The most dangerous nuclear power plant
Opinion
What is the most dangerous nuclear power plant? Fukushima? Chernobyl? The answer is neither. It is the one closed prematurely.
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National security drives energy transitions, part II
Opinion
This article is the second part of a two-part analysis that examines how national security interests have hastened energy transitions
Nuclear energy and the melting of Arctic ice
Environment
Nuclear energy is both low carbon and reliable, making it a great tool to cut emissions and mitigate climate change.
National security drives energy transitions, part I
Opinion
This article is the first part of a two-part analysis that examines how national security interests have hastened energy transitions
The China-EU slow dance in energy
Opinion
The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday stole all the headlines this week.
Turkey needs tight control mechanisms to grow its wind energy
Opinion
In June 2018, Turkey nationalized its first wind farm, Alaçatı Wind Energy Plant (ARES), transferring to the state-owned Electricity Generation
Croatia-France: a World Cup win-win for the energy transition
Environment
Football fandom follows few hard rules – and little rationality. As a sportscaster friend of mine likes to remind: “fan
Lebanese gas won’t stop the next war, but it could contain the damage
Opinion
Today marks the 12-year anniversary of the 34-day war that broke out between Israel and Lebanese-based, Iranian-backed Hezbollah. Hezbollah ostensibly
Senegal playing smart, so far, with its oil and gas findings
Opinion
From 2002 to 2004, I lived in Senegal and worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a town called Thiès.
Will U.S.-China rivalry hasten the energy transition?
Opinion
The energy world changes rapidly. Technology, social and economic patterns, emergence of new sources, and depletion of old ones can
Biblical proportions: the Pope, Paris, and energy justice
Environment
Since his ascension in 2013, Pope Francis has rebelliously wielded the power of the papacy in new and groundbreaking ways.
Turkey’s first drilling vessel heads to Mediterranean
Opinion
On the morning of May 31, Turkey took a new step in the complex dispute over gas: its first offshore
Business first: the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy and energy diplomacy
Opinion
Energy underpins the grand strategies of world powers. China’s Belt and Road initiative builds commercial ties abroad to secure hydrocarbon
Can Cyprus gas overcome Greek-Turkish rivalry?
Opinion
Commerce has spawned rivalries across the eastern Mediterranean for millennia. Hydrocarbons might be the last major commercial reason to sustain
Does Bahrain’s discovery signal a global wave of shale?
Opinion
From the United States to Argentina and Australia and now Bahrain, we hear a common refrain in 2018: shale is