Experts in the News

"It's not easy to align a slow-moving global industry with a fast-moving virus," said energy fellow Jim Krane of OPEC's move to cut oil production in order to boost prices hit by the coronavirus outbreak.

Oil prices have plummeted and now hover just below $50 a barrel. This is bad news for countries that depend on oil sales to China. Energy fellow Jim Krane said it's particularly tough on Saudi Arabia.

“Sanders' positions on fracking and fossil fuels alone would be enough to cost Democrats a significant number of votes, due to the important role oil and natural gas play in [Texas]," said fellow Mark Jones.

“The low turnout and the conservative victory in the parliamentary elections in Iran indicate intense electoral disenchantment and set the stage for the ascendance of a hard-liner as president,” wrote fellow Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar.

"We have to be prepared about the United States. This is going to be a significant pandemic and something we're going to have figure out how to get our arms around," said global health fellow Peter Hotez.