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EU-US tensions over clean industrial policy could derail the energy transition. Collaboration on equal footing would bolster collective security and drive emissions reductions to new levels.
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Energy sanctions and Russia: What comes next?

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Chinese refining markets 101—and their implications for price caps on Russian oil

By Joseph Webster

Price caps on Russian crude and oil products have placed Chinese refineries in the spotlight. Their historical tendencies and political connections could shed light on what to expect from them as the oil market reorients itself.
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Energy sanctions and Russia: What comes next?

EnergySource Feb 2, 2023

Realizing North Africa’s green hydrogen potential

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North Africa could be a global hub for green hydrogen production. Europe would be able to advance its own net-zero future while supporting North African development by promoting investment and collaboration in the sector.
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Sep 10, 2015

Energy sanctions and Russia: What comes next?

By Adnan Vatansever

The West has responded to the Kremlin's increasingly bellicose policy in the former Soviet space by imposing punitive measures against Russia's energy sector. The immediate impact of such measures appears limited as neither oil nor gas flowing from Russia is expected to suffer right away. However, the sanctions' long-term implications may prove more important.

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New Atlanticist

Aug 25, 2015

Renewable Energy as a Potential Vehicle for Détente with Iran

By Thomas Buonomo

The nuclear agreement concluded between the EU+3 and Iran, if implemented, would buy ten years for the international community to devise a more sustainable solution to the security dilemma Iran’s nuclear program presents, after which the agreement’s safeguards would begin to expire. There is, in principle, no reason why the agreement could not be extended […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Aug 10, 2015

Delivering Energy and the Nuclear Deal with Iran

By Alan Riley

Iran should join the Energy Charter to boost oil flows and reassure the world that it intends to comply with the nuclear deal Iran should join the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). Joining the ECT, the world’s multilateral energy investment treaty, would encourage greater energy investment flows into Iran leading to a more rapid increase in […]

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New Atlanticist

Jul 30, 2015

Senators Make Case for Lifting Crude Oil Ban

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council report sees America’s energy abundance as an invaluable diplomatic tool A top Republican Senator, making the case that energy must be a significant tool in the US diplomatic toolkit, said July 30 that the United States will be “effectively sanctioning” domestic oil producers if it does not lift its ban on the export […]

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In the News

Jul 30, 2015

Reuters Highlights Atlantic Council US Energy Event

By Atlantic Council

Reuters highlights the Atlantic Council event Empowering America: How Energy Abundance Can Strengthen US Global Leadership in an article about the US Senate Energy Committee narrowly passing a bill to lift a forty-year-old ban on the export of crude oil:

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In the News

Jul 30, 2015

POLITICO Features US Energy Abundance Event

By Atlantic Council

POLITICO features the Atlantic Council event Empowering America: How Energy Abundance Can Strengthen US Global Leadership in an article about Senators Murkowski and Warner unveiling a new energy security report:

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Report

Jul 30, 2015

Empowering America: How energy abundance can strengthen US global leadership

By Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senator Mark Warner, Richard L. Morningstar, David L. Goldwyn, Bud Coote

This task force report makes the case for a more robust energy strategy that capitalizes on US energy resources to advance our foreign policy and economic interests. It calls on US policymakers to repeal the crude oil export ban, ease the process of licensing for LNG exports, sustain research and investment in clean energy technology, support energy diplomacy and technical assistance abroad, advance North American energy integration efforts, and more.

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In the News

Jun 26, 2015

Goldwyn: Don’t sell off the SPR

By David L. Goldwyn

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Nonresident Senior Fellow David L. Goldwyn writes for The Hill about why the United States should not sell off the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), despite strong domestic oil production:

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Report

Jun 11, 2015

Prioritization in EU energy policy: Energy security first, then Energy Union

By Alan Riley

The European Commission, in developing its Energy Union work program, needs to focus its efforts on delivering a number of key solutions to the affected states. Over the last decade, the EU has struggled to develop an energy policy that simultaneously meets the goals of affordability, sustainability, and security, so focusing on the key energy security risks provides a sound base for future development.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2015

Commercial Incentives to Battle Climate Change

By Carlos Pascual

Over the course of 2015, large parts of the energy and environmental world will focus attention on achieving a new form of legally binding climate agreement in Paris under the auspices of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.  Such an agreement would be based on “intended nationally determined contributions” (INDCs) where nations will propose […]

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