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WATCH China | Competition | Power Episode One: China’s Hybrid Economic Model

The world is finally waking up to the reality that the Chinese Communist Party has created a unique economic system that prioritizes power over profit, and that for the past decades, the West has fallen behind because Beijing has been playing by its own rules. Watch this panel of experts discuss how this state of play evolved, what’s at stake, and where we can go from here.

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Energy Security

Unrest Brewing in Oil Producing Countries

Coronavirus and collapsing oil prices have hollowed out budgets of oil-producing countries, raising fears of instability.

topics: Geopolitics, Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

Saudi Arabia Faces an Unprecedented Crisis

Oil's collapse must force a reckoning for Saudi Arabia, which has long relied on oil revenue to hold its economy together.

topics: Geopolitics, Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

Oil Shut Ins Grow. Some Supply Won’t Come Back

Oil prices are starting to climb, but supply shut ins mean the pain is not yet over.

topics: Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

SAFE Releases Report To Get America Moving Again

COVID-19 has exposed frailties in the U.S. economy. The crisis provides an opportunity to bolster American economic resilience.

topics: Electric Vehicles, Geopolitics, Passenger Transport
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Energy Security

Shale Bankruptcies to Accelerate

The demise of Chesapeake is a fitting bookend to the latest chapter of U.S. shale.

topics: Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

Iran and the Oil Price Crash: Will it Weather the Storm?

Ironically, the U.S. policy of economic pressure on Iran may turn a global catastrophe into a moment of opportunity Tehran hopes to exploit.

topics: Geopolitics, Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

Where Will The Oil Markets Be In Six Months?

In addition to oil, energy dominance should harness the diversity of fuels the United States has to offer and use them all to power our transportation sector.

topics: Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

The Impact of Oil Price Fluctuation on Job Security for the U.S. Energy Workforce

More than half of U.S. wells are set to become uneconomic as oil prices continue to slide—and American oil workers will bear the brunt.

topics: Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

Oil Goes Negative. What Does it Mean?

The negative prices are an anomaly, related to the expiring contract in May. But the meltdown also reflects a ruinously oversupplied oil market.

topics: Oil and Gas
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Energy Security

OPEC+ Reaches Historic Agreement, Still Falls Short

OPEC+ agreed to the largest cuts in history, but oil prices barely moved in response.

topics: Oil and Gas