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January 09, 2018

What’s Next for the JCPOA? Trump and the Looming Deadline

Senior Research Scholar Richard Nephew outlines four potential paths forward for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and their implications for energy markets.

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October 31, 2017

Decertification of the JCPOA and the Risk of European Union “Blocking Regulations”

Senior Research Scholar Richard Nephew and David Mortlock explore the history of the EU blocking regulation and potential outcomes of the United States unilaterally reimposing secondary sanctions for Iran today.

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October 11, 2017

Five Things to Watch Out for with Iran Deal Decertification

Senior Research Scholar Richard Nephew examines how different parties might respond to  President Trump's announcement that he will no longer certify that the the Iran nuclear deal (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA), is in the U.S. national interest. 

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October 10, 2017

Secretary Perry’s Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule: On Market Interventions and Minimizing the Damage

Faculty affiliate A.J. Goulding explores U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry’s September 29 order to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to address threats to U.S. electrical grid resiliency.

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September 21, 2017

The Role of International Institutions in Fostering Sub-Saharan Africa's Electrification

Fellow Morgan Bazilian and Simone Tagliapietra, senior researcher at the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, discuss the role of international institutions in bringing electricity to sub-Saharan Africa.

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August 29, 2017

From Katrina to Harvey: Storm Resilience in the Age of Shale

Senior Scholar Antoine Halff writes on the risk to US energy infrastructure in the face of natural disaster.

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August 03, 2017

Do Economic Sanctions Cause a Rally Around the Flag?

In a new commentary from the Center on Global Energy Policy, faculty affiliate Timothy Frye writes that despite the frequency of criticism that economic sanctions induce a rally around the flag affect, evidence in support of the claim is hard to come by.

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July 19, 2017

Iran Nuclear Deal on Life Support

Senior Scholar Richard Nephew writes that despite the announcement on July 17th that the Trump Administration is going to keep the United States in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, the deal is on life support.

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July 13, 2017

Re-Establishing Deterrence with Moscow Through Energy Sanctions

Senior Scholar Richard Nephew writes that the U.S. House of Representatives should pass bill S.722 – one that would seek to impose new mandatory sanctions against Russia and authorize the president to impose measures at his own discretion – in order to re-establish deterrence with Russia over its broader foreign policy agenda.  

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June 01, 2017

Modernizing the International Energy Agency: A Task Worthy of US Leadership

In the run up to the November 2017 International Energy Agency (IEA) ministerial meeting in Paris, Jonathan Elkind, a Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy, writes on the importance of the new U.S. Administration to lead the charge in modernizing the IEA. Despite criticism from President Trump about the efficacy of international organizations and his championing of an “America First” energy policy, Elkind urges the president and his team to not waste an opportunity to invest wisely in an institution that has not only served the United States and its partners well for more than forty years, but has great potential to continue to do so in the next forty.

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