Energy & Environment

Understanding China’s Arctic Ambitions

By Arthur Guschin, Diplomat

China was the first Asian state to show interest and it has begun efforts to become a full member of the Arctic Council.

The security of cities: ecology and conflict on an urbanizing planet

By Peter Engelke

A new report issued jointly by the Atlantic Council and the Stimson Center, The Security of Cities: Ecology and Conflict on an Urbanizing Planet, argues that the environmental security field has yet to incorporate global urbanization, the twenty-first century’s central demographic trend, fully into its purview.

A Transatlantic Perspective on Natural Gas Security in Central and Southeastern Europe

By David Koranyi

The latest Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center issue brief, “A Transatlantic Perspective on Natural Gas Security in Central and Southeastern Europe,” by Deputy Director David Koranyi, argues that the fundamentals of the natural gas sectors of the United States and European Union (EU) are on divergent paths. Download PDF

Energy Analyst: Nabucco’s Gap Has to Be Filled

By Vassilios Sitaras

Having read, with great interest might I add, the article by David Koranyi, Ian Brzezinski and Matthew Bryza, published here on New Atlanticist and entitled After Nabucco – Croatia to the Rescue of Central Europe’s Energy Security, I totally agree with the authors that, for reasons of enhancing South-Eastern Europe’s energy security, Nabucco’s gap has to […]

Cross-border Electricity Exchanges: Bolstering Economic Growth in the South Caucasus and Turkey

By Nino Ghvinadze and Laura Linderman

The latest Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center issue brief, “Cross-border Electricity Exchanges: Bolstering Economic Growth in the South Caucasus and Turkey,” by Nino Ghvinadze and Laura Linderman, explores opportunities for expanding electricity trade in the South Caucasus and Turkey. This brief has been prepared in the context of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative. Download PDF

ELEEP Network Hosts Energy Security and Climate Change Conference

The Emerging Leaders in Environmental and Energy Policy (ELEEP) network, an initiative of the Atlantic Council’s Young Atlanticist Program and Energy and Environment Program and the Ecologic Institute, hosted the Transatlantic Cooperation on Energy Security and Climate Change Conference on Thursday, October 4th at the Atlantic Council’s headquarters in Washington, DC with support from the […]

Power Africa the Right Choice

By Sam Fishman

President Barack Obama’s “Power Africa” initiative, announced during his six-day tour of Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania in early July, is a major step forward for an administration that has remained relatively inactive in the Sub-Sahara. Though the $7 billion pledge will be spread over three to five years, matching promises from the business community […]