Source: Unsplash The EU’s Energy Problem Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has painfully exposed the vulnerability of the EU’s energy security architecture. For decades, the EU had relied heavily on imports to cover its energy needs. The Russian Federation was by far its single largest provider. In 2019, its exports accounted for 47% of the EU’s imported coal, 41% of its natural gas, and 27% of its crude oil (CRF). Given this substantial dependency on Russia, many EU leaders hesit

Source: Unsplash Ever since its inception, the present-day European Union (EU) has surpassed a series of critical junctures. Its tumultuous era began with the financial and sovereign debt crises of the late 2000s, continued with a delicate migration quandary in 2015, and culminated with Brexit, the Covid-19 health emergency, and today’s energy crisis exacerbated by the ongoing war in Ukraine. Having its deep roots in the postwar period, the EU was born from the conviction tha

Source: Pixabay Known as the ‘’fuel of the future’’, hydrogen is considered crucial to achieving one of the European Union’s biggest ambitions: achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. New investments are made in hydrogen projects weekly – each seemingly larger than the last – and numerous EU member countries have already made hydrogen a pivotal element in their future economies. The urgent need for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the continuing energy crisis caused by the

Source: Mikhail Klimentyev It is officially the election season in Turkey. Presidential and parliamentary elections were set to take place in mid-June, but Erdogan has recently expressed his intention to call for early elections to take place on May 14th. According to the Constitution, Erdogan cannot run for a third term unless the Parliament calls for an early election but the opposition has announced that they will not support an early election motion to take place after Ap