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Gadzala Tirziu in The New York Sun on Turkmenistan’s geopolitical significance

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
Gadzala Tirziu in The New York Sun on Turkmenistan’s geopolitical significance

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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Gadzala Tirziu in The New York Sun on Turkmenistan’s geopolitical significance

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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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
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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?

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Mar 29, 2022

Gadzala Tirziu in The New York Sun on Turkmenistan’s geopolitical significance

On March 18, Scowcroft Center nonresident senior fellow Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu published a piece in The New York Sun on Turkmenistan’s strategic location at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Russia, and the potential role it might play in global energy politics as some nations look to revamp their global gas supplies.

Central Asia
Geopolitics & Energy Security

Global Energy Forum

Mar 29, 2022

How Europe can work its way out of today’s energy-supply crisis—and through the energy transition

By Atlantic Council

The energy-supply crisis and the impact of the war in Ukraine have highlighted the urgency to build secure and resilient supply chains and infrastructure.

Climate Change & Climate Action
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In the News

Mar 29, 2022

Marczak quoted in the Boston Globe on using oil as leverage to restore democracy in Venezuela

Read the full article here.

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Latin America

Global Energy Forum

Mar 29, 2022

After the war in Ukraine: Where Europe’s energy crisis could be headed next

By Atlantic Council

Putin’s aggression can be the impetus for a Ukrainian energy transformation, one that is not reliant on Russian transit fees and instead deeply connected with friendlier European energy markets.

Crisis Management
Energy & Environment

Global Energy Forum

Mar 29, 2022

These island governments are racing to combat climate change amid sea-level rise

By Atlantic Council

Dignitaries from small island nations on Tuesday expressed their frustration with the state of the current global action—or lack thereof—on addressing climate change.

Climate Change & Climate Action
Crisis Management

Global Energy Forum

Mar 29, 2022

Hydrogen’s role in energy security and decarbonization

By Atlantic Council

Hydrogen may play a key role in helping the world decarbonize and enhance global energy security. But policymakers will need to scale clean hydrogen quickly.

Climate Change & Climate Action
Crisis Management

Global Energy Forum

Mar 29, 2022

How the UAE plans to invest in a net-zero future

By Atlantic Council

UAE policymakers now face the task of aligning the whole of domestic industry with their net-zero objective.

Climate Change & Climate Action
Crisis Management

Global Energy Forum

Mar 28, 2022

In the energy transition, oil and gas have a ‘guaranteed’ role, says OPEC secretary general

By Atlantic Council

Even as the world decarbonizes, oil and gas will play a continued role in an equitable, affordable, and sustainable energy transition.

Climate Change & Climate Action
Crisis Management

Global Energy Forum

Mar 28, 2022

Senior US energy official Amos Hochstein on the West’s response to Russia and ‘critical need’ to diversify its energy supply

By Atlantic Council

Europe and the United States are joining to ensure that more countries come on board with sanctions and that their sanctions deal the biggest blow to Russia.

Climate Change & Climate Action
Crisis Management

Global Energy Forum

Mar 28, 2022

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is willing to make up for energy shortfalls in Europe, says prime minister

By Atlantic Council

Iraqi Kurdistan has achieved great strides, producing half a million barrels of oil and half a billion cubic feet of gas daily. But its tension with the federal government in Baghdad raises questions.

Crisis Management
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Sudeep Kanungo

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Africa Energy & Environment

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Mahnaz Khan

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Geopolitics & Energy Security National Security

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Trevor H. Rudolph

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Meredith Berger

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Natalia Storz

Program Assistant

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

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Alina L. Romanowski

Distinguished Fellow

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