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Critical Minerals and the Role of U.S. Mining in a Low-Carbon Future
December 18, 2019 | Sarah Ladislaw, Lachlan Carey Critical minerals are an essential component of the transition to a low-carbon and clean energy future. In Summer 2019, the CSIS Energy Program and the BlueGreen Alliance cohosted a workshop to look at a path forward for a U.S. critical minerals strategy.

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The Higher Road: Forging a U.S. Strategy for the Global Infrastructure Challenge
April 23, 2019 | Matthew P. Goodman, Daniel F. Runde, Jonathan E. Hillman, Erol Yayboke A global infrastructure buildout is transforming the economies around the world. This report from the CSIS Global Infrastructure Task Force discusses how these trends are too powerful and potentially beneficial for the United States to stop and too consequential to ignore.

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CSIS Brief: The Higher Road: Forging a U.S. Strategy for the Global Infrastructure Challenge
April 23, 2019 | Matthew P. Goodman, Daniel F. Runde This accompanying brief to the CSIS report from the CSIS Global Infrastructure Task Force summarizes how the current trends in global infrastructure buildout are too powerful and potentially beneficial for the United States to stop and too consequential to ignore.

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Central American Power Markets
December 12, 2018

Lessons Learned and Policy Recommendations on Competitive Procurement.
 

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75 Years after the 1943 Agreements
December 5, 2018

In a “Day After” scenario, how will Venezuela’s oil sector rebuild? Ramon Espinasa looks back on the Venezuelan Hydrocarbons Law, 75 years after its initial passage, and explores what the future may hold for Venezuelan oil.

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New Mexico’s Energy Future
October 31, 2018 | Sarah Ladislaw, Lisa Hyland In October 2018, the CSIS Energy and National Security Program and Sandia National Laboratories cohosted a workshop in Albuquerque, New Mexico with government, industry, and local leaders to explore the state of play and outlook for New Mexico’s energy landscape.

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The Role of Renewables in Achieving Universal Access to Electricity in Southeast Asia
September 24, 2018 | Stephen J. Naimoli, Jane Nakano This report summarizes the discussion from a CSIS roundtable held on June 25, 2018, as part of the CSIS-Pertamina Southeast Asia Energy Initiative. 

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Pennsylvania’s Energy Future
July 31, 2018 | Sarah Ladislaw, Lisa Hyland

Energy stakeholders throughout Pennsylvania have prioritized a strategic focus to turn energy into an economic opportunity for the state and the region. 

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Back from the Brink: A Threatened Nuclear Energy Industry Compromises National Security
July 17, 2018

The nuclear energy industry is struggling to survive. We are not the first to say this and we will not be the last. 

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Mapping the U.S.-Canada Energy Relationship
May 7, 2018 In coordination with the Embassy of Canada, the Energy and National Security Program set out to create a physical map depicting the U.S.-Canada energy trade relationship. This brief explores the map layer-by-layer, ultimately exposing the depth and detail of the complete picture.

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Venezuela’s Postcrisis Recovery and Reform
July 31, 2017 | Moises Rendon

Venezuela is in the midst of a severe political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that threatens the collapse of the country’s polity and economy.


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Rethinking a Key U.S. Strategic Interest: Energy Stability, Energy Independence, and the United States as a Net Exporter
January 10, 2017 | Anthony H. Cordesman Ever since the oil embargo following the October 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict, the United States has tended to measure its strategic interests in energy in terms of its dependence on direct imports of oil and gas.

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