Svante Cornell

2 months ago | alethonews.com | Brenda Shaffer |Svante Cornell |Patrick MacFarlane

The Hidden Renewable Energy in Central Asia By Brenda Shaffer and Svante Cornell | Real Clear Energy | January 22, 2025One of the biggest threats to human health, and a major source of air pollution, is regularly hidden in statistical reports as “renewable energy:” the burning of dung, wood, and lump coal.

Dec 8, 2023 | euractiv.com | Svante Cornell

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine put Kazakhstan in an extremely difficult position when it comes to advancing its reforms, but President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev chose to continue – and deepen – the country’s modernisation, writes Svante E. Cornell. Svante E. Cornell is director of the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Stockholm. When he came to power in 2019, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev made reforming the country the centrepiece of his presidency.

Apr 3, 2023 | 19fortyfive.com | Svante Cornell

On January 27th, a gunman entered Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran, Iran, killed the embassy security officer and wounded two others. The episode received only fleeting coverage in the international media. In the wake of the incident, Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyev, openly accused “some of the branches of the Iranian establishment” of being responsible for the attack, and Baku promptly evacuated its embassy staff and dependents.