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White House Executive Orders Target Ambitious Nuclear Deployment in the United States and Abroad

The recent suite of nuclear energy White House EOs has amplified U.S. deployment ambitions. The EOs call for NRC reform and leveraging the DOD and DOE to accelerate reactor innovation, licensing, and deployment. Incentive rollbacks and funding cuts threaten to derail these goals. 

Commentary by Jane Nakano and Leslie Abrahams — June 9, 2025

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CSIS Trustee John Hess on the Energy Transition

CSIS Trustee John Hess sat down to discuss obstacles to the energy transition and how policymakers can overcome them.

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2025 Global Development Forum

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Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Senior Fellow and James R. Schlesinger Chair in Energy and Geopolitics, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Jane Nakano

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The Transition: Looking Back and Moving Forward

On the final episode of “The Transition”, Joseph and Quill reflect on what we have learned and what is next alongside Clay Seigle, the Energy Security and Climate Change Program’s new senior fellow.

Podcast Episode by Joseph Majkut, Quill Robinson, and Clayton Seigle — February 14, 2025

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The Transition: Energy Executive Orders in Action

This week, Joseph and Quill break down the implications of recent energy orders with Paul Dabbar, Co-founder and CEO of Bohr Quantum Technologies and former Under Secretary for Science at the Department of Energy under the first Trump administration.

Podcast Episode by Joseph Majkut, Quill Robinson, and Paul Dabbar — February 5, 2025

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The Transition: Green Industrial Policy in the Red Era

This week, Joseph and Quill discuss green industrial policy with Oren Cass, founder and chief economist of American Compass, and Jane Flegal, Executive Director of the Blue Horizons Foundation and former Senior Director for Industrial Emissions under President Biden.

Podcast Episode by Joseph Majkut, Quill Robinson, Jane Flegal, and Oren Cass — January 29, 2025

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The Minerals Security Partnership Under the South Korean Leadership

What opportunities does South Korea’s chairmanship bring to the Mineral Security Partnership, a global initiative launched by the United States to strengthen minerals supply chains? What are the synergies between the United States and South Korea?

Commentary by Hyun Soo Cho and Jane Nakano — January 28, 2025

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The Transition: Leveraging Liquid Gold

This week, Joseph and Quill discuss the global oil market and the power of oil sanctions with Clay Seigle, the Energy Security and Climate Change Program’s new Senior Fellow and James R. Schlesinger Chair for Energy and Geopolitics.

Podcast Episode by Joseph Majkut, Quill Robinson, and Clayton Seigle — January 22, 2025

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The Transition: Leveraging Liquid Gold

This week, Joseph and Quill discuss the global oil market and the power of oil sanctions with Clay Seigle, the Energy Security and Climate Change Program’s new Senior Fellow and James R. Schlesinger Chair for Energy and Geopolitics.

Transcript — January 22, 2025

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Russian Oil Sanctions Demand Persistence

An audio version of “Russian Oil Sanctions Demand Persistence,” a new Commentary by CSIS’s Clayton Seigle. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Clayton Seigle — January 21, 2025

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The Transition: Conservative Environmentalism

This week, Joseph and Quill discuss conservative environmentalism with Hannah Downey from the Property and Environment Research Center and Jim Connaughton, former chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality under President George W. Bush.

Podcast Episode by Joseph Majkut, Quill Robinson, Hannah Downey, and Jim Connaughton — January 16, 2025

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