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The geopolitical landscape has evolved rapidly since 2008, leaving countless outdated predictions in its wake. From the global economic recession, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan, unconventional oil and gas development in the United States, to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and destabilization of Eastern Ukraine, technological developments and unexpected events have affected energy mixes and trade flows across the globe. These evolving forces, coupled with changing political and security dynamics, have produced new thinking as well as new assumptions about global energy futures and geopolitical relationships.