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Mar 11, 2016

The new Argentina: Time to double down on the energy sector?

By Cristian Folgar

Argentina’s new government must build on economic reforms by further revising regulations for the energy sector. This is necessary to take advantage of the full producing potential of a sector that will be critical for jumpstarting the economy, moving manufacturing and bringing in foreign direct investment.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

Issue Brief

Mar 10, 2016

US oil export outlook

By Amrita Sen

In December 2015, a forty-year ban on US crude oil exports lifted. Rapid advancements in US shale oil production played a crucial role in lifting this ban. What are the realities facing US oil exports?

Energy & Environment Oil and Gas

In the News

Mar 9, 2016

Bello in Jeune Afrique: The Electrify Africa Act and the Challenge of Electrification in Africa

By Abdoul Salam Bello

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Africa Climate Change & Climate Action

In the News

Mar 9, 2016

Manning Quoted by Marketplace on Falling Oil Prices and Saudi Arabia’s Economy

By Robert A. Manning

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Energy & Environment Saudi Arabia

New Atlanticist

Mar 7, 2016

Turkey and the Kurds: A Perfect Storm?

By John Roberts

A perfect storm appears to be brewing as tensions rise between Turkey and the main Kurdish groups in Iraq, Syria, and Turkey itself. And this at a time when there are fears in Ankara that Russian support for Kurdish fighters in Syria might be accompanied by covert assistance for Kurdish groups at war with the […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

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Mar 4, 2016

A US strategy for sustainable energy security

By David Koranyi

The national energy system of the United States is aging and has to be renewed in a dynamic fashion to adapt to the transformative changes in the world of energy. Failure to do so will result in substantial economic disadvantage and national security vulnerabilities, and risk the United States’ position as the leading global power […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

In the News

Mar 3, 2016

Cohen Joins The Right to Know on Russia’s TVC Channel to Discuss US-Russia Relations, Energy Policy, and the Conflict in Syria

By Ariel Cohen

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Energy & Environment Russia

New Atlanticist

Feb 25, 2016

‘Sustainable Global Energy Systems’ Needed, says Norwegian Official

By Mitch Hulse

Universal access to affordable green energy is critical for meeting both global sustainable development and carbon-emission-reduction goals, Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tord Lien, said in Washington on February 25. In order “to eliminate extreme poverty and reduce global social inequality, we have to build sustainable global energy systems,” said Lien. He spoke at […]

Energy & Environment Northern Europe

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Feb 24, 2016

Data diplomacy in South Asia: Water, natural hazards, and regionalism

By South Asia Center

On February 24, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted a conversation with Saleem H. Ali, University of Queensland’s Chair in Sustainable Resource Development, entitled “Data Diplomacy in South Asia: Water, Natural Hazards, and Regionalism.” Effective regional planning in the Indus Basin argues for increased transboundary data sharing on environmental indicators. Many analysts believe that […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

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Feb 24, 2016

Morningstar Quoted by Euractiv on Nord Stream 2 and EU Energy Politics

By Richard Morningstar

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Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

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