Experts in the News

Incentives such as cash rewards have been shown to motivate drug users to remain sober — but negative perceptions of this approach are preventing broader use, said fellow Katharine Neill Harris.

“While the environmental impacts of [the energy] transition are desirable, it carries with it mounting concerns around how economically displaced communities will cope,” said Center for Energy Studies Ken Medlock.

“If there is no positive resolution to the Venezuelan political crisis, the deterioration of the Venezuelan oil industry will persist and will be harder to reverse,” said fellow Francisco Monaldi.

"If this is the start to them hammering down then they certainly wrapped the hammer in an awful lot of velvet,” fellow Gabe Collins said of the Texas Railroad Commission's response to record-high natural gas flaring in Texas.

Oman is seeking to de-escalate Israeli-Palestinian tensions and move toward a form of normalized relations with Israel — but not at the expense of its support for an independent Palestinian state, wrote fellow Kristian Coates-Ulrichsen of Oman's plans to open an embassy in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.