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A New Phase in EU Climate Geopolitics: Steps Forward and Back

EU efforts to coordinate climate, energy, and security policies have intensified since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Despite its ambitious aspirations, however, the EU’s approach to climate geopolitics still has significant shortcomings.

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By Richard Youngs
Published on May 31, 2023

Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies

About the Author

Richard Youngs

Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program

Richard Youngs is a senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, based at Carnegie Europe. He works on EU foreign policy and on issues of international democracy.

    Recent Work

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    Post-U.S. International Democracy Support: Aspiration in Search of Substance

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    The EU Needs a Third Way in Iran

      Richard Youngs

Richard Youngs
Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Richard Youngs
Foreign PolicyEUSecurityClimate ChangeEuropeWestern EuropeIran

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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