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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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The Drone Supply Chain War: Identifying the Chokepoints to Making a Drone

China controls the critical materials that underpin modern drone warfare. The U.S. defense industrial base is dangerously dependent. This article reveals the five strategic chokepoints and four steps for building industrial resilience to secure future combat power.

Commentary by Macdonald Amoah, Morgan Bazilian, Jahara Matisek, and Katrina Schweiker — December 9, 2025

The Truth of the Matter

Securing Full Stack U.S. Leadership in AI

Navin Girishankar, president of the CSIS Economic Security and Technology Department, and Joseph Majkut, director of the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program, join the podcast to discuss U.S. full stack leadership in AI, laying out all of the energy and tech components needed to achieve global AI dominance.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz, Navin Girishankar, and Joseph Majkut — March 17, 2025

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The Truth of the Matter

Executive Order on AI and Energy Infrastructure - Emergency Podcast 2.0

CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program Director Joseph Majkut discuss the Biden administration's Executive Order on Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure. 

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz, Gregory C. Allen, and Joseph Majkut — January 14, 2025

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The Truth of the Matter

Energy Scramble: Ensuring U.S. Leadership in AI

Joseph Majkut joins the podcast to discuss the intersection of AI and energy policy, AI’s huge energy requirements, and how to finance infrastructure development to meet these energy needs.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Joseph Majkut — November 21, 2024

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Innovation for Resilience

Resilience is important for mitigating emerging risks with greater agility, but the associated implications, costs, and needed reforms are not as clearly understood. This CSIS study examines U.S. government efforts aimed at improving national resilience.

Report by Suzanne Spaulding, Emily Harding, Hadeil Ali, Joseph Majkut, Harshana Ghoorhoo, Morgan Higman, Devi Nair, Naz Subah, and Sophia Barkoff — March 23, 2023

Power Map

Just Transition Planning in the U.S. and South Africa

Jesse Burton (University of Cape Town) and Joey James (Downstream Strategies) join Sandeep Pai (CSIS) to discuss progress and challenges in creating and implementing Just Transition policies in Coal communities in the United States, South Africa and India. They look at local remediation efforts, and state policies and frameworks, look forward to how these countries may further integrate just Transition Planning into broader, global climate policies. 

Podcast Episode by Lisa Hyland and Sandeep Pai — September 19, 2022

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Energy Scenario Planning with Laszlo Varro

This week, Laszlo Varro, Vice President for Global Business Environment at Shell, joins Joseph Majkut (CSIS) to discuss the Shell Scenarios, and how these different scenarios can help us navigate the energy security, geopolitical, and climate concerns of our present-day energy landscape.

Podcast Episode by Joseph Majkut — June 27, 2022

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Managing Climate Change Information in the Next Administration

Governments, industry, and civil society require increased access to climate data and analysis to inform critical decisions. This report identifies and recommends federal action in the collection, management, and analysis of climate data to guide the next administration.

Report by James Andrew Lewis and Sarah Ladislaw — December 17, 2020

Online Event: A New Era for U.S. Alliances

The CSIS International Security Program hosts a discussion that examines the challenges and opportunities for the U.S.-led system of alliances in the next decade and beyond.

Event — December 14, 2020

2016 Global Security Forum

Join us for CSIS' annual flagship conference on the top challenges facing U.S. and global security. This year's Forum will focus on the foreign and security policy agenda for the next U.S. Administration. 

Event — December 1, 2016