Indo-Pacific Energy Update – February 22, 2023
On February 15th, South Korean and Mongolian Industry Ministers signed a memorandum of understanding to encourage cooperation on rare earth supply chains.
Indo-Pacific Energy Update – January 23, 2023
President Joe Biden’s January 13 meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington yielded new reaffirmations of the U.S.-Japan alliance and Washington’s commitment to defend its ally as well as a strong American endorsement of Japan’s plans to boost its defense spending.
Russian Energy Update – February 8, 2023
On January 19, energy analytics firm Vortexa reported that Russia eclipsed Iraq as India’s largest source of crude oil starting in October 2022.
Saunders Discusses Energy Impacts of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict with Global American Business Institute
On March 2nd, 2023, EIRP President Paul Saunders discussed the energy impacts from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with Director of Programs and Strategy Brian Chung of the Global American Business Institute.
Panel Discussion: A New Technological Cold War?
On October 21, EIRP President Paul Saunders moderated an online panel discussion of U.S. technological competition with China and Russia, the first in a series on Great Power Technological Competition.
Saunders makes the case for U.S. technology cooperation with South Korea in The National Interest
Writing for The National Interest, EIRP President Paul Saunders argues that as U.S.-China competition intensifies, Washington should deepen its technology cooperation with South Korea, a key U.S. ally in the Indo-Pacific region.
EIRP President Examines Saudi Arabia-U.S. Alliance, Cooperation on Nuclear Energy
Writing for Bloomberg, Samuel Thernstrom and David Garman outline a reform agenda for the Department of Energy to move the department beyond the Solyndra scandal and the troubled loan guarantee program by refocusing its work on basic and pre-commercial research into key energy technologies.
Paul Saunders: The surprising G20 climate fight with China
EIRP President Paul J. Saunders argues in his recent op-ed that to promote deeper U.S.-China cooperation in combating climate change, advocates must demonstrate that economic and environmental benefits will be greater than the costs that come with the transfer of wealth and technology from the United States to China.
Thernstrom on Trump’s Paris Agreement Withdrawal
Samuel Thernstrom offers his perspective on the Trump Administration’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord in Scientific American.