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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Diana Roy |Michelle Gavin |Stephen Peter Rosen |Brian Deese
The United States is now engaged in an intense dialogue about the future of its relations with its European and Asian allies. This debate has been emotional, in part because it has been cast as a morality tale. On the one hand, advocates of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America first” agenda argue that allies have not been grateful for U.S. backing and do not deserve the protection of the United States.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
rhg.com | Lily Bermel |Ryan Cummings |Brian Deese
Clean energy and transportation investment in the United States continued its record-setting growth in Q3 of 2024, reaching a new high of $71 billion. This continues a nearly unbroken quarter-on-quarter growth trend over the past three years, and marks a 12% increase in Q3 of 2024 from the same period in 2023. Clean investment accounted for 5% of total US private investment in structures, equipment, and durable consumer goods in the United States, compared to 4.5% in Q3 2023.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Brian Deese
NowHong Kong CNN — A Chinese investment bank known for making some of the biggest deals in the country’s tech sector during its heyday has revealed it received a massive bill for 78 million yuan ($11 million) related to the disappearance of its star banker, Bao Fan. The request for payment from …
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
heatmap.news | Brian Deese
The rapid increase in demand for artificial intelligence is creating a seemingly vexing national dilemma: How can we meet the vast energy demands of a breakthrough industry without compromising our energy goals? If that challenge sounds familiar, that’s because it is. The U.S. has a long history of rising to the electricity demands of innovative new industries. Our energy needs grew far more quickly in the four decades following World War II than what we are facing today.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
energycentral.com | Brian Deese
How the Fight Against Climate Change Can Renew American Leadership… Artwork created by Germán & Co DANGER OF RELIANCEIn our highly connected world, it's vital to be aware of the risks associated with overdependence on a single tool, resource, or person. This kind of reliance can create vulnerabilities that may undermine overall stability and efficiency.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
districtenergy.org | Brian Deese
The AtlanticIn august 2022, the U.S. passed the most ambitious climate legislation of any country, ever. As the director of President Joe Biden’s National Economic Council at the time, I helped design the law. Less than two years later, the Inflation Reduction Act has succeeded beyond my wildest hopes at unleashing demand for clean energy. So why do I find myself lying awake at night, worried that America could still fail to meet its climate goals?
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May 24, 2024 | 
theatlantic.com | Brian Deese
Clean-energy investment in America is off the charts—but it still isn’t translating into enough electricity that people can actually use. In August 2022, the U.S. passed the most ambitious climate legislation of any country, ever. As the director of President Joe Biden’s National Economic Council at the time, I helped design the law. Less than two years later, the Inflation Reduction Act has succeeded beyond my wildest hopes at unleashing demand for clean energy.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
almendron.com | Brian Deese
As its economy stagnates, China is doubling down on a policy agenda that threatens to destabilize global economic growth and the energy transition. In response, the United States should send a clear message that the world will not absorb the costs of these distortionary policies, and should work with our allies toward a more durable framework for global growth. China confronts an economic dilemma of lagging growth, low consumption and an elevated savings rate.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Brian Deese
Brian Deese, an Innovation Fellow at MIT, was director of the National Economic Council from 2021 to 2023. As its economy stagnates, China is doubling down on a policy agenda that threatens to destabilize global economic growth and the energy transition. In response, the United States should send a clear message that the world will not absorb the costs of these distortionary policies, and should work with our allies toward a more durable framework for global growth.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
rhg.com | Lily Bermel |Brian Deese |Michael Delgado |Leandra English
Investment in clean technologies is continuing at record levels in the United States, as demonstrated by new data from the third quarter of 2023. Actual clean energy and transportation investment in the US reached a record $64 billion in Q3 2023—an 8% increase from the previous quarter and a 42% increase relative to the same period last year.
