Brenda Shaffer

September 25, 2024 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Fracking and the Election: It’s Not About Pennsylvania

Vice President Kamala Harris’s changing statements  on fracking have become an important issue in the current U.S. presidential election campaign. Only five years ago, Harris pledged to ban...

July 26, 2024 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Militaries Can’t Transition to Renewable Energy

For now, fossil fuel use will rise—but the defense sector can lead innovation into the next generation of low-carbon sources.

June 6, 2024 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

China is main beneficiary of West’s futile energy transition push

Consumption of fossil fuels is as strong as ever as they remain irreplaceable

May 20, 2024 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Don’t Forget the Air Highways

While U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is focusing his remaining months in office on attaining  compensation fees for U.S. air travelers, a much bigger threat to air travel and transport...

May 1, 2024 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer, Damjan Krnjević Mišković

The Azerbaijanis, Not the Azeris, Are Hosting COP29

The Republic of Azerbaijan will host the annual  UN  Climate Change Conference known as COP29 in November 2024. For many who will attend COP29 and follow the process, this will be their first...

April 16, 2024 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

What Iran’s attack on Israel means for global energy

Energy markets have shown a muted response to Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, despite the threat this escalation poses to global oil supplies. But, as Israel weighs its response, the risks to fuel prices and global energy security are extremely high. Our experts comment on what to watch for as tensions rise.

March 27, 2024 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Türkiye’s Energy Engagement in Central Asia and the Caucasus

Excerpt In recent years, Türkiye has significantly increased cooperation with the states of Central Asia and Azerbaijan. One of the most important geopolitical developments in recent years in Eurasia...

March 26, 2024 | Alan Howard, Dr. Brenda Shaffer

Washington Denies a Bedrock of Warfighting

The Biden administration recently pressed Ukraine to halt attacks on Russian oil refineries. Ukrainian strikes on refineries and tankers in the Black Sea have contributed to a rise in the global oil price,...

November 30, 2023 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

US International energy policy toward the 2024 elections

While international energy policy is not on the ballot in the 2024 US elections, the election outcome will profoundly impact the U.S. role in international energy developments. Current U.S. energy policies have determined new rules of American engagement in the international arena. ...

October 17, 2023 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer, Svante Cornell

A New Spring for Caspian Transit and Trade

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September 21, 2023 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Insecurity in the Black Sea Puts Upward Pressure on the Global Oil Market

The global oil price is edging toward $100 a barrel. If oil remains high, it will be difficult to bring inflation down. Most blame the Saudi Arabian and Russian oil cuts for the price increase and ignore...

August 21, 2023 | |

Iran’s Illicit Oil Exports Surge in August Amid U.S. Failure to Enforce Sanctions

Illicit Iranian oil exports surpassed 2.2 million barrels per day in August, Bloomberg reported on August 21. This volume exceeds the five-year high Iran reached in May as the United...

May 8, 2023 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

President Aliyev: “Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran are at the Lowest Level Ever”

From day one of the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Iran has been hostile toward Baku and consistently acted to undermine its security and independence. However, over the last year the ties...

April 20, 2023 | |

Israel Opens First Permanent Embassy in Turkmenistan

Latest Developments Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen inaugurated Israel’s first embassy in Turkmenistan during a visit to the Central Asian state on April 20. Cohen is the first Israeli foreign...

April 5, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Lessons of the energy crisis

American and European leaders haven’t learned them

February 8, 2023 | |

Israel Saves Lives in Turkey, Offers Syria Aid After Earthquake

An Israeli aid delegation sent to earthquake-struck Turkey has begun work, officials said on Wednesday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Homefront Command dispatched the 150-person search-and-rescue team to Adana shortly after Monday’s earthquake, which has killed thousands in southeastern Turkey and neighboring Syria. Countless victims were trapped in rubble, with harsh winter conditions exacerbating their plight.

November 10, 2022 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Geopolitics of Natural Gas

“Energy and the Economy: The new energy landscape,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, November 10, 2022

October 19, 2022 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

How Iran’s Ethnic Divisions Are Fueling the Revolt

Non-Persian minorities, often overlooked in the West, may hold the key to the uprising’s course.

September 29, 2022 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

As Winter Approaches, Europe Is Walking Off a Cliff

Facing the worst energy crisis since World War II as the cold-weather heating season starts, Europe continues to dither. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has presented a series of new...

September 9, 2022 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Israel’s Role in the Second Armenia-Azerbaijan War and Its Implications for the Future

Excerpt For a quarter of a century, Israel and Azerbaijan have maintained deep strategic cooperation that touches on national security issues of the highest importance to both sides. The defense relationship...