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

  Published 11 July 2021 | viewed 4,068 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 1,686 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 2,278 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 1,551 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 1,347 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 3,206 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…

• Will Supermajors Finally Be Held Accountable For Oil Spills?

  Published 08 May 2021 | viewed 2,279 times

  A British Supreme Court ruling has brought to a head a 13-year-old battle to hold Royal Dutch Shell accountable for massive oil spills in the…

• The War For Control Of Mexico’s Energy Industry

  Published 19 April 2021 | viewed 1,997 times

  Mexico’s Energy Laws Since 1960, Mexico’s energy sector has largely been dominated by the federal government. However, important changes occurred in 2013 and 2014 when…

• The Most Important Pipeline You’ve Never Heard Of

  Published 23 February 2021 | viewed 4,481 times

  “[With] the Balkan Stream project, Bulgaria will become a regional strategic gas distribution centre and will guarantee the diversification of gas supply” — Boyko Borisov,…

• Will Biden Reinstate The Iran Nuclear Deal?

  Published 19 November 2020 | viewed 6,063 times

  In an ominous sign for 2020, a mere week into this year the assassination of Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani by U.S. forces pointed in…

• Russia Is Expanding Its Energy Influence In Africa

  Published 06 October 2020 | viewed 4,354 times

  In 2019, Scottish politician Michael Ancram, Marquess of Lothian, requested of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) the information they held on the installation plans…

• Could An Energy Rivalry Drive Greece And Turkey Into War?

  Published 24 September 2020 | viewed 4,607 times

  Drilling rights and escalating tensions Tensions between Greece and Turkey over Eastern Mediterranean natural gas and oil fields, intertwined with maritime claims, have rapidly escalated…

• COVID-19 Is Causing The GCC To Crumble

  Published 08 August 2020 | viewed 11,393 times

  May 25 marked the 39th anniversary of the founding of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Across the Gulf, the occasion was welcomed as an opportunity…

• Risky Mining Projects Could Come At Huge Cost For Canadian Taxpayer

  Published 05 April 2020 | viewed 22,176 times

  On December 3rd, the British Columbia (B.C.) government put an end to commercial logging in the Skagit headwaters. The vast cross-border coalition of over 100…

• Can Afghanistan Avoid Civil War?

  Published 23 March 2020 | viewed 9,425 times

  A deal has been recently struck in US-Taliban peace talks and progress towards long term peace seems increasingly possible. However, with a likely NATO withdrawal…

• Russia’s Latest Energy Power Play

  Published 26 December 2019 | viewed 16,997 times

  The recent exposure of a Russian intelligence operation in Serbia highlights the dual strategy that Russia pursues towards its neighbours. It also underlines the geopolitical position…

• The Uncomfortable Truth Behind Iraq's Violent Protests

  Published 11 December 2019 | viewed 11,062 times

  Recent protests in Iraq have demanded an end to rampant state corruption, the removal of foreign influences from Iraqi politics and the proper provision of public…

• The Proliferation Of Drones Is A Threat To The Global Oil Industry

  Published 25 November 2019 | viewed 11,169 times

  Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) or drones, both armed and unarmed, have altered how states and insurgents conduct warfare in the Middle East. The widespread proliferation…

• Oil And Islam: Libya’s Civil War Rages On

  Published 21 October 2019 | viewed 12,011 times

  Khalifa Haftar in Libya Turkey’s intervention in support of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has helped push Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) beyond…

• Houthi Attacks: The Greatest Threat To Saudi Oil Production

  Published 14 October 2019 | viewed 16,400 times

  The Houthi rebel group in Yemen was the first to claim responsibility for what they described as a drone attack on Khurais and Abqaiq in…