A Biden administration should prioritize energy security to fight climate
Environment
Americans are forecast to elect a new president in November. According to polling on June 30, Democratic candidate Joe Biden
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Review: Oil and the Great Powers: Britain and Germany, 1914 to 1945
Opinion
For the past two hundred years, fossil fuel resources have bestowed global power. Britain became the first global hegemon in
Eastern Mediterranean gas: testing the field
Opinion
Since 2006, Europe has increasingly viewed eastern Mediterranean gas as a resource with huge potential to provide economic growth, mitigate
Energy geopolitics will hinge on the nationalism-globalism swinging door
Opinion
The novel coronavirus commands the world’s attention, but underneath the pandemic, energy geopolitics are shifting. Last week, the Director of
Exclusive interview: Barbara Freese on coal and how industry denies climate change
Environment
Barbara Freese has been thinking about the environment for nearly her entire life. As an attorney, she witnessed how the
What can we learn from the Great Depression about oil’s future?
Opinion
In 1929, U.S. stock markets crashed, scything personal fortunes and birthing the most devastating global economic depression since the 1870s-1880s.
COVID-19’s forced de-globalization will rewire and decarbonize energy
Environment
Climate change may be the most intractable psychological-sociological challenge that humanity has ever encountered. It has been occurring for decades
The Russian-Saudi OPEC divorce and the battle for market share
Opinion
Marriage is a non-binding contract. Each party is free to walk away from it. Its dissolution, however, always has consequences.
The emerging renewable energy duality in the windy North and sunny South
Opinion
Numerous economic imbalances have defined Global North-South relations for centuries. Fossil fuels are one. Europe harnessed coal and the United
Book review: Enduring lessons in The Rise and Fall of OPEC
Opinion
“The history of OPEC proves that there is no inherent contradiction between defending national interests (the role of nation-states as
Could coronavirus cause China’s oil demand to plateau?
Consumption
The coronavirus (Covid-19) is upending two fundamental tenets of globalization: flow of people and goods and a booming Chinese economy.
Should we worry about a potential grand solar minimum?
Environment
The new decade saw intensified attention on global climate change. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2020 linked climate
Book review: commerce, vision, and the Russia-Europe gas bridge
Opinion
Gas contains more contradictions than perhaps any other energy source. It replaces coal and thus cleans the environment, on the
Why Bloomberg might be the best candidate for global climate policy
Opinion
On February 3, the U.S. presidential campaign kicks off with the first Democratic Party primary in Iowa. The candidates all
The U.S.-Iranian drone war won’t affect oil
Opinion
The 2020s started with a geopolitical bang, as U.S. President Donald Trump launched a reckless drone strike against Qasem Soleimani,