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Energy
Geopolitics
US clean energy policy hits strategic paradox: security restrictions collide with decarbonization timelines
Brookings analysis exposes how tariff escalation and capital restrictions on Chinese components simultaneously advance strategic autonomy and delay the energy transition the US claims to accelerate.
Energy
Geopolitics
Toyota’s Aluminum Warning Exposes Gulf Chokepoint in EV Supply Chain
Iranian strikes on UAE and Bahrain smelters reveal 70% dependency that threatens the green transition's geopolitical logic.
Geopolitics
Adams Faces Court Test on IRA Role as Peace Process Confronts Historical Accountability
A London civil trial will adjudicate claims the former Sinn Féin leader commanded the Provisional IRA - the first judicial forum to formally examine his organizational role 27 years after the Good Friday Agreement.