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The clean energy revolution that didn’t happen

Cast your mind back to September 6, 2019, when presidential candidate Joe Biden, campaigning in New Hampshire, took the hand of a 24-year-old activist. “Kiddo,” he said, “look in my eyes. I...

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International Energy Policies Threaten U.S. National Security

Biden Administration Admits Iran’s Oil Exports Have Grown Exponentially in Value and Volume

Earlier this month, the Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its first report about Iran’s petroleum exports as mandated by the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum(SHIP) Act enacted earlier this year....

The jihadi-leftist convergence

Carlos the Jackal was an early adopter

‘Ghosts of Beirut’ gets Hezbollah’s most wanted all wrong

Showtime miniseries is thrilling but its portrayal of Hezbollah’s American-killing Imad Mughniyeh is wide off the historical mark

Washington Needs a New Economic Security Framework for the Americas

Washington must bring powerful answers to pressing issues in the region: populism, political unrest, and disinformation; water and food insecurity; extreme weather; mass migration; the evolving drug trade; money laundering and corruption; and weakened democratic institutions.

Blood of the Congo 

The price Africans are paying so we can have better batteries

The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward

Can COP28 Expand Israeli Water for Arab Peace?

Iraq needs water. Israel has mastered desalination and other water-saving methods. Cooperation in this regard could achieve great things.

The United States’ Energy Future Needs Critical Minerals—and Latin America

Energy is a weapon in wartime and a key to prosperity in peacetime. As the world moves towards greater adoption of renewable energy sources and electric vehicles, we need to ensure that America’s...

The Chinese Communist Party’s Threat to America

Americans are climate criminals and must pay

That’s the indictment handed up by COP27

Putin Puts Europe Into an Energy Vise So Tight That Some Countries Are Chopping Wood

In addition to nuclear blackmail, Russia is using natural gas to put Europe in a hammerlock.

Iran has Iraq’s Kurds in its crosshairs

After decimating Iraq’s Sunnis during years of political and military conquest, Iran and its Iraqi militias have now set their sights on Iraqi Kurdistan, harassing its government, targeting its energy...

Reality bites Biden

For a president who sought to walk away from the Middle East, focus American foreign policy toward its traditional alliances, and end America’s oil dependency, Joe Biden’s policy of treating the Saudis...

Biden’s Saudi Arabia Opportunity

The president’s first trip to the Middle East offers a chance to make meaningful gains.

Putin Just Pushed the World Into an Even Bigger Energy Crisis

Even without sanctions, Russia’s war will increase the shortage of oil and gas.

It’s Time to Be Honest About Fossil Fuels’ Role in Energy Transition

As soaring fuel inflation turns into a political risk, Biden needs a smarter energy policy fast.

Chill out about global warming

The evidence doesn’t establish that it’s ‘the existential threat’

Is Europe’s Energy Crisis a Preview of America’s?

Europe has itself to blame for shortages and spiking prices, but Washington is copying many of its policies.