Tag: Energy

  • Nuclear Power in Central Asia: The New “New Thing”?

    The Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan are exploring the development of nuclear power. Last fall, Kazakhstan passed a controversial referendum to build a nuclear power plant. In 2024, both Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan signed memorandums of understanding with Rosatom to construct smaller plants. Despite the region’s ample hydrocarbons and hydroelectric resources, the Central

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  • Countering China’s Economic Might

    China’s economic heft presents unique challenges that go well beyond traditional defense. According to the International Energy Agency, China’s investment in manufacturing has increased about 600% since 2005, and its share of value added in global manufacturing has almost tripled. As a result, China now generates one-third of global value added in manufacturing and has

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  • Center President Paul Saunders Speaks at Hanyang University

    On November 29, Center president Paul Saunders spoke at the 3rd International Symposium of Hanyang University’s Institute for Energy and the Environment, where he discussed signposts in assessing the incoming Trump administration’s nuclear energy policy. Watch above or at the link here.

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  • The Middle Corridor Linking Asia and Europe: Promise and Challenges

    The Middle Corridor, also known as the Trans-Caspian International Transit Route (TITR), is an emerging transcontinental, multi-modal network of transit routes. It offers an alternative both to the Northern Route through Russian territory and to the sea-based routes that dominate Asia-Europe trade. In particular, the Middle Corridor links China to the Central Asian states, passing

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  • Competition and Cooperation in Energy, Technology, and Critical Minerals in the Indo-Pacific Region

    The collision between geopolitics, energy, and technology may be a defining aspect of the international system in the 2020s. Even as the United States and its allies work to diversify their supply chains to avoid over-dependence on geopolitical competitors, they are in simultaneous cooperation and competition with one another. In some areas, such as fossil

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