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The Perilous Convergence of Climate, China, and Continued Complacency

The Perilous Convergence of Climate, China, and Continued Complacency
The nexus of climate change, nuclear energy, and the global security challenge from China are rapidly converging issues that require a new policy playbook. Rather than confronting this reality, the world seems to be in a COVID-induced coma, relying on traditional issue stovepipes to develop responses that are blithely blind to the important intersection of…
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Navigating the Zero-Carbon Crosswinds

Navigating the Zero-Carbon Crosswinds
In another impressive and depressing feat for this plagued year, the most recent assessment of the state of the global climate notes that in 2019 the average carbon dioxide concentration at the earth’s surface was the highest recorded by modern instruments. It exceeded levels found in ice cores dating back 800,000 years. This further intensifies…
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Strategically Countering China’s Global Nuclear Ambitions

Strategically Countering China’s Global Nuclear Ambitions
BY Ken Luongo and Paul Murphy In an increasingly carbon-choked world, a global nuclear power groundswell seems to be surfacing. The civil nuclear future will be providing smaller and non-traditional nuclear power plants to developing economy nations, remote settlements, and industrial operations including desalination and hydrogen production. The question is how this next-gen nuclear wave…
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Politics of Next-Gen Nuclear Energy Respond to New Realities

Politics of Next-Gen Nuclear Energy Respond to New Realities
This year has been a cold slap in the face to business-as-usual. But, apparently, it has not been enough to jolt us from our pre-COVID cocoons of complacency. That may be changing, as the responses to important, but siloed, issues begin to intersect to form an effective solution set. Reigning in global carbon emissions remains…
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