuding over the Helmand River. The water wars have no end in sight.

By Holly Dagres

Fatemeh Aman, a non-resident senior fellow at MEI, on why the Islamic Republic and Taliban are bumping heads on transboundary water issues.

Afghanistan Climate Change & Climate Action

Report

Jun 26, 2023

Meaningfully advancing the green agenda

By Pepe Zhang

To sustain the ongoing recovery against short-term headwinds and boost inclusive, productive, and sustainable development in the long term, governments cannot, and should not, act alone. Private firms can help advance the green agenda by working to create green jobs, taking measures to promote a transition to a circular-economy model, and partaking in green finance.

Americas Climate Change & Climate Action
London in 2023

EnergySource

Jun 12, 2023

Leader perspective: Forging a green special relationship between the United States and United Kingdom

By The Rt Hon. Chris Skidmore, MP

The United Kingdom had long been a climate leader, but other countries have caught up. By working with its close ally the United States, the United Kingdom can reassert its climate leadership through a green special relationship that can galvanize net-zero objectives domestically and abroad.

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
Transmission and clean energy

EnergySource

Jun 8, 2023

The debt-ceiling permitting deal misses the real problems holding back the energy transition

By Ken Berlin, Frank Willey

The debt ceiling bill introduces changes to reform the permitting process in the United States. But the legislation will do little to clear blockages in the permitting queue. To meet climate targets, legislators must adopt additional measures that are specific to transmission and renewable interconnection.

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Martin Wolf

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María Celeste Maradiaga

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Sergio Londoño

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Heidi Hardt

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