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Energy Security & Rare Earth Elements: Brazil’s Critical Leadership in Diversifying the Global Supply Chain

Posted 9/30/25 2:18 PM 

At the turn of the 20th century, Winston Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty and made the fateful decision to move Britain’s famed naval fleet away from coal, of which Britain had plenty, to oil, of which it had none.

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Book Announcement - A Theory of Global Energy Governance (Oxford University Press 2025)

Posted 9/17/25 1:48 PM 

Normally, this space is for book reviews, but today’s post is on my own book, A Theory of Global Energy Governance (‘Theory’), which first appeared in print this month. I cannot review my own book, so this post instead offers a brief overview of the arguments in Theory. The book will speak for itself.

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The Need for Speed

Posted 9/12/25 10:48 AM 

In yesterday’s post, James Douglass provided an excellent introduction to the changing landscape of global liquified natural gas (LNG) markets due to the policy interventions by the Trump administration. These interventions have ripple effects not just in LNG markets but across global value chains. 

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