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The US had long warned European nations about an over-reliance on Russian gas.
In this podcast, we talk with Professor Bruce Mountain about this power price crisis and what the federal government is doing to give families cost of living relief.
Pipeline rupture may cause EU gas demand to peak sooner than expected.
Fossil fuel companies are winning the battle on how we talk about natural gas expansion by referring to it as a “bridge fuel” or an essential bridge to the net-zero energy system of the future.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
The west – and especially Europe – should have seen these problems coming years ago.
Russia has secured gains in the east but Ukraine is pushing back in the south.
A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
European countries are bracing for the prospect of a harsh winter of energy shortages.
Military tensions and political concern are heating up in Transnistria, a breakaway state of Moldova that borders Ukraine. An Eastern European expert answers four key questions about this region.
Democratic nations are adept at evolving to deal with economic shocks.
Personalist dictators tend to shield the elites who support them from the economic pain of sanctions by pushing costs onto regular people.
People can act collectively to lower their energy use in an emergency.
Russia’s invasion will likely accelerate the fastest inflation in 40 years, increasing the risks for the overall US economy.
Russia sent troops to two Moscow-allied breakaway regions in Ukraine, after President Vladimir Putin recognized the regions’ independence. Five stories provide background to the growing conflict.
Plus, the Beijing Winter Olympics are using 100% artificial snow: what does that mean for the environment, and the athletes? Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
New Zealand’s geographical distance will be no defence against the consequences of a protracted crisis. So why has there been so little discussion about the threats?
Turning down your heating by just 1°C can save around £55 a year.
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Associate Professor of Instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, Affiliate Professor at the Institute for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies, University of South Florida
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Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Lecturer in International Relations and Diplomacy, Lancaster University
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Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Russian and East European Studies, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor in Economics, University of Reading
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Associate Professor of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of New Brunswick
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Research Fellow, Department of War Studies, King's College London
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Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Hertfordshire
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Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, United States Military Academy West Point
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Research Chair, Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Management, Keele University
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Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, Harvard University
