Winning the Battery Wars with China & Elections in India|EU|Mexico

Kellogg's Global Politics

The past few weeks have seen several important elections in India, the EU, and Mexico. We discuss the impact in their respective regions and to the larger international environment.
We also discuss the latest in the EV battery wars. Is there a path forward for the U.S. to decrease dependence on China, and does it come at the cost of meeting U.S. environmental climate goals?

Topics Discussed in this Episode

• Ryan takes on Heritage’s Project 2025 Energy Policy
• 05:20 - Democracy Tested in India, the EU, and Mexico
• 50:30 - Winning the Battery War with China

Articles and Resources Mentioned in Episode

Ryan’s op-ed article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette

• The 'Trump Policy Bible' for America's energy future will undermine that future (Ryan Kellogg & David Brunnert)

Democracy Tested in India, the EU, and Mexico

• India Steps Back From the Brink (Foreign Affairs)
• Have European Voters Hamstrung the EU? (Foreign Affairs)
• In Calling Elections in France, Macron Makes a Huge Gamble (NY Times)
• Morena’s landslide win threatens to take Mexico down a dangerous path (The Economist)
• Mexico’s president says he won’t fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a ‘Mexico First’ policy (AP)

Winning the Battery War with China

• How America Can Win the Coming Battery War (Foreign Affairs)
• Friendshoring the Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain: Final Assembly and End Uses (CSIS)
• How worrying is the rapid rise of Chinese science? (The Economist)

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Chapter

1. Winning the Battery Wars with China & Elections in India|EU|Mexico (00:00:00)

2. Ryan takes on Heritage’s Project 2025 Energy Policy (00:00:52)

3. Democracy Tested in India, the EU, and Mexico (00:05:20)

4. Winning the Battery War with China (00:50:25)