Energy Geopolitics
Oil Diplomacy as a Possible Geostrategic Tool in China’s U.S. Policy
The international oil market is grappling with a persistent oversupply, driving sustained downward pressure on prices. By 2025, global energy systems are operating with...
Greece’s Energy Future: Why Renewables Trump Hydrocarbons
A Strategic Counter-Argument to Recent Hydrocarbon Advocacy
Yannis Bassias’s recent article advocating for Greece’s return to hydrocarbon exploration fundamentally misreads both economic trends and strategic...
Greece Extends Its Energy Corridor Influence Across the Mediterranean
Since 2010, efforts to exploit hydrocarbons in Greece have encountered obstacles. Public debate on the issue of energy has remained limited, with the media...
Nuclear Energy Returns to the Global Stage — What It Means for Europe and Greece
Authors: Yannis Bassias and Athanasios Platias*
Interest in nuclear energy is rising once again. As countries face the urgent need to support growing electricity demand,...
Building Africa’s Nuclear Energy Network: Rosatom’s Expanding Footprint
In this Modern Diplomacy interview (Q&A), Ryan Collyer, CEO of Rosatom Central and Southern Africa, explains significant aspects of adopting and step-by-step procedures for...
The Great Energy Reset: Climate, Diplomacy, and the Remaking of Nations
The climate crisis is not merely an environmental challenge; it's a geopolitical earthquake, threatening to destabilize the foundations of the global order. Our reliance...
Asia’s Ticking Time Bomb: When Dams Meet Disaster Zones
Authors: Amit Ranjan and Genevieve Donnellon-May
The late March earthquake in Myanmar didn’t just rattle the earth—it laid bare the brittle backbone of Asia’s dam-driven...
Shifting Sands: Geopolitics, Tariffs, and Europe’s Energy Defense
Since 2023, the world has been navigating a balanced phase in a new economic transition model. This global shift influences energy transitions, food systems,...
Hungary and Azerbaijan: Fueling more than just gas
For Azerbaijan, Hungary is possibly the most important partner in the European Union. For Budapest, Baku is the most significant actor in the South...
Saudi-Iran Rapprochement: Implications for the Global Oil Market
Prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Iran and Saudi Arabia maintained generally cordial relations based on mutual strategic interests, regional cooperation and shared alignment...