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New Atlanticist

Mar 27, 2014

Keystone XL as the Greens’ Waterloo

By Robert A. Manning

Protesting the pipeline won’t rekindle the cooling climate-change issue The Keystone XL pipeline has become a holy cause for environmentalists to rebel against, as evidenced by candlelight vigils in 49 states and a parade of protests across the country. It is also an agonizing decision facing President Obama. While both sides of the Keystone debate have wrongly […]

Energy & Environment
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, March 11, 2014

NATOSource

Mar 25, 2014

A Trading Power: Germany’s Hyperrealistic Foreign Policy

By Thomas Paulsen

German foreign policy is in dire straits, if we believe experts at home and abroad. Germany is criticized for being too passive on an international level, and for being unwilling to shoulder the kind of international responsibilities that would seem to be commensurate with its greater size.

Energy & Environment
Energy Markets & Governance

In the News

Mar 25, 2014

Gramer: The New Key to European Energy Security?

By Robert Gramer

Brent Scowcroft Center Program Assistant Robert Gramer writes in the National Interest on how Europe can wean itself off of Russian energy imports:

Energy & Environment
Energy Markets & Governance

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Mar 14, 2014

ENGO Network on CCS: Roundtable Discussion to Chart Policy Pathways Forward

In confronting the multi-dimensional challenge of climate change, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is emerging as a pragmatic approach to mitigating global carbon emissions. On March 14th, 2014, experts from diverse, CCS-related backgrounds gathered at the Atlantic Council for the “ENGO Network on CCS: Roundtable Discussion to Chart Policy Pathways Forward.” Led by Global CCS […]

Energy & Environment

In the News

Mar 11, 2014

Carstei: New Russian Pipeline Makes No Sense

By Mihaela Carstei

Foreign Policy quotes Energy & Environment Program Acting Director Mihaela Carstei on Russia’s energy strategy in Europe:

Energy & Environment
Russia

New Atlanticist

Mar 6, 2014

How to Save the Shale Revolution

By Robert A. Manning

Enlightened state regulators, a coalition of the willing, and continued improvements in technology together hold promise for elevating best practices around fracking to the status of new norms. “We’re in the first inning of a nine-inning game on the shale revolution in the United States,” Conoco CEO Ryan Lance recently boldly predicted. Given the dramatic impact […]

Energy & Environment
Oil and Gas

Congressional Relations

Feb 5, 2014

As US Seeks Trade Deals, It Should Include Energy

By New Atlanticist

As the White House scrambles to defend the big trade deals it is negotiating with Europe and Asia, the Atlantic Council’s David Koranyi underscores the benefits of including the energy sector in those talks. After President Obama asked Congress directly for broad authority to negotiate the deals in his State of the Union address last […]

Economy & Business
Energy & Environment

In the News

Feb 5, 2014

Koranyi: Toward a Transatlantic Energy Alliance?

By David Koranyi

Eurasia Center Deputy Director David Koranyi writes in the Huffington Post on energy issues up for negotiation in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership:

Economy & Business
Energy & Environment

In the News

Feb 3, 2014

Carstei on Keystone XL Controversy

By Mihaela Carstei

Mihaela Carstei, acting director of the Energy and Environment program, joins CTV News to discuss the political debate over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Watch the interview here. Watch the interview here.

Energy & Environment
Euromaidan demonstration in Paris, November 24, 2013

NATOSource

Jan 2, 2014

Europe’s Ukrainian Blunder

By Joschka Fischer, Project Syndicate

After [Vladimir] Putin succeeded Boris Yeltsin as President of the Russian Federation, he followed three strategic goals, which he continues to pursue

Energy & Environment
Energy Markets & Governance

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