Aug 23, 2024

Benedikt Franke and Robbie Diamond

NATO admittedly has no shortage of challenges to navigate—including maintaining support for Ukraine, meeting defense spending targets, countering hostile Russian activities, and accelerating the build-up of the defense-industrial base.

July 10, 2024

The European Initiative for Energy Security (EIES) convened a high-level event on Implementing a Whole-System European Energy and Supply Chain Security Strategy at Brussels’ Steigenberger Wiltcher’s Hotel. This pivotal gathering aimed to address the pressing challenges of energy security and supply chain resilience across Europe and allies. The convergence of key stakeholders from NATO, the European Commission, and leading industries underscored the urgency and importance of a collaborative approach to safeguarding Europe's energy infrastructure and supply chain integrity.

July 7, 2024

As NATO kicks off its Washington Summit, the European Initiative for Energy Security (EIES) publishes a report looking at how Russia has evolved its decades-long strategy of weaponizing energy against the European continent from a broad geopolitical instrument into actual physical attacks.

In this publication, Ambassador Andris Piebalgs, Dr. Benjamin Schmitt, and Dr. Frank Umbach, experts on energy and infrastructure security from Latvia, the United States and Germany, examine Russian strategies and actions in Europe to date and discuss ways Europe and the U.S., as nations and in multinational organizations like NATO and the EU, can harden their energy infrastructure, build in resilience, and devalue, dissuade and if necessary, defeat the Russian threat.

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July 3, 2024

EIES convened a high-level event, "Implementing a Whole-System European Energy and Supply Chain Security Strategy" on July 3rd, 2024. The gathering featured a keynote speech by Maroš Šefčovič, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Introductory remarks by Albéric Mongrenier, Executive Director, European Initiative for Energy Security and two panels: Building Diverse and Secure Global Supply Chains  and Securing European and Allied Energy Infrastructure.

June 3, 2024

Die Partnerschaft zwischen Putin und Xi sowie Pekings Streben nach Technologiedominanz bedroht die EU und damit auch den Wohlstand in Deutschland, meinen Joachim Bitterlich und Peter Flory. Sie nennen drei Möglichkeiten, dem entgegenzuwirken.

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The partnership between Putin and Xi and China’s quest for technology dominance threaten the European Union and with it, German prosperity. But there are ways to defend our interests and values.

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May 17, 2024

Mark Leonard welcomes Robbie Diamond and Janka Oertel to discuss de-risking and the future of Europe’s green industries

A key priority for both the European Union and the United States is to reduce dependencies on China in green industries. Only this week, the United States announced a ramping up of tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, solar panels, steel, and other goods. However, with China’s dominant position in the production of green technologies, European policymakers are facing difficult decisions when it comes to de-risking. Again and again, national security and domestic economic considerations have to be weighed against the effects of climate change.

February 19, 2024

The discussion focused on actionable strategies that would diversify access to critical minerals, as part of SAFE’s Mineral Investment Network for Vital Energy Security and Transition (MINVEST) partnership with the U.S. Department of State.

December 18, 2023

The European Energy Security Initiative has just launched and aims to bring together political and industrial leaders to better prepare for potential future crises.

The initiative counts several notable names from the world of politics, the military and industry, including the EU’s former energy commissioner, Andris Piebalgs.

He explained why the initiative is important, the challenges facing policymakers looking to bolster Europe’s energy security, and discussed his former role in the Commission and how it could change.

“Security of supply is a key element of European energy strategy and it should be guaranteed all the time.” - Andris Piebalgs

December 15, 2023

A new organization driving realistic solutions to secure Europe's energy supplies while supporting the energy transition, strategic autonomy, and prosperity across the continent, the European Initiative for Energy Security (EIES), launched Thursday with a panel of leading voices, including European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, and the publication of its inaugural paper.

December 14, 2023

On 14 December, the European Initiative for Energy Security (EIES) was launched, with a panel of leading voices including European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, as well as Ambassador Réka Szemerkényi, former Hungarian Ambassador to the United Sates, and Andris Piebalgs, Former EU Energy Commissioner, both members of EIES’s Energy Leadership Security Council. EIES’s Executive Director Albéric Mongrenier, introduced EIES’s founding paper that examines Europe’s strategic dependencies and vulnerabilities and puts forth recommendations for de-risking the energy transition and safeguarding competitiveness. The panel discussed how to tackle the challenges ahead in the face of a shifting geopolitical and economic landscape.

March 14, 2023

The EU’s pending Net-Zero Industry Act and Critical Raw Materials Act need not be another point of contention between Brussels and Washington. Instead, it could help advance a new era of transatlantic cooperation to secure supply chains essential to our shared economic and national security, write Abigail Wulf and Kaare Nielsen.

November 30, 2022

Biden’s ‘Buy America’ plans are unnecessarily restrictive, but the EU can still reap benefits from partnering with North America to diversify its supply chains.