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  • 16 Jun 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Energy

    Finding opportunity in Australia’s liquid fuel security challenge

    Heidi Hauf , Christian Bennett
    Sustainable Aviation Fuel – whether for Defence or commercial aviation requirements – can help fix a national problem.
  • 10 May 2023
    • Pakistan
    • Russia
    • Energy

    Pakistan’s gamble with Russian oil

    Adnan Aamir
    Any deal will be hindered by US sanctions, refining challenges, transportation costs, and payment concerns.
  • 2 May 2023
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Climate change

    Managing Japan-Australia energy tensions in a time of transition

    James Bowen
    Australia can’t afford to support Japan’s carbon emissions anymore than its own.
  • 1 May 2023
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Energy
    • Climate change

    Finding opportunity in Asia’s net-zero transition

    Muyi Yang
    Australia will miss out if it doesn’t prepare for lower coal and gas exports.
  • 27 Apr 2023
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: Friends, rivals and diplomatic gaslighting

    Greg Earl
    Money still talks in a new world of tighter security alliances when Japan and China can align against Australia on energy.
  • 20 Mar 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Indonesia’s nickel superhighway

    Ronald Eberhard Tundang
    There are vast opportunities to build new industries when you’re sitting on the globe’s largest reserve of rare earth.
  • 3 Feb 2023
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • South China Sea
    • Southeast Asia
    • Energy
    • Resource security

    Global energy scarcity and the South China Sea

    Suryaputra Wijaksana
    A new source of natural gas within the controversial “nine-dash line” should revive questions about sharing access.
  • 17 Nov 2022
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Energy
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Economic diplomacy: Charging up old ties with Jakarta

    Greg Earl
    Australia has stepped up a trade diversification push despite the first moves towards reconciliation with China.
  • 14 Nov 2022
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Energy
    • Climate change

    The race for lithium

    Antonia Flowers
    Global energy transition relies on a resource that Australia holds in abundance. But supply chains and policy are key.
  • 13 Sep 2022
    • Asia
    • Energy

    Powerhouse: clean energy transitions in the Indo-Pacific

    Parul Bakshi
    Energy security is shifting to new interdependencies based on alternate fuels and rare earths.
  • 3 Jun 2022
    • Asia
    • Pacific Islands
    • Multilateral Development Banks
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • Energy

    Labor should create a “Regional Carbon Bank” for ASEAN and the Pacific

    Peter McCawley
    An urgent demand for clean electricity infrastructure requires needs a dedicated, multilateral agency in support.
  • 31 May 2022
    • Trade
    • Resource security
    • Australia
    • Japan
    • Energy

    Japan-Australia: building a hydrogen supply chain

    Akimoto Daisuke
    Efforts to develop a network for cleaner energy in the Indo-Pacific marks a practical step for closer relations.
  • 17 May 2022
    • Asia
    • United States
    • Australia
    • India
    • Japan
    • Russia
    • Energy
    • Ukraine

    No Gas: Lessons from Poland and Bulgaria for the Quad

    Angus Houston , Marc Grossman
    The risk of disrupted energy supplies is not only in Europe but a danger in the Indo-Pacific, too.
  • 5 May 2022
    • Australia
    • Energy

    Energy security: Embracing technological neutrality

    Michael de Percy , John Poljak
    Governments should set but not dictate energy standards. That includes allowing nuclear back on the negotiation table.
  • 27 Apr 2022
    • Energy

    When the tank’s empty: Australia’s impoverished energy security

    Christian Downie
    Reliance on foreign oil and fuel-hungry cars puts the country in a vulnerable position, even when there’s no crisis.
  • 7 Mar 2022
    • Asean
    • Timor-Leste
    • Russia
    • Energy
    • Ukraine

    The Ukraine crisis and Timor-Leste

    Andrea Fahey
    The small country’s decision to stand against Russia underscored its democratic credentials in a region without many.
  • 28 Feb 2022
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Energy
    • Ukraine

    Russia’s war will hasten the drive for clean energy security

    Frank Jotzo
    Wind and solar is not only zero-emissions – it’s local. And that will cut Europe’s dependence on Russian gas and oil.
  • 18 Nov 2021
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Germany

    Nord Stream 2: Will you go to the Gazprom with me?

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    The latest ructions over the Russian pipeline should lead Europe to hasten a turn away from gas to renewable energy.
  • 13 Sep 2021
    • United States
    • Syria
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Energy
    • Lebanon

    Iran’s energy diplomacy

    Rodger Shanahan
    Tehran knows its hand when it comes to playing the energy card across the region.
  • 2 Sep 2021
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Energy
    • Environment

    Australia’s potential as a “green” hydrogen superpower

    James Bowen
    As the hydrocarbon era wanes a new energy source could be a potent geopolitical asset.
  • 9 Jul 2021
    • Energy

    OPEC Standoff: Resetting market share

    Rachel Ziemba
    Interests within OPEC+ are diverging as fundamentals are slowly catching up from a pandemic demand drop.
  • 17 Jun 2021
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Energy

    Coal’s decline is underway, no matter what Australia’s politicians say

    Frank Jotzo
    Key countries are positioning for huge investments in clean energy industries and Australia should take its slice.
  • 16 Jun 2021
    • Russia
    • Energy

    Russia’s energy sector: Accumulating effects of Western sanctions

    Maria Shagina
    Sanctions exacerbated already existing problems around debt and technology. Now decarbonisation challenges loom.
  • 3 Jun 2021
    • United States
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Germany

    Nord Stream 2: Assessing Russia’s “serious geopolitical victory”

