Ninety percent of Persian Gulf oil travels through the Strait of Hormuz each day. Given the narrow nature of the official designated shipping channel, many experts worry that an attack on tankers could “close the strait,” disrupting oil prices and making waves through the entire global economy. In a Foreign Policy article, Strauss Center Senior Fellow Eugene Gholz lays out reasons why the conventional wisdom may be wrong.
Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Joshua Busby recently co-authored a piece in The National Interest titled “No Easy Solutions to Europe’s Geopolitical Trilemma.” Busy examines the mounting strategic pressures facing the European Union as it seeks defense, economic, and energy autonomy amid growing uncertainty from Russia, China, and the United States. “Thankfully for Europe, it is wealthy enough to continue restricting...
Are you a current student (undergraduate or graduate) at the University of Texas at Austin, the Colorado School of Mines, or the U.S. Naval War College with an interest in critical minerals, national security, and the clean energy transition? You're eligible to write an essay of no more than 2,000 words on this topic for a $3,500 prize. The subject...
Dr. Joshua Busby, the former Senior Advisor for Climate at the U.S. Department of Defense and a Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center, recently spoke on The India Energy Hour Podcast, addressing questions regarding India’s energy security while phasing down inefficient coal power plants. “If the international community truly prioritizes a clean energy transition in the Global South, including but not limited to India,...