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Episode 19: Six Years Later: An Exploration into the Syrian Civil War

Guest: Faysal Itani 

Faysal Itani, Resident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at the Atlantic Council,  joined CCWA for our first Foreign Policy Forum of the Fall 2017 season. After six years of armed conflict, 11 million refugees and internally displaced persons and almost 500,000 casualties in Syria, Itani explored what is currently happening on the ground in Syria, the effect of current U.S. policy on Syria and the region, and the future of Syria in a post-ISIS world.

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The Regulator’s Dilemma, Part 3

Virtual power plants (VPPs) are poised to revolutionize the power sector by orchestrating distributed energy resources (DERs) — like smart thermostats, household appliances, solar panels, batteries, and electric vehicles — into real-time networks of dispatchable…

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C&I customer needs are rapidly changing. How can utilities maximize their relationship?

In the blink of an eye, large commercial and industrial customers present big challenges and opportunities. Commercial and industrial customers have historically been boring to utilities. As long as power was reliable and reasonably priced,…

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The Ad Hoc Gist: One State’s Climate Firewall

With all the focus on the presidential election, it can be easy to lose sight of how aggressively several states are advancing a climate agenda. Washington State under Governor Jay Inslee – perhaps the most...

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