    Nikola Mikovic
    The US has realised the energy pipeline is nearly completed. But that might not be the end of the opposition.
  • 15 Feb 2021
    • Australia's Economy
    • Sustainability
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change
    • Energy

    Australia’s place in a decarbonising world economy

    Roland Rajah
    The economics of climate change are rapidly shifting, and that has opportunity for Australia.
  • 13 Jan 2021
    • Sustainability
    • Indonesia
    • Energy
    • Southeast Asia

    Indonesia lags on renewable energy, and pays the price

    Diwangkara Bagus Nugraha , Filda Citra Yusgiantoro
    Global companies are looking for clean energy, but Indonesia is failing to keep up with neighbours in the region.
  • 13 Nov 2020
    • United States
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • China
    • Climate change
    • Energy
    • Technology

    Biden’s clean energy plan versus China’s green tech dominance

    Elliott Zaagman
    The US might be able to construct a clean-energy supply chain without relying on China, but it won’t be easy.
  • 26 Oct 2020
    • Trade
    • Australia's Trade
    • Energy
    • Coronavirus
    • Human rights

    Crew-change crisis risks supply chains – and lives

    Christiaan De Beukelaer
    Some 400,000 seafarers are currently stuck on ships, past the end of their contracts, unable to go home.
  • 5 May 2020
    • China
    • Climate change
    • Energy

    Despite headwinds, China prepares for world’s largest carbon market

    Huw Slater
    A low-carbon economy is within China’s reach: it’s up to the provinces to make it work.
  • 30 Apr 2020
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Energy

    The high price of cheap oil for Saudi Arabia

    Rodger Shanahan
    Having picked this fight and dragged in Washington, the Saudi Crown prince now also has a big stake in the US election.
  • 23 Apr 2020
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Energy

    Negative oil prices: Why Asian nations may struggle to take advantage

    Rachel Ziemba
    Demand has collapsed, storages are filling – yet Asia’s energy markets might not offer producers a financial lifeline.
  • 21 Apr 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Energy
    • Coronavirus

    The complex consequences of a plunging oil price

    Christian Downie
    The cost of planes on runways and cars in garages looks very different with an economics, security, or governance lens.
  • 26 Feb 2020
    • Australia
    • Energy

    Australia has an IEA problem, not a fuel security problem

    Jacob Stokes
    Perhaps it is time for Australia look to the Asia-Pacific for a more appropriate energy cooperation agreement.
  • 11 Jun 2019
    • Global Economy
    • Australia
    • Energy

    It’s time for Australia to scale up its energy diplomacy

    Christian Downie
    A huge transformation of global energy production and consumption is underway but sorely needs international governance.
  • 23 Nov 2017
    • Global Economy
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Energy

    The global energy outlook and what it means for climate change

    Stephen Grenville
    The two-degree target is way beyond reach on the International Energy Agency’s base scenario.
  • 6 Nov 2017
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Energy

    The two Americas at COP23

    Adam Morton
    The Trump Administration will be the clear villain at the Bonn climate change talks.
  • 20 Mar 2017
    • Energy

    Global lessons from South Australia's power dilemma

    Seb Henbest
    As wind and solar deployment continues, we are going to see an increasing amount of battery storage deployed to secure supply and balance the grid.
  • 20 Jan 2017
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Sustainability
    • Energy

    Obama's legacy: Bold leadership on climate

    Keith J. Benes
    Battling climate change was a signature issue of President Barack Obama’s tenure, particularly during the his second term.
  • 25 Nov 2016
    • Energy

    Trump-sized upheaval in climate movement

    Mark Lawson
    Trump's determination to pull funds from the climate movement will have the most immediate impact.
  • 24 Nov 2016
    • Energy

    Quick comment: Sam Geall on Trump, China and international climate change negotiations

    John Gooding
    US President-elect Donald Trump has significantly softened his rhetoric on climate change, saying he has an 'open mind' to it.
  • 18 Nov 2016
    • Energy

    The switch to renewables: Lessons from small islands

    Mark Lawson
    Any shift to renewables worldwide will require considerable government intervention.
  • 7 Nov 2016
    • Global Economy
    • Russia
    • Energy

    TurkStream: Putin’s latest triumph over the West? (Part 2)

    Elizabeth Buchanan
    At its heart, TurkStream is a project aimed at further entrenching European dependence on Russian gas
  • 3 Nov 2016
    • Russia
    • Energy

    TurkStream: Putin’s latest triumph over the West? (Part 1)

    Elizabeth Buchanan
    An avenue of Russian resurgence that has attracted little attention is Putin’s pipeline politics.
  • 26 Aug 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Energy

    Floating nuclear plants and safety zones: Another looming problem in the South China Sea?

    John Lee
  • 5 Aug 2016
    • Global Issues
    • Sustainability
    • Climate change
    • Energy

    Green power has a long way to go

    Mark Lawson
  • 24 Nov 2015
    • Sustainability
    • Energy

    Winning the coal endgame: Why a moratorium on new mines makes economic sense

  • 10 Sep 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Sustainability
    • Climate change
    • Energy

    Indian exceptionalism and realistic responses to climate change

    Samir Saran
  • 9 Sep 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Sustainability
    • Climate change
    • Energy

    Humanity's carbon countdown

    Julian Snelder
  • 20 Aug 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Sustainability
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Resource security
    • Climate change
    • Energy
    • Nuclear energy

    Why we still need UN climate negotiations

    Seb Henbest
  • 9 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Regional relationships
    • Sustainability
    • Asia and the Middle East
    • Energy
    • Nuclear energy

    Sino-Pakistan civil nuclear cooperation: A growing challenge to the global nuclear order

    Matthew Cottee
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