Energy & Environment

Decarbonization in Ukraine

By Nataliya Katser-Buchkovska

More and more countries are pledging to become carbon neutral. This is creating opportunities for Ukraine to diversify its energy sources while becoming increasingly integrated with the country’s European neighbors.

Event recap | Commission Report Launch, Part II

By the GeoTech Center

The official report launch event for the Commission on the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technology and Data.

Event recap | Commission Report Launch, Part I

By the GeoTech Center

The official report launch event for the Commission on the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technology and Data.

Preparing for decarbonization: Reforming US power markets for the energy transition

By Ben Hertz-Shargel

Deficiencies in the US power sector, paired with the increasing intermittency of renewables on the grid, pose challenges to meeting heightened clean electricity goals. In this report, GEC senior fellow Ben Hertz-Shargel evaluates the policy, market, and technological challenges and opportunities for power sector decarbonization.

Pakistan must tackle extreme heat if it wants to be a geoeconomic power

By Damola Aluko, Kim Austin, and Fatima Khalil

Pakistani leaders promise to lead South Asia into an era of prosperity, however, leadership must realize that extreme heat resilience and sustainable economic growth are inextricably linked. Pakistan cannot achieve its goals of regional connectivity and economic wellness unless it revises its economic strategy to fully tackle its extreme heat crisis.

Biden softens sanctions on Putin’s pipeline

By Diane Francis

The Biden administration has this week announced a mixed bag of sanctions and waivers concerning the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, leaving opponents of Putin’s pet energy project confused and alarmed.

State of the Order: Assessing April 2021

The State of the Order breaks down the month's most important events impacting the democratic world order.

Naftogaz drama highlights Ukraine’s politics of personal destruction

By Adrian Karatnycky

In Ukraine, it seems, no public leader leaves office without being subjected to a wave of invective, criticism, and scorn. This negative culture was on display recently during a turbulent leadership change at Naftogaz.