Christina Lu
@christinalu.bsky.social
energy and environment reporter @foreignpolicy.com // say hi at christina.lu@foreignpolicy.com
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"Yet the U.S. industry remains deeply dependent on foreign know-how to grow its own sector[...]"
To file under today's set of phrases that concisely express how much we are *not* in Kansas any more.
by @christinalu.bsky.social also via @adamtooze.bsky.social
To file under today's set of phrases that concisely express how much we are *not* in Kansas any more.
by @christinalu.bsky.social also via @adamtooze.bsky.social
Trump’s Hyundai Raid Drains U.S. Battery Brains
The United States can’t build the powerful technologies on its own.
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September 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"Yet the U.S. industry remains deeply dependent on foreign know-how to grow its own sector[...]"
To file under today's set of phrases that concisely express how much we are *not* in Kansas any more.
by @christinalu.bsky.social also via @adamtooze.bsky.social
To file under today's set of phrases that concisely express how much we are *not* in Kansas any more.
by @christinalu.bsky.social also via @adamtooze.bsky.social
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The United States is publicly and privately pressuring the World Bank and other institutions to boost fossil fuel lending and turn away from green energy efforts, FP’s @christinalu.bsky.social reports.
Trump Takes His Fossil Fuel Crusade Global
The U.S. leader is pressuring the world to abandon climate action. Will it work?
foreignpolicy.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The United States is publicly and privately pressuring the World Bank and other institutions to boost fossil fuel lending and turn away from green energy efforts, FP’s @christinalu.bsky.social reports.
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For all the Trump-Modi bonhomie, Trump's crackdown on international students coming to the U.S. will disproportionately hurt India.
It'll also (per last year's numbers) result in a $44 billion hit to the U.S. economy.
Great reporting by @christinalu.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...
It'll also (per last year's numbers) result in a $44 billion hit to the U.S. economy.
Great reporting by @christinalu.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...
May 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
For all the Trump-Modi bonhomie, Trump's crackdown on international students coming to the U.S. will disproportionately hurt India.
It'll also (per last year's numbers) result in a $44 billion hit to the U.S. economy.
Great reporting by @christinalu.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...
It'll also (per last year's numbers) result in a $44 billion hit to the U.S. economy.
Great reporting by @christinalu.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...
Trump wants to choke off incoming flows of international students—a group that has long driven scientific innovation in America and pumped tens of billions of dollars into the U.S. economy. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...
Who Pays the Price in Trump’s Crusade Against Universities?
International students have pumped billions of dollars into the U.S. economy.
foreignpolicy.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Trump wants to choke off incoming flows of international students—a group that has long driven scientific innovation in America and pumped tens of billions of dollars into the U.S. economy. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...
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In 2021, China joined the Kigali Agreement, and pledged to stop emitting HFC-23, a climate super pollutant 14,700x stronger than CO2.
The latest atmospheric readings show China is way off track,
@mckennapr.bsky.social & I report in our deep dive:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/21/c...
The latest atmospheric readings show China is way off track,
@mckennapr.bsky.social & I report in our deep dive:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/21/c...
China Claims It Slashed Emissions of a Major Super Pollutant. The Data Says Otherwise.
As of 2023, China continued to emit HFC-23 at high levels in violation of an international agreement.
foreignpolicy.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In 2021, China joined the Kigali Agreement, and pledged to stop emitting HFC-23, a climate super pollutant 14,700x stronger than CO2.
The latest atmospheric readings show China is way off track,
@mckennapr.bsky.social & I report in our deep dive:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/21/c...
The latest atmospheric readings show China is way off track,
@mckennapr.bsky.social & I report in our deep dive:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/21/c...
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Trump last week signed an executive order that would fast-track efforts to exploit key minerals in both national and international waters, citing the defense of a “core national security and economic interest,” FP’s @christinalu.bsky.social reports.
Trump’s Brazen Push to Mine the Ocean Floor
The U.S. leader could pave the way for a gold rush in international waters.
foreignpolicy.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Trump last week signed an executive order that would fast-track efforts to exploit key minerals in both national and international waters, citing the defense of a “core national security and economic interest,” FP’s @christinalu.bsky.social reports.
Trump has officially jump-started U.S. efforts to mine the seafloor, pitching the US into the center of a contentious debate that has sparked fears of a race to the bottom in the world's oceans @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/28/t...
Trump’s Risky Push to Mine the Ocean Floor
The U.S. leader could pave the way for a gold rush in international waters.
foreignpolicy.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Trump has officially jump-started U.S. efforts to mine the seafloor, pitching the US into the center of a contentious debate that has sparked fears of a race to the bottom in the world's oceans @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/28/t...
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Nothing says winning like blowing up all your own markets. Farmers must be thrilled.
Great piece from @christinalu.bsky.social
foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/04/t...
Great piece from @christinalu.bsky.social
foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/04/t...
