In 10 years before the proverbial 2035 date when many mandated transitions to “green electricity” occur to reduce or eliminate usage of fossil fuels, most of today’s elected officials, policy advisers, and policymakers are: Mostly not trained in engineering.Only from wealthy countries.Unaware of the engineering reality that without the petrochemicals …

French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Gabriel Attal as the youngest ever Prime Minister on 9 January 2024. Attal replaced Elisabeth Borne, whose popularity had been dwindling despite her managing the tricky 20-month tenure as PM without an absolute majority in the lower house of the French parliament. Borne’s Complicated Tenure …

The EU is learning the hard way to reduce dependencies on geopolitical rivals, including China and Russia. The allies are taking the first steps in this new geoeconomic reality. A brief history of the EU’s geoeconomic vision For years, the US had pointed to Germany and other EU member states’ …