Pulling back the curtain on Turkey’s natural gas strategy
Opinion
After decades of alliance, Turkey still befuddles the West. Over the last decade, the country’s more assertive foreign policy in
Opinion
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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
How West Africa can expand power supply and meet climate goals
Consumption
Not too long ago, when the idea of solar and wind energy was still hotly debated, critics used to point
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
Earth Day at 50: A look to the past offers hope for the planet’s future
Environment
Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, millions of people took to the streets in cities and towns across the
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
In wasting oil wealth, Baghdad and the KRG have more in common than meets the eye
Opinion
With the slump in oil prices, and some analysts forecasting prices to head towards $10 per barrel, yet more hard
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
Book review: Energy Transition in Metropolises, Rural Areas and Deserts
Environment
Energy Transition in Metropolises, Rural Areas and Deserts is an interdisciplinary study of the economic geography of energy and climate