MORE SANCTIONS NEEDED.
https://robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/more-us-shadow-fleet-sanctions-needed
https://robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/more-us-shadow-fleet-sanctions-needed
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Climate Reactionaries
Green activists defend policies that disproportionately harm the poor. / Read here
Mark P. Mills
Drill, America, Drill! The U.S. is, and should remain, the world’s Number One oil producer. / Read here
Energy Politics in the Horn of Africa: A Path Forward for American Foreign Policy
by Oliver McPherson-Smith via The Caravan Notebook The pursuit of energy security lies at the heart of recent tensions among the Horn of Africa’s countries and their neighbors. Amid these tensions, this essay proposes a break from the Biden administration’s policy of disengagement and stasis. Rather, renewed American diplomacy can strike a bargain between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Somaliland that would support regional democracy and stability and the free passage of American cargo in the Red Sea.
When Energy Markets And Geopolitics Collide
by Victoria Coates via The Caravan In the summer of 2020, the usually discrete spheres of energy markets and geopolitics collided when Chevron Corporation announced it was buying Noble Energy for five billion dollars—a deal that meant every bit as much to establishing a sustainable peace in the Middle East as the Abraham Accords signed some six weeks later on the lawn of the White House by Israel, Bahrain, the UAE and the United States.  The States Power Down Ambitious renewables mandates by local governments are eroding the electric grid’s reliability, with alarming consequences. Earlier this week, The Atlantic featured a long-form piece on how challenges with nuclear energy have shifted away from environmental activist opposition (“nuclear greens” are on the rise) and into the nuclear industry itself. For City Journal, James B. Miegs sets forth the challenges underlying nuclear power’s return to prominence. GOP Pushes Tougher China Dual-Use Sanctions By Bryant Harris, Defense News: “Republicans are using their brand-new House majority to push for tougher China sanctions enforcement on dual-use equipment even as the Biden administration greatly expands sweeping new export controls on U.S. technology that could be used by the Chinese military." Record Defense Budget Flunks the China Test By Jeffrey Jeb Nadaner, RealClearDefense: "While most lines of that $858 billion defense appropriation are necessary, it fails in its totality." Denial May Bring War – Punishment May Keep It at Bay
From CDR Salamander:"don't threaten the PRC with an easy war"
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JAMES B. MEIGS
Delayed Reaction Nuclear power mounts a comeback, but obstacles remain.
Oil prices fall to lowest level since January, despite Saudi-backed production cut
The price decrease could be worrisome for Saudi Arabia and its investment plans.
Egypt embarks on new plans to develop river transport on Nile River
Cairo has recently passed legal reforms to reorganize the river sector, which still remains marginal, in hopes this will catalyze much-needed private investments
As US watches, China and Saudi Arabia shy away from defense deals during Xi's visit
Pentagon officials are closely watching what deals result from the Chinese president's meetings with Arab leaders.
MARK P. MILLS
Can American Producers Head Off Looming Oil Shortages? A legislative embrace of policies allowing increased hydrocarbon production could move world energy markets. |
WILLIAM HOLLAND
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