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Exploring the New Math Puzzle of a PJM Intervention

The White House NEDC and partnering agencies released a Statement of Principles to urge PJM to make electricity more affordable for residential customers and strengthen grid reliability by building more than $15 billion of reliable baseload power generation.

Commentary by Arushi Sharma Frank — January 16, 2026

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U.S. LNG: Remapping Energy Security

Europe's wartime shift from Russian gas to U.S. LNG is reshaping global energy trade. A new CSIS interactive feature demonstrates how transatlantic cooperation is critical for ensuring European energy security and hastening the energy transition.

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Staying Ahead in the Global Technology Race: A Roadmap for Economic Security

CSIS Economic Security and Technology Department experts give recommendations on export controls, global tech governance, domestic incentives for building tech capabilities in chips and clean technologies, and the future of international tech cooperation and competition.

Digital Report by The CSIS Economic Security and Technology Department — October 29, 2024

Security Challenges of Climate Change in Southeast Asia

A 1.5-degree Celsius increase in global warming poses an immediate threat to Southeast Asia's economic, political, and health security. Mitigating the effects of climate change is key to the United States' goal to secure a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific.

Commentary by Murray Hiebert and Danielle Fallin — October 5, 2021

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Vietnam’s Energy Transition Pathway

This week Energy 360 highlights our project on Energy Transition Strategies, which examines how emerging economies are balancing economic growth while reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.

Podcast Episode — December 7, 2020

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Energy Transition Strategies: Vietnam's Low-Carbon Development Pathway

This CSIS report explores the complementarities between development and low-carbon transitions by examining policy success stories in Vietnam, finding that economic growth and decarbonization can thrive in a policy environment that pursues these goals in parallel.

Report by Nikos Tsafos and Lachlan Carey — July 31, 2020

The Role of LNG in the United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy

CSIS’s Nikos Tsafos discusses the origins, goals, and limits of LNG’s role in the Trump administration’s U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy in his essay as part of the National Bureau of Asian Research’s recent special report.

Newsletter by Nikos Tsafos — October 24, 2019

Renewable Energy in Southeast Asia

This compendium report—as part of the CSIS-Pertamina Southeast Asia Energy Initiative—provides a summary of insights on the role of renewable energy in Southeast Asia and its economic, political, and security importance in the Indo-Pacific region.

Report by Jane Nakano and Stephen J. Naimoli — October 12, 2018

Fuel Competition in the Expanding Power Market

While renewable energy is set to grow as a share of the region’s energy mix, there are indications that its potential contribution is much higher than is currently on track to be realized.

Report by Jane Nakano and Stephen J. Naimoli — June 11, 2018