Tag: Energy
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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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New Energy Geopolitics: Global Transition, Clean Tech Arms Race, or Trade Wars?
The geopolitical landscape is more turbulent than ever in a world marked by rapid changes in energy policies and technologies. The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 2023 World Energy Outlook highlights significant shifts in global energy systems driven by geopolitical tensions, fragile energy markets, and rapid advancements in clean technology. Clean energy adoption is accelerating, with
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Perspectives on Central Asian Hydrocarbons, Pipelines, and Transit Corridors
Central Asia is rich in hydrocarbons and, in principle, can send them in all directions. Demand signals come from the East, South, and the West. How much additional supply can come from the region? What are the most likely pipelines and transit corridors to be built and developed in the coming decade? On Thursday, May
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Russia’s Global Energy Role: War, Sanctions, and the Energy Transition
The United States and its allies have imposed wide-ranging financial and technological sanctions on Russia’s energy sector in an effort to impose high costs and to stall or slow new energy projects—all in the hopes that this would apply political pressure to the Kremlin to end President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. These sanctions, and
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U.S. Nuclear Energy Leadership and Exports
After long struggles, America’s nuclear industry is becoming a focal point for U.S. efforts to increase clean energy supplies—domestically and internationally—and as one among many dimensions of escalating geopolitical competition, especially with Russia, which dominates the global markets for nuclear reactors and nuclear fuel. While recent administrations and Congresses have worked intensively, often on a
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