This episode explores the future of fossil fuels in Japan’s economy, Japan’s role in the global LNG market, and the latest developments in Japan’s energy diplomacy, including with the United States, Russia, and Iran.

As oil and gas production has continued to grow in the United States over the last decade, the production method – fracking - continues to face misconceptions and heated debate. 

The world’s energy markets have fundamentally changed over the last several decades, and no country has made more dramatic reforms than Mexico. Energy experts Adam Sieminski and David Goldwyn break down developments in global consumption and production, Mexico’s opening...

The world’s energy markets have fundamentally changed over the last several decades, and no country has made more dramatic reforms than Mexico. 

The 17 Department of Energy National Laboratories are the preeminent U.S. institutions advancing scientific innovation and new research in the energy sector.

In the wake of the Iraqi government’s seizure of oil-rich Kirkuk last week, oil is once again playing an important role in the still-uncertain political future of the Iraqi state and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government.

Mexico has been undergoing major changes in recent years, both politically and in its energy sector with the Reforma Energética. Adding to this period of change is the looming renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, spurred by the United States. 

Venezuela is in the midst of political and economic crisis. Low oil prices and mismanagement have devastated the country’s economy. Michael Matera (Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Americas Program); Adam Sieminski (James R. Schlesinger Chair for Energy and Geopolitics at...

Canada and the United States have shared a close energy relationship.  Christopher Sands (Director of the Center for Canadian Studies, SAIS, and Non-Resident Senior Associate with the Americas Program, CSIS) and Adam Sieminski (James R....