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By Ryan Hodum
16 Feb 2010 |
World Politics Review
A large-scale deployment of clean energy technology is gaining speed on
the global stage, causing shifts of significant geopolitical
consequence. As clean energy moves from margin to mainstream, it is set
to alter the balance of energy security and energy power among key
regions of the world. The degree to which frameworks are established so that clean energy
drives not just competition, but also cooperation, will be key to
determining the impact it ultimately has on international relations.
By C. Ford Runge
16 Feb 2010 |
World Politics Review
Biofuels were hailed in the first half of the last decade as a green
solution to reliance on imported petroleum, and a savior to farmers
seeking higher prices for commodities in surplus. But in the second half
of the decade, biofuels emerged as real and imminent threats to both
environmental quality and food security, while being a costly and
ill-conceived response to energy concerns.
By Saurav Jha
16 Feb 2010 |
World Politics Review
Pundits have talked quite a bit of late about the shift from West to
East. But the UAE nuclear sweepstakes that recently saw a South Korean consortium walk away with a $40 billion contract demonstrates just how pronounced
that shift really is: A
Middle Eastern country new to nuclear power sought to secure its
nuclear future in an alliance with an Asian nation other than Japan. In
addition to being representative of the kind of economic interactions
that will increasingly drive the shift Eastward, the deal also
foreshadows the coming of a new nuclear age.