Energy & Environment

Strategy session with Dr. Krzysztof Szczerski, secretary of state, Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland

By Mary Rouse

On Thursday, February 2, the Future Europe Initiative hosted a strategy session for Dr. Krzysztof Szczerski, secretary of state, Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland. The session focused on the Three Seas initiative, a joint strategic undertaking by the governments of Poland and Croatia to drive forward the connectivity and integration of […]

Here’s Why the US-Mexico Energy Relationship is Important

By Robert F. Ichord, Jr.

While the US-Mexico relationship has been making headlines because of the political fallout from US President Donald Trump’s demand that Mexico pay for a border wall, it is important to consider Mexico’s role in global and regional energy markets as well as its energy relationship with the United States.  

OPEC Oil Deal Will Stick, say Energy Ministers

The oil production cuts set forth in a deal recently enacted by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will be upheld by the nations involved, effectively stabilizing the global energy market, Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC’s secretary general, said in Abu Dhabi on January 12. “I remain very confident with what I have seen […]

Trump’s Energy, Climate Positions Causing Concern

By Ashish Kumar Sen

While there is “quite a bit of concern” about the direction of US President-elect Donald Trump’s energy policy, he is unlikely to take the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement for the simple reason that doing so would cause “huge collateral damage” to the United States, Todd Stern, a former US State […]