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Issues in International Political Economy - November 2009 - Number 119 - The Cost of Questionable Policies

adyne — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Until Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, it was taken for granted that no African-American could become president of the United States. Any great talent in that population group, about 13.5 percent of Americans, was discarded for the top position in the country. The situation has changed, and the United States is surely better for it.

Alternative Transportation Fuels and Vehicle Technologies

jdunton — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The global energy system is changing. New demand centers are emerging, and there are numerous challenges to expanding the transportation fuels infrastructure. It has become clear that without significant changes in policy or the introduction of new technologies, the world will continue on an unsustainable path with respect to how it produces, delivers, and uses its energy resources.

A U.S.-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A central topic of the meeting between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada on February 19 was how to approach the climate change challenge and, in particular, how to

Managing the Transition to a Secure, Low-Carbon Energy Future

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500

In the years to come, the world must meet the energy needs of a growing and developing world population while mitigating the impacts of global climate change.

Natural Gas, Energy Policy, and Regional Integration

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Given the dramatic shifts in energy policy in key producing countries of the region with the wave of economic liberalization that swept through Latin America during the 1990s, the Americas P

PacNet #20 - Energy Diplomacy with Attitude

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400

The United States doesn’t have an energy policy, and we never will. Neither does China, despite decades of a planned economy. China didn’t even have an energy minister to serve as a counterpart for Secretary Bodman when he and Treasury Secretary Paulson led a U.S. delegation to Beijing last year to inaugurate the Strategic Economic Dialogue.

Issues in International Political Economy: Promising Ethanol Developments

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Brazil, for some time, has been advocating a cooperative arrangement with the United States and other countries for the production of ethanol.

Issues in International Political Economy: Bolivia's Natural Gas Nationalization

Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400

The Bolivian government, led by President Evo Morales, nationalized the country’s independent natural gas companies on May 1 in a most dramatic fashion.