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Global Energy Forum

Jan 12, 2020

Election 2020: What’s at stake for energy policy?

By David L. Goldwyn and Andrea Clabough

As the US presidential election in November 2020 draws nearer, the energy policy platforms—including domestic energy, climate change, foreign, and trade policies—from the Democratic candidates, as well as the energy policies of a potential second Trump Administration, have become increasingly clear. The competing visions of a Republican and a Democratic administration could hardly be more disparate, and industry and external stakeholders should prepare for a volatile outlook regardless of the outcome in November 2020—what are the salient energy policies under the two scenarios and how will they address the deep and entrenched energy challenges that face the United States?

Energy Markets & Governance Energy Transitions

Issue Brief

Jan 12, 2020

European energy diversification: How alternative sources, routes, and clean technologies can bolster energy security and decarbonization

By Richard L. Morningstar, András Simonyi, Olga Khakova, Irina Markina

The European Union’s efforts to achieve a carbon-neutral economy present a unique and timely opportunity to strengthen European energy security. What is the EU currently doing to meet its decarbonization goals, address the role of natural gas in Europe’s low-carbon future, and explain the potential for new gas sources, alternative gas routes, and clean energy technologies to reduce carbon emissions? And how can this be done while simultaneously increasing European energy security and opportunities for transatlantic cooperation?

Energy Markets & Governance Energy Transitions

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In the News

Sep 6, 2024

Webster quoted in VOA on Russia-China gas cooperation

On September 5, GEC senior fellow/IPSI nonresident senior fellow Joseph Webster was quoted in VOA on Russia-China gas cooperation. Webster explains that Russia’s plan to build the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline from Russia to China could weaken US energy leverage over Beijing by reducing liquefied natural gas exports to China. 

China Economy & Business

In the News

Sep 5, 2024

Webster quoted in VOA on potential impact of PS-2 pipeline on US

By Joseph Webster

Central Asia China

In the News

Sep 4, 2024

Shaffer quoted in S&P Global on recent Houthi attacks on oil tankers

Energy & Environment Geopolitics & Energy Security

In the News

Sep 3, 2024

Webster joins DW Russian to discuss Ulaanbaatar’s dependence on Russian energy resources

By Joseph Webster

East Asia Energy & Environment

EnergySource

Aug 29, 2024

The US government should build a Resilient Resource Reserve for wartime and peacetime

By Gregory Wischer and Morgan Bazilian

China currently dominates critical mineral supply chains, putting American security needs at risk. Congress should both incentivize domestic mineral production and mitigate supply disruptions to the US military in a potential conflict with China by building a physical stockpile of strategic minerals that would last for five years.

China Critical Minerals

In the News

Aug 28, 2024

Webster quoted in Carbon Brief on US tariffs on Chinese EVs

By Joseph Webster

China Energy & Environment

In the News

Aug 26, 2024

Webster featured in Wall Street Journal on Canadian tariffs on Chinese EVs

By Joseph Webster

China Energy & Environment

In the News

Aug 24, 2024

Katz joins The Prode to discuss Russia-Iran relations

By Atlantic Council

Geopolitics & Energy Security Iran

In the News

Aug 22, 2024

Webster quoted in Energy Intelligence on Iran’s oil exports

By Joseph Webster

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion Geopolitics & Energy Security

In the News

Aug 21, 2024

Webster quoted in RFE/RL on the Siberia-2 pipeline

By Joseph Webster

China East Asia

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