Energy dependence between the EU and Russia has increased mistrust between them, and energy has become an issue of national security for both sides.
The agreement achieved on July 14 on Iran’s nuclear program is a major achievement. But the hard work continues, especially for the EU and its member states.
Petroleum coke (petcoke), a by-product of petroleum refining that is high in contaminants, has quietly emerged in China as an inexpensive but very dirty alternative to coal.
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Confederation of Indian Industry hosted a conference on the future of the U.S.-India relationship, ten years after the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative.
Is OPEC an endangered species condemned to disappear?
U.S. shale producers don’t have the power that Saudi Arabia has wielded over the world oil market, but they have brought a new era of competition.
OPEC is being challenged on many fronts. In order to survive, the organization may need to innovate, regroup, restructure, and renew its mission.
Recent upheavals in the oil market, most notably the growth in North American unconventional oil and the evolving response of OPEC, are prompting a reappraisal of conventional wisdom across a number of areas.
Crises from the EU to China to the Middle East have the potential to force the kind of rethinking and growth that could, in the end, have lasting benefits for all those involved and for the world at large.
As the United States assumes the role of a major energy producer and partial exporter, key thinkers in the U.S. and the EU are looking to modernize the transatlantic partnership as a foundation for greater collaboration on twenty-first century energy and security challenges.