Halogen

Expert research on technology, power, and industry.

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TechnologyGeopoliticsEnergy industry

Research at the intersection of systems, strategy, and industrial change.

Technology

Tracks the systems, materials, and technical shifts that reshape industries and strategic advantage.

Geopolitics

Examines power, state strategy, and the international pressures that define markets and security.

Energy industry

Explores energy transitions, industrial bottlenecks, and the infrastructure behind long-term resilience.

The making and unmaking of nuclear energy

A long-view study of how nuclear power rose through state ambition, weakened under financial and political strain, and returned as a strategic option in the age of decarbonization, energy security, and AI-driven electricity demand.

Industrial policyGrid resilienceFuel-cycle geopoliticsCapital intensity

Superconductors: materials, technology, and impact on our world

An expert primer on superconducting materials, the engineering stack required to use them, and the sectors—from medical imaging to fusion magnets—where they are already reshaping what is physically possible.

Materials scienceCryogenic engineeringFusion and quantumManufacturing scale

China's ambition beyond manufacturing and infrastructure dominance

A strategic analysis of how China is trying to move from scale-based dominance in factories and construction toward control over standards, advanced technology, capital formation, and geopolitical leverage—and the constraints now testing that ambition.

Industrial upgradingStandards powerStrategic technologyGlobal influence