The looming Ukraine debacle, the Iran-Israel quasi-war, and more.
Weekend Reads
April 6, 2024
Want to book an interview with our authors or experts? Click here.
The Looming Ukraine Debacle
by Matthew Blackburn
The Western alliance lacks the desire or the means to take the initiative in Ukraine. Read it here.
The Iran-Israel Quasi-War in Syria
by Arman Mahmoudian
Although Israel’s behavior may seem ill-calculated, the rationale behind its recent attacks in Syria is understandable. Read it here.
U.S. LNG Export Pause Is Not Aligned With National Security
by Tatsuya Terazawa
Election-year politics is a reality, but that does not mean the administration should leave the national interest—and the world's energy needs—in the rearview mirror. Read it here.
Spain 1939, Ukraine 2024?
by Richard M. Sanders
Those who believe that the United States and Europe should liquidate their commitment to Ukraine might do well to remember the fate of the Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War. Read it here.
EVENT: U.S. Nuclear Energy Leadership and Exports
After long struggles, America’s nuclear industry is becoming a focal point for U.S. efforts to increase clean energy supplies—domestically and internationally—and as one among many dimensions of escalating geopolitical competition, especially with Russia, which dominates the global markets for nuclear reactors and nuclear fuel. While recent administrations and Congresses have worked intensively, often on a bipartisan basis, to support new nuclear technologies, the United States is not a global leader in nuclear energy. Officials, companies, and others contend with a complex web of policies accumulated over time, for varied reasons, during the eight decades of the nuclear age.
On April 2, Energy Innovation Reform Project and the Center for the National Interest hosted a special joint discussion of U.S. nuclear energy leadership and exports.