This Energy and Environment Program report, A Shared Vision for Energy and Climate Change: Establishing a Common Transatlantic Agenda, finds that the two highest priority energy technologies for the Atlantic community are those involving energy efficiency and coal with carbon capture and storage. Without significant and timely progress in deploying these basic technologies on a massive scale, there is virtually no possibility of achieving emission reduction targets.

Chances for successful United States-China cooperation will be significantly enhanced if China and the United States establish an Implementing Mechanism for Cooperation (IMC) that utilizes existing cooperative mechanisms and involves the top levels of both governments.

Did the United States and China recently take a game-changing step on climate change and clean energy? Quite possibly so.

Today, senior government officials from the U.S. and China will meet in Washington for the inaugural Strategic and Economic Dialogue, which is the successor to the Bush Administration's Strategic Economic Dialogue.  The Atlantic Council timed the release of its latest energy report, United States-China Cooperation on Nuclear Power: An Opportunity for Fostering Sustainable Energy Security, to coincide with these important talks.

Isn't it time to consider an additional strategy when dealing with North Korea?

Washington’s current policy debate is so consumed by the nuclear proliferation problem and past solutions that often it forgets to analyze the broader picture. Much of the discussion surrounding the recent nuclear and missile tests by North Korea has centered on the Six Party talks and engaging China on enacting tougher UN-mandated sanctions.

Listening to some of the commentary on the signing of the intergovernmental agreement which lays the foundation for the construction of the Nabucco pipeline reminds me of Raphael Patai's famous observation about the political culture of the Middle East.

The Atlantic Council hosted a dialogue on U.S.-China Cooperation on Low-Emissions Coal Technologies in Beijing from June 24-26.

This morning's attack on a key Nigerian oil pipeline provides yet another graphic reminder as to why West Africa matters to the economic and energy security of the Euro-Atlantic world.

The fate of General Motors, and perhaps the U.S. auto industry more broadly, will ultimately hinge on its success in the transition to the post-petroleum era, a process in its very early stages. Is there a new GM emerging from the ashes of the old, and will it survive beyond the public dole? It is not just about smaller cars that get better gas mileage; it is about positioning the U.S.

For some reason, American strategic planners can only conceive of the “Atlantic community” along an east-west axis. Azerbaijan, lying on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, can aspire to membership in the Euro-Atlantic world; after all, it is part of the European Union’s “Eastern Partnership” initiative and aspires to eventual NATO membership.