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Bolstering energy security in Northeastern Europe through transatlantic cooperation

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Replace the Inflation Reduction Act with FUEL-AI

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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.
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Bolstering energy security in Northeastern Europe through transatlantic cooperation

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.
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Bolstering energy security in Northeastern Europe through transatlantic cooperation

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.
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Sep 21, 2022

Bolstering energy security in Northeastern Europe through transatlantic cooperation

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Richard L. Morningstar</span>, <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Olga Khakova</span>, <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Paddy Ryan</span>

Northeastern Europe has already made efforts to end its reliance on Russian energy supplies. It is the perfect region for the US and allies to prove that de-Russification and decarbonization of the energy sector can occur in tandem.

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

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Sep 20, 2022

PACC2030: Quick wins for a US-Caribbean partnership on climate and energy resilience

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Wazim Mowla</span>, <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Riyad Insanally</span>

PACC2030’s success is crucial for CARICOM countries and the United States, and it needs to deliver in the short term to generate confidence that the United States is committed to a sustainable partnership.

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Sep 17, 2022

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Sep 14, 2022

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UkraineAlert

Sep 14, 2022

The complex reality behind Vladimir Putin’s nuclear blackmail in Ukraine

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Suriya Evans-Pritchard Jayanti</span>

Putin's recent efforts to blackmail European leaders by threatening a nuclear disaster at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Ukraine reflect Russia's use of fear and energy as foreign policy tools.

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UkraineAlert

Sep 11, 2022

Russia is facing defeat in Putin’s gas war against the European Union

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Aura Sabadus</span>

Vladimir Putin has declared an energy war against the European Union but there are growing signs that the Russian dictator may have overplayed his hand, writes Aura Sabadus.

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Britain Debrief

Sep 9, 2022

#BritainDebrief – What are the origins of Europe’s energy crisis? | A Debrief from Dr. Helen Thompson

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Ben Judah</span>

Senior Fellow Ben Judah spoke with Dr. Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University, on Europe’s energy, climate and geopolitical reckoning.

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Sep 9, 2022

Sullivan quoted in Nonovite on European energy security and Russian gas

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Paul Sullivan</span>

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A multiple rocket system is deployed around the border of eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Kharkiv on Aug. 27, 2022. (Source: Kyodo via Reuters Connect)

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Sep 9, 2022

Russian War Report: Ukraine intensifies offensive attacks in Kharkiv Oblast

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Digital Forensic Research Lab</span>

Over the last week, Ukraine has launched several counter offensives in occupied southern and eastern Ukraine, recapturing Balakliia.

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UkraineAlert

Sep 6, 2022

Europe can win Putin’s gas war but must learn Nord Stream lessons

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Anders Åslund</span>

With Russia now dropping all pretense and openly declaring that it will not renew gas deliveries to the EU until sanctions are scrapped, it is vital to learn the lessons from Europe’s earlier refusal to recognize the Kremlin’s weaponization of energy exports.

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Shahira Amin

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