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May 7, 2015

Climate Change and National Security

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On April 17, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s Strategic Foresight Initiative hosted a workshop on “Climate Change and National Security” as part of our ongoing partnership with the Government of Sweden. Given the clear national security dimensions of climate change and the politically contentious nature of the climate debate, this workshop served as […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

May 4, 2015

The Geopolitical Case for Crude Oil Exports

By Chris Brown

The US ban on crude oil exports was a prominent topic of discussion when industry leaders and high-ranking government officials from across the globe convened in Houston in April for IHS CERAWeek, one of the energy industry’s largest annual conferences. Indeed, over the past year the longstanding ban has emerged as one of the hottest […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Apr 30, 2015

Would You Care More About Climate Change if You Knew it Would Change Your Life?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Panel discusses ‘power of narrative’ in getting message across on important issues and preparing for future challenges Do you care much about climate change? How about the fate of polar bears gingerly making their way across thinning Arctic ice? Most people would probably care a lot more if they heard how dramatic temperature spikes and […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

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Apr 24, 2015

A Sustainable Energy Future: Merging Finance, Regulation, and Design

By Global Energy Center

Please join us on Friday, April 24, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for a discussion on how the financial, regulatory, and design aspects of renewables will impact the future of sustainable energy.

Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Apr 23, 2015

Gazprom, Just Follow the Law

By Richard L. Morningstar

European energy security has received a great deal of attention on both sides of the Atlantic since Russia suspended gas shipments through Ukraine in the winter of 2009. In response to Ukraine’s experience, the European Union has taken steps to develop interconnectors and new liquefied natural gas facilities that would allow gas to flow to […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Apr 15, 2015

In a New Bipolar Energy Order, America Must Assert Itself in the Arctic

By Vicente López-Ibor Mayor

This month’s US chairmanship of the Arctic Council has come at a particularly geopolitically divisive time. Previous years have seen increasing competition between nations to exploit the Arctic’s vast untapped energy reserves. It is a competition the US government has been less active in due to environmental concerns. More important and less widely acknowledged is […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

UkraineAlert

Apr 14, 2015

The Balkan Piece of the Putin Puzzle

By Stephen Blank

While the Russian threat to Poland and the Baltic States has sparked justified anxiety, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s imperial adventure is just as much of a threat to the Balkans.  Moscow is putting on a full-court press—using energy exports, information warfare, trade, arms sales, and efforts to obtain military bases in Cyprus, Montenegro and Serbia—to […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Apr 9, 2015

Can Gazprom Really Cut Out Ukrainian Transit Post-South Stream?

By Nolan Theisen

Despite an unceremonious end to the controversial South Stream mega-pipeline, Russia remains outspoken and determined in its effort to carve Ukraine entirely out of its European natural gas deliveries which accounted for 62 billion cubic meters (bcm) of Gazprom’s European-bound exports in 2014. Formally announced in 2007, South Stream had been the centerpiece of this […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

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Apr 9, 2015

Mexico’s Energy Reform: Is It Still on Track?

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Mexico’s historic energy reforms continue to hold exciting promise for the country, achieving the requisite constitutional and implementing legislation over the last fifteen months. The global oil price climate, however, has prompted a few mid-course corrections to the rollout of the reforms. For Mexico to continue to attract excitement for its energy sector, the government […]

Energy & Environment Mexico

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Mar 24, 2015

Koranyi on the Need for a European Energy Highway

By David Koranyi

Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative Director David Koranyi discusses Completing Europe, a report jointly published by the Atlantic Council and Central Europe Energy Partners on the need for infrastructure development across Central Europe in the energy, transportation, and telecommunications sectors: Read the full press release here.

Central Europe Energy & Environment

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