Europe’s Nuclear Energy and Central Asian Uranium
The drive toward electrification coupled with the political decision to reduce fossil fuel consumption is creating a situation where, by necessity, there is renewed interest in nuclear energy. In...
Svante Cornell
Central Asia in the Energy Transition
Excerpt The Central Asian region, in terms of energy, has long been known mostly for its vast endowments of oil and gas. Indeed, some of the largest new discoveries of oil anywhere in the world in the...
Op-eds
A New Spring for Caspian Transit and Trade
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Memos
Energy in Conflict: The Case of the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan War
Excerpt With the rise in frequency of hybrid warfare, combatants in various conflicts are increasingly targeting domestic energy infrastructure and energy supply flows.1 In conventional warfare, militaries...
Op-eds
US International Religious Freedom Efforts Should Not Promote Islamic Extremism
The Trump Administration has elevated the promotion of international religious freedom to a major component of U.S. foreign policy. President Donald Trump issued an executive order devoting additional...
Op-eds
The UN’s Selective Outrage on Occupied Territories
Yesterday during remarks at the AIPAC annual conference, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo referred to the recent publication by the UN Human Rights Office of a database of companies that operate in the...
Op-eds
The United States Needs to Declare War on Proxies
The most important takeaway from the killing of Qassem Suleimani doesn’t just have to do with Iran.
Op-eds
New FDD Report Explores Policies Toward Occupied and Disputed Territories
“Occupied Elsewhere: Selective Policies on Occupations, Protracted Conflicts, and Territorial Disputes”
Press Releases
Erdogan’s Anti-Semitism Will Sink Turkey’s Economy
The Turkish president’s racist conspiracy theories are a threat to economic stability.
Op-eds
Israel and Azerbaijan’s Furtive Embrace
Authored by Ilya Bourtman The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 changed the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East. Within weeks, six predominantly Muslim countries...