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September 26, 2023

Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy

Kim Budil, director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, discusses the recent achievement of a net energy gain from a nuclear fusion reaction and its implications for the futu…

Play Fusion reactor, illustration. Nuclear fusion is the combination of atomic nuclei, a process that releases massive amounts of energy. If this process could be harnessed it could be an unlimited source of clean renewable energy.
Webinar by Kim Budil, Carolyn Kissane, and Irina A. Faskianos State and Local Webinars

July 18, 2023

Arctic
Changing Geopolitics in the Arctic

Changing Geopolitics in the Arctic Prepared statement by Esther D. Brimmer James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance Council on Foreign Relations   Before the Subc…

Esther D. Brimmer testifying on "Changing Politics in the Arctic" at a congressional hearing held by the U.S. House Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security on Strategic Competition in the Arctic on July 18, 2023.
Testimony by Esther Brimmer International Institutions and Global Governance Program

December 13, 2023

Climate Change
Did the COP28 Summit Give a Boost to Renewable Energy Plans?

Leaders at the UN climate meeting in Dubai signaled a crucial pivot away from fossil fuel use, but significant hurdles remain for a speedy transition to emission-free energy.

An employee connects solar cells at a manufacturing plant in Oragadam, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Currently, Coal powers 70 percent of India’s electricity generation.
Article by Zongyuan Zoe Liu

October 16, 2023

United States
The High Geopolitical Costs of U.S. Economic Policies

Biden’s economic plans risk alienating the Global South when the United States needs them most.

Biden
Blog Post by Terrence Mullan Renewing America

June 21, 2023

Nigeria
A Geopolitical Imperative

Nigeria should seize the opportunity to raise its diplomatic game and lead the continent from the front.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sit together in front of a row of flags.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

April 12, 2023

Oil and Petroleum Products
Academic Webinar: The Geopolitics of Oil

Carolyn Kissane, academic director and clinical professor at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University, leads the conversation on the geopolitics of oil.   FASKIANOS: Thank you. Welc…

Play Oil refinery in Saudi Arabia.
Webinar by Carolyn Kissane and Irina A. Faskianos

April 24, 2024

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
NATO: Seventy-Five Years Later

This year NATO celebrates seventy-five years of collective defense, expanding from twelve founding members in 1949 to thirty-two today.  Panelists discuss the evolution of NATO as it has sought to…

Play A color guard from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) carries the NATO flag at the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia and two other soldiers stand on either side.
Virtual Event by Rose E. Gottemoeller, Matthias Matthijs, Alexander R. Vershbow, and Mary Sarotte Europe Program