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• Colombia Could Help Europe Ditch Russian Coal

  Published 25 June 2022 | viewed 14,873 times

  Sanctions against Russia have intensified Europe’s search for alternative energy suppliers. One of them is Colombia whose President Duque seeks to take advantage of the…

• How International Organizations Could Shape Our Energy Future

  Published 23 April 2022 | viewed 1,239 times

  International organizations like the United Nations (UN), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the World Economic Forum (WEF) are in many ways…

• Colombia’s Looming Presidential Election Is Set To Be Historic

  Published 18 April 2022 | viewed 3,398 times

  The results of Colombia’s 13th March presidential primary elections have shed light on who the leading candidates are for the country’s approaching presidential election on…

• What’s Behind The Renewed Drone Attacks On The UAE?

  Published 05 April 2022 | viewed 6,783 times

  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been exposed to a recent wave of drone and missile strikes from Houthi militants in Yemen. These attacks are…

• The Ukraine War Is Threatening Peace In Bosnia And Herzegovina

  Published 30 March 2022 | viewed 8,819 times

  Rising tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina are dragging the country into its most precarious political situation since the Bosnian War of 1992-1995. In early October…

• How Hydrogen Will Transform Geopolitics

  Published 27 March 2022 | viewed 12,820 times

  While reinforced by recent events, the push to scale-up clean hydrogen energy has been underway by governments, energy suppliers, and environmentalists alike in recent years.…

• Climate Change Worsens China's Food Security Problem

  Published 17 March 2022 | viewed 1,752 times

  A recent study carried out by researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research found that increased global temperatures caused by the emission of…

• The Oil & Gas Weapon That Must Be Deployed Before A No-Fly Zone

  Published 16 March 2022 | viewed 20,996 times

  Russia as a gas station In 2014, John McCain memorably stated that Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.  This claim holds true…

• Japan Sees Nuclear Energy As A Vital Piece Of Its Net-Zero Plan

  Published 24 February 2022 | viewed 2,898 times

  As climate change becomes an increasingly pressing issue, governments worldwide have stepped up efforts towards decarbonization. Japan aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by…

• It’s Time To Unleash The Renewable Energy Potential Of Central Asia

  Published 16 February 2022 | viewed 2,521 times

  Context Central Asia consists of five countries, three of which – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan – are rich with oil and gas while Tajikistan and…

• The Afghanistan Debacle Was A Major Wake Up Call For NATO

  Published 21 September 2021 | viewed 2,146 times

  Overview of Prior EU Bureaucratic Actions The vestiges of the Trump administration’s “America first” foreign policy have forced Europe to consider more autonomous defense initiatives.…

• The Major Beneficiary Of The Afghanistan Crisis

  Published 15 September 2021 | viewed 3,115 times

  Assertive Foreign Policy proves Costly It is clear that the post-Cold War order is shifting. The costly wars of Afghanistan and Iraq are calling into…

• Can China Succeed Where America Failed In Afghanistan?

  Published 09 September 2021 | viewed 2,004 times

  China’s long-standing policy of non-interference is challenged by the cruel geopolitical realities and developments in the country with which it shares its smallest border. The…

• A New Wave Of Populism Is Sweeping Latin America

  Published 09 August 2021 | viewed 2,451 times

  A left turn? Peru’s polls closed on the 6th of June, but it took over a month for an official victor to be announced. Now,…

• Lebanon On The Brink As Fuel And Electricity Shortages Grip The Country

  Published 11 July 2021 | viewed 3,802 times

  On the last day of the month, armed protesters took to the streets of Tripoli. They were outraged by the power outages and the story…

• The Irrefutable Link Between Climate Change And Conflict

  Published 07 July 2021 | viewed 1,563 times

  The Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative Index measures a country’s climate change vulnerability against its capacity for resilience. War-torn states like Yemen, Mali, the Central…

• What Are The Implications Of Russia’s Renewed Space Ambitions?

  Published 04 July 2021 | viewed 2,123 times

  The ISS was created in 1998 and involved cooperation from Russia, the US, Japan, Canada and those countries that formed the European Space Agency. Since…

• Imagining The City Of The Future

  Published 01 July 2021 | viewed 1,404 times

  Cities and municipalities can be the most effective policy executors. Being closer to their citizens and having more cohesive populations than nation-states helps them rally…

• Can The U.S. And China Compromise On Climate Change?

  Published 30 June 2021 | viewed 1,194 times

  Following a joint statement with China addressing the climate crisis on April 17th, the US submitted a new ‘nationally determined contribution’ (NDC) at the virtual…

• The Energy Transition Will Provide A Wealth Of Opportunities In Europe

  Published 19 June 2021 | viewed 3,082 times

  Energy dependence of European countries has become evident as a consequence of the geopolitical turmoil during the two Oil Crises of the 1970s and in…