US Energy Security

Will Fracking, Climate Change, Solar Reshape US Security?

By Jared Anderson and Colin Clark

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Energy sources and related commodities have driven national security issues ever since the modern nation-state was born with the Peace of Westphalia. Oak made Spain and England’s stout sailing ships. Water energy and wind drove mills and moved water. Wood and coal moved steamships. Then came the almost magical commodity of oil, packed with energy. World War II… Keep reading →

 /  Published January 7, 2015 at 10:00 AM

Admiral Mike Mullen on US Energy Security and the Shale Boom

By Edward Dodge

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Admiral Mike Mullen, retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke on U.S. energy security last Wednesday in Washington DC at an event hosted by the groups Securing America’s Future Energy and the Foreign Policy Initiative. Mullen was asked whether the US can take advantage of the surge in domestic energy production as a… Keep reading →

 /  Published July 24, 2014 at 12:00 PM