Energy Policy

Year in review: Energy Woes to AI Boom, Top Global Economic Trends of 2024

In 2024, the global economy navigated a year marked by uncertainties and transformative shifts. From continuing energy market volatility driven by geopolitical tensions to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom transforming industries, economic trends have been anything but predictable. In this year-end review, let’s explore the key developments that defined the …

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IAEA BoG Opens Meeting with Grossi’s Speech

International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors has started its quarterly meeting on Wednesday in Vienna with its Director General Rafael Grossi’s opening speech. “Addressed the @IAEAorg Board of Governors this morning. Shared updates on #COP29, Iran, Ukraine, nuclear energy and fusion, #Atoms4Food, #RaysofHope, and more,” Grossi wrote in a …

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U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Iran’s Oil, Petrochemical Sectors

The United States has introduced a fresh wave of sanctions targeting Iran’s oil and petrochemical industries, following Iran’s retaliatory missile attacks on Israeli military and intelligence facilities earlier this month. The sanctions, announced by the U.S. Treasury Department on Friday, are aimed at intensifying financial pressure on Iran, restricting its …

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TAPI Pipeline Revival: A Turning Point in Central Asian Dynamics?

Central Asian countries are taking steps to broaden relations with their southern neighbor, the Taliban-led Afghanistan, despite the hard-line group’s increasingly restrictive policies, particularly toward women. Kyrgyzstan removed the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations earlier this month, Turkmenistan resumed work with Afghanistan on a major gas-pipeline project, and …

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