World Leaders Eye Oil Reserves, but So Far Hold Off on Tapping Them
Experts: Fomenting Ethnic Strife in Iran ‘a Recipe for Death and Destruction
Interview: Israel’s Domestic Gas Needs Hold Sway Ahead of Latest Exploration Round
For One U.S. Ally and NATO Member, Regime Change in Iran Spells Disaster
Azerbaijan, Armenia Quietly Pull Back from Moscow, Edge Closer to Washington After Trump Peace Deal
The US Returns to Regions Between Russia, China and Iran
The Green Myth Is Condemning Africa to Poverty
World Bank Reduces Emissions Not Poverty
Syria’s Energy Sector and Its Impact on Stability and Regional Developments
Syria’s oil and gas fields, largely under YPG control in the east, could fund reconstruction and reshape the country’s regional standing — but only if Damascus, Washington, and Ankara can settle who controls them. Professor Brenda Shaffer’s Atlantic Council issue brief lays out Syria’s energy potential after Assad: the prospects for restoring oil and electricity […]
Dis-empowering Africa: How the West’s energy policies fuel poverty in Africa
Africa has the world’s lowest per capita energy use, yet the World Bank, the IEA, and the G7 are pushing it to skip fossil fuels and adopt renewable energy that cannot deliver reliable power without a stable baseload. In this CNAPS issue brief, Brenda Shaffer argues there is no real-world precedent for “leapfrogging” straight to […]