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Floating offshore oil rig Vung Tau, Vietnam at the mouth of the Saigon River near the South China Sea.

How to Win the Global South’s Energy Race

The United States has a comparative advantage over China as an energy provider; it should make the most of it.  China is the world’s largest trading partner. Across Southeast Asia,…


The Rostov Nuclear Power Plant in Volgodonsk, Russia.

Nuclear Power in Central Asia: The New “New Thing”?

The Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan are exploring the development of nuclear power. Last fall, Kazakhstan passed a controversial referendum to build a nuclear power plant. In…

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