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Past energy shocks have always reshaped the world that followed them, and Henning Gloystein, Managing Director for Energy & Resources at Eurasia Group, argues this one will be no different—only larger. From Tokyo’s nuclear restarts to Berlin’s miscalculation on gas, from India’s coal dilemma to the UK’s return to the North Sea, every major economy is now confronting decisions it had hoped to defer. The knee-jerk responses will fade. The deeper restructuring, he warns, will not.

Climate change does not pause for geopolitics, and the physical laws governing the atmosphere recognize no electoral cycles. Zhang Chuanwei, Founder and Chairman of Ming Yang Smart Energy Group, argues that energy security and energy transition are not rival priorities but mutually reinforcing ones, and that the renewable revolution has crossed from policy aspiration to commercial logic. Drawing on Ming Yang’s evolution into one of the world’s 3 largest wind turbine manufacturers, he sets out a vision of smart energy whose reach now extends across the planet.

China’s role in the Middle East is often described in the West as “loudly silent”—but is that really the case? 🇨🇳

In his latest analysis, Stefan Jovanović argues that Beijing’s approach is not about absence, but about strategic patience. Rather than chasing headlines, China is shaping a long-term framework built on sovereignty, stability, and development—offering a different vision of global order in an increasingly multipolar world.

From Xi Jinping’s four-point proposal to deeper ties with the Gulf, this perspective challenges dominant Western narratives and highlights a shift in how global power is exercised.

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Horizons Promotion in Washington, DC

On April 15, the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) organized a high-level roundtable and moderated discussion at the International Student House in Washington, DC, marking the promotion of the latest Horizons issue on multipolarity and offering a preview of the Spring 2026 edition.

The gathering brought together policymakers, think tank experts, representatives of the World Bank and IMF, and members of the diplomatic community. Held under Chatham House Rules, the discussion featured an exchange on key global trends and the evolving dynamics of an increasingly multipolar world.