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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 11, 2025. Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images.

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Saudi Arabia’s role as Ukraine war mediator advances Gulf nation’s diplomatic rehabilitation...

Staff Writer - March 15, 2025

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University Saudi Arabia is 2,000 miles from Ukraine and even more politically distant, so at...

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Solar power has been expanding quickly, but natural gas is also booming. Gerard Julien/AFP via Getty Images

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The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...

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Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...

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New materials, old physics – the science behind how your winter...

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