Publications
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On China's Industrial Playbook (and Europe's Response)
June 2024
As Europe’s political and economic leadership considers how to compete in this environment and deliver the energy transition in a way that provides security and economic prosperity, it is important to reflect on China’s own industrial strategy and modus operandi in global supply chains to understand the scale of this geopolitical and economic challenge, and craft policies to address it.
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Inaugural Paper: Empowering Europe - Developing a Roadmap to Strategic Autonomy and a Competitive Energy Transition
Dec 2023
EIES’s launch paper examines Europe's strategic energy supply chain dependencies and vulnerabilities, identifying a path for derisking the energy transition while safeguarding industrial competitiveness.
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Critical Raw Materials – NATO’S Alternative Futures
May 2023
. . . Europe’s dependency on Russian gas made us vulnerable. So, we should not make the same mistakes with China and other authoritarian regimes. We must not become too dependent on products and raw materials we import. (NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Munich Security Conference, February 2023)
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Food for Thought: Managing the Transition to a Decarbonized Economy
Jan 2023
The energy challenges that the world faces today are increasingly global in nature. As we look for a path towards a safe, secure, and clean energy future, we must widen our perspective to find a path to address those global challenges together.
EIES in the News
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Wir brauchen eine klarsichtigere China-Politik
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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Podcast: The sweet spot: Between de-risking from China and Europe’s green future
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.
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EIES, SAFE, U.S. State Department Convene Minerals, Energy, and Defense Leaders at Munich Security Conference
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.
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Podcast: The Jolt: Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
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
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Press Release: European Initiative for Energy Security Launches Effort to Strengthen Global, Allied Energy and Industrial Supply Chains
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.
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EIES Launch: Developing a Roadmap to Strategic Autonomy and a Competitive Energy Transition
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.
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A transatlantic opening on green industrial policy?
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.
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The raw truth of Europe’s raw materials
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.
