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On February 28, the US and Israel launched new attacks on Iran targeting primarily the country's leadership, security forces, and missile program.
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While US and Israeli forces have significantly degraded Iran’s military and nuclear capability, the global energy landscape remains in a precarious position. For weeks, the Strait of Hormuz...
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Escalating conflict in Iran has major implications for US national security, Middle East geopolitics, and global energy markets. Read more as our scholars track the latest.
If you want to see just how bad this energy crisis can become, just read what President Trump and Iran are saying to each other.
Oil is the world’s most actively traded commodity, but forecasts vary as to whether it will start to wane in the decades to come. Understanding the changes that are sweeping through the oil industry and market today are key to understanding the outlook for economic growth, climate change, and geopolitical conflict.
The Iran war will accelerate the region’s economic transformation.
On February 28, the US and Israel launched new attacks on Iran targeting primarily the country's leadership, security forces, and missile program.
The war in Iran has significantly enhanced Latin America's geopolitical advantage as a reliable source of hydrocarbon resources.
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI) Business School, in collaboration with CGEP, organized two closed-door roundtables in the summer of 2025 to discuss local community engagement in the context of lithium and copper extraction within the global energy transition.
The Resilient Energy Economies initiative (REE) is pleased to announce that it is funding six new research projects to help US fossil fuel-dependent communities diversify and strengthen their...
The Institute of Global Politics (IGP) and Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia SIPA today announced a new task force focused on analyzing how tools of...
I’m en route home after a week in Europe—first at the Oslo Energy Forum and then at the Munich Security Conference. Munich generated considerable news and drama, but...
The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University SIPA today announced the fourth cohort of the David Leuschen Global Energy Fellows. The cohort, which consists of...
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Dr. Zainab Usman is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia...
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