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How to finance a sustainable and just energy transition

EnergySource May 21, 2025

Replace the Inflation Reduction Act with FUEL-AI

By Joseph Webster

To compete in the global AI race, the United States must dramatically expand its power supply. Replacing the Inflation Reduction Act with the FUEL-AI Act would reorient energy policy toward national security, fast-tracking domestic energy production and infrastructure to power America’s AI future.
Energy & Environment Energy Transitions
How to finance a sustainable and just energy transition

MENASource May 15, 2025

Feeding the ‘water mafia’: Sanctions relief and Iran’s water crisis

By Nik Kowsar

Trump comments mark the first time a US president acknowledges a “water mafia”: a connected network responsible for ecological catastrophes.
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
How to finance a sustainable and just energy transition

New Atlanticist Apr 30, 2025

Experts react: At last, the US and Ukraine signed a minerals deal. Here’s what to expect next.

By Atlantic Council experts

After months of wrangling, Washington and Kyiv quietly finalized a much-anticipated agreement on April 30. Atlantic Council experts dig into the details.
Critical Minerals Geopolitics & Energy Security

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US-Turkish relations under the new era
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The critical role of operational energy in military readiness and resilience
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Global Energy Forum

Jan 14, 2023

How to finance a sustainable and just energy transition

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

At the Global Energy Forum, experts plotted out ways countries can incentivize investments that can support a stable energy supply and finance a sustainable and just energy transition.

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Global Energy Forum

Jan 14, 2023

Why accessible and affordable gas plays a role in helping countries reach climate goals and expand renewable energy

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

Energy ministers from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar discussed the role gas plays in the energy transition at the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Forum.

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Global Energy Agenda

Jan 13, 2023

The 2023 Global Energy Agenda

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Landon Derentz, Christine Suh, Ameya Hadap, Paul Kielstra (Editors)</span>

The third edition of the Global Energy Agenda provides context for the year that has passed. It features a survey of thought leaders in the energy sector, as well as a series of essays by the leading figures in energy, to set the energy agenda for 2023.

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Jan 10, 2023

Eser Özdil joins TRT World to the Turkey-Bulgaria gas interconnector
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TURKEYSource

Jan 4, 2023

How NATO can keep pace with hybrid threats in the Black Sea region and beyond

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Arnold C. Dupuy</span>

Russia's targeting of civilian infrastructure in Ukraine reveals the vulnerability of energy systems to hybrid threats, warranting study and research to mitigate the risks.

Conflict Geopolitics & Energy Security

In the News

Jan 2, 2023

Zagorodnyuk in Foreign Affairs: The Case for Taking Crimea

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

Geopolitics & Energy Security Security & Defense

In the News

Dec 31, 2022

Zysk in iNews discussing the threat that Russia’s war in Ukraine presents to energy in Europe

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Katarzyna Zysk</span>

On December 31, the Transatlantic Security Initiative’s Nonresident Senior Fellow Katarzyna Zysk was quoted in iNews discussing the implications of possible attacks from the Kremlin on European energy and data links.

Europe & Eurasia Geopolitics & Energy Security

UkraineAlert

Dec 22, 2022

Will Putin force Belarus to join the Russian invasion of Ukraine?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Alesia Rudnik </span>

Vladimir Putin traveled to Minsk this week for the first time in three-and-a-half years, fueling speculation that he is seeking to pressure Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka into joining the failing invasion of Ukraine.

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TURKEYSource

Dec 20, 2022

To realize its gas hub dreams, Turkey needs to follow liberal market principles

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Eser Özdil</span>

Russian gas cannot turn Turkey into a gas hub, instead Turkey should focus on reforms to liberalize the market.

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Dec 19, 2022

Sullivan quoted in VOA on Egyptian natural gas
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Ahmed Aboudouh

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Shahira Amin

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

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Defne Arslan

Senior Director

Atlantic Council Turkey Program

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Marino Auffant

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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Lisa Basquel

Program Assistant, European Energy Security

Global Energy Center

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Meredith Berger

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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EXIM Bank Chairman John Jovanovic on US priorities for global competitiveness

AN AC FRONT PAGE EVENT—John Jovanovic, president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, discusses EXIM’s role in supporting US manufacturing, strengthening supply chains, and recalibrating trade.
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2026 Global Energy Forum

The tenth Global Energy Forum will chart the course for continued innovation, collaboration, and leadership in the global energy transition. 
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