List of Energy and the Environment articles
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People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) presidential candidate and Angolan Defense Minister Joao Lourenco looks on during a meeting between MPLA leadership and sporting entities, associations and managers during his presidential elections campaign on August 10, 2017 in Luanda. / AFP PHOTO / AMPE ROGERIO (Photo credit should read AMPE ROGERIO/AFP/Getty Images) Angola’s Transition to Technocracy Won’t Be Victimless
The biggest challenge for Angola’s new president will be escaping the shadow of his predecessor — and the corrupt cronies around him.
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Anti-government activists stand near a barricade burning in flames in Venezuela's third city, Valencia, on August 6, 2017, a day after a new assembly with supreme powers and loyal to President Nicolas Maduro started functioning in the country. In the video posted online earlier, allegedly at an army base used by the National Bolivarian Armed Forces in Valencia, a man presenting himself as an army captain declared a "legitimate rebellion... to reject the murderous tyranny of Nicolas Maduro" and demanded a transitional government and "free elections." After the video surfaced, military chiefs said troops had put down the "terrorist" attack. / AFP PHOTO / Ronaldo SCHEMIDT (Photo credit should read RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) Venezuela Quells Military Uprising, Fires Outspoken Government Critic
The protest-rocked country could face a fresh round of U.S. economic sanctions.
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Russian army officers train Syrian army soldiers at their military camp known as the International Demining Center in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra on May 5, 2016. / AFP / VASILY MAXIMOV (Photo credit should read VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) Russia Looks to U.N. to Help It Profit From Syria Conquests
Critics suspect the Kremlin is looking to the West to pay the price to make Palmyra safe for Russian business.
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Military map small In Landmark Move, GOP Congress Calls Climate Change ‘Direct Threat’ to Security
Extreme weather and rising seas threaten bases from Virginia to Guam. For the first time, a Republican House has voted to recognize that.
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An election official checks identification outside of a polling area in Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO world heritage site, on May 14, 2017. (Photo Credit: TIM BOWDEN) Nepal’s Oligarchy Isn’t Earthquake-Proof
A 2015 disaster devastated the country — and paved the way for this year's breakthrough elections.
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TAORMINA, ITALY - MAY 26: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive for the group photo at the G7 Taormina summit on the island of Sicily on May 26, 2017 in Taormina, Italy. Leaders of the G7 group of nations, which includes the Unted States, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy, as well as the European Union, are meeting at Taormina from May 26-27. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) G-20 Communique May Further Isolate U.S. on Climate Change
It’s likely that 19 countries will affirm their commitment to the Paris Climate agreement, leaving Trump alone in rejecting it.
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Head of the supervisory board of Gazprom's Nord Stream 2 and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder delivers a speech during a signing ceremony for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline agreement in Paris on April, 24, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ERIC PIERMONT (Photo credit should read ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Should Urge Europe to Resist Putin’s Pipeline Politics
If Trump really means “America first,” he needs to raise the pipeline issue.
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trump crop Trump Stumbles Into Europe’s Pipeline Politics
By lending support to the Three Seas Initiative, Trump wades into a complicated European fight over energy, access, and who calls the shots.
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The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani speaks during a press conference following a summit on the post-Kadhafi held at the Elysee Palace in Paris on September 1, 2011. France hosts a "Friends of Libya" conference to allow states that stood by during the uprising that ousted Moamer Kadhafi to belatedly back Tripoli's fledgling revolutionary regime. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURE (Photo credit should read LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images) The Palace Intrigue at the Heart of the Qatar Crisis
The Saudis don’t believe the young emir of Qatar is really running the country — and they’re looking for regime change.
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GettyImages-671241444 The Lights Are on at the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, but Nobody Is Home
The committee charged with protecting national security from risky foreign investments is understaffed and besieged by a surge in cases.
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trumped allies Not Dazed, but Definitely Confused: Allies Struggle to Divine U.S. Policy
On trade, climate, foreign aid, and more, America’s allies wonder what U.S. policy is — and who, if anyone, can take America’s place.
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Book Talk: Are the United States and China Destined for War?
It’s a law of nature: rising states and established powers come to blows. But can the Trump administration avoid a clash of nuclear superpowers?
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Persian soldiers chase rioters during civil unrest in Tehran, August 1953. On August 19, 1953, democratically-elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh was overthrown in a coup orchestrated by the CIA and British intelligence, after having nationalized the oil industry. The Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was re-installed in the primary position of power. Massive protests broke out across the nation, leaving almost 300 dead in firefights in the streets of Tehran. (Photo credit should read /AFP/Getty Images) 64 Years Later, CIA Finally Releases Details of Iranian Coup
New documents reveal how the CIA attempted to call off the failing coup — only to be salvaged at the last minute by an insubordinate spy.
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FP_podcast_article_artwork-1-ER How to Tell a Story of Kidnapping and Climate Change in Somalia
Laura Heaton and Nichole Sobecki detail their reporting on Dr. Murray Watson and the impact his once thought-to-be lost work could have on the country decades later.
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Is Kim Jong Un Ready to Talk to Donald Trump?
North Korea poses a growing threat to the U.S. and neighboring countries. But there may be room for negotiation.