American Farmers Brace for Trade War Pain
The U.S. agricultural sector remains highly vulnerable to retaliation.
foreignpolicy.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Nothing says winning like blowing up all your own markets. Farmers must be thrilled.
Great piece from @christinalu.bsky.social
foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/04/t...
Great piece from @christinalu.bsky.social
foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/04/t...
As top U.S. trading partners strike back against Trump’s expanding and increasingly aggressive trade war, American farmers are all but certain to be caught in the middle. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/04/t...
American Farmers Brace for Trade War Pain
The U.S. agricultural sector remains highly vulnerable to retaliation.
foreignpolicy.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As top U.S. trading partners strike back against Trump’s expanding and increasingly aggressive trade war, American farmers are all but certain to be caught in the middle. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/04/t...
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. @kfj-fp.bsky.social has the rundown on Liberation Day and its sweeping implications.
w/ assists from me and @christinalu.bsky.social
foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/02/t...
w/ assists from me and @christinalu.bsky.social
foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/02/t...
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Brings Even Bigger Tariffs Than Expected
Double-digit tariffs on nearly every trading partner will likely spark reprisals.
foreignpolicy.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
. @kfj-fp.bsky.social has the rundown on Liberation Day and its sweeping implications.
w/ assists from me and @christinalu.bsky.social
foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/02/t...
w/ assists from me and @christinalu.bsky.social
foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/02/t...
Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada, Mexico, and China is also roiling one of his key voter bases: American farmers. My latest for @foreignpolicy.com
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Trump’s Trade War Roils a Key Voter Base
American farmers risk becoming “collateral damage” of the U.S. president’s go-to foreign-policy tool.
foreignpolicy.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada, Mexico, and China is also roiling one of his key voter bases: American farmers. My latest for @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/19/t...
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One explanation for Trump’s unprecedented push to annex Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal and extort Ukraine is securing rare earth minerals and a supply chain free from China’s control writes @christinalu.bsky.social. Where prior administrations used diplomacy, Trump relies on blunt force.
Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line
What do Greenland, Canada, and Ukraine have in common? Critical minerals.
foreignpolicy.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
One explanation for Trump’s unprecedented push to annex Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal and extort Ukraine is securing rare earth minerals and a supply chain free from China’s control writes @christinalu.bsky.social. Where prior administrations used diplomacy, Trump relies on blunt force.
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Few news stories or pieces can capture the unbelievable White House exchange between Trump, Vance, and Zelensky today as well as simply reading it in their own words.
@anusharathi.bsky.social and @christinalu.bsky.social have you covered for @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
@anusharathi.bsky.social and @christinalu.bsky.social have you covered for @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
Read Trump and Zelensky’s Fiery Oval Office Exchange
The meeting caps weeks of tense relations between Kyiv and Washington as they wrangle a deal.
foreignpolicy.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Few news stories or pieces can capture the unbelievable White House exchange between Trump, Vance, and Zelensky today as well as simply reading it in their own words.
@anusharathi.bsky.social and @christinalu.bsky.social have you covered for @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
@anusharathi.bsky.social and @christinalu.bsky.social have you covered for @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
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Most reviews of Oscar nominee "September 5" have focused on its depictions of crisis reporting or Israel-Palestine. But I argue that the film offers an equally keen look at German identity formation after World War II, particularly with regard to defense and military readiness.
‘September 5’ and the Pitfalls of German Idealism
The Munich Olympics massacre still echoes in the country’s security debates.
foreignpolicy.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Most reviews of Oscar nominee "September 5" have focused on its depictions of crisis reporting or Israel-Palestine. But I argue that the film offers an equally keen look at German identity formation after World War II, particularly with regard to defense and military readiness.
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“We had an almost identical, sort of hyperbolic discussion in the media about the minerals and metals under the ground in Afghanistan,” Bazilian told @christinalu.bsky.social, describing the Ukraine hype as “largely a red herring.”
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/26/t...
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Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line
What do Greenland, Canada, and Ukraine have in common? Critical minerals.
foreignpolicy.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“We had an almost identical, sort of hyperbolic discussion in the media about the minerals and metals under the ground in Afghanistan,” Bazilian told @christinalu.bsky.social, describing the Ukraine hype as “largely a red herring.”
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/26/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/26/t...
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Exclusive: The Nature Conservancy was told by @noaa.gov it had to use “Gulf of America” or lose its federal funding, according to a leaked email and memo sent to all staff this morning
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Nature Conservancy Told to Say ‘Gulf of America’ or Lose Federal Funding
A leaked internal memo reveals why the environmental group adopted President Trump’s new name.
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February 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Exclusive: The Nature Conservancy was told by @noaa.gov it had to use “Gulf of America” or lose its federal funding, according to a leaked email and memo sent to all staff this morning
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What do Canada, Greenland, Panama, and Ukraine really have in common? My latest for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/26/t...
Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line
What do Greenland, Canada, and Ukraine have in common? Critical minerals.
foreignpolicy.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What do Canada, Greenland, Panama, and Ukraine really have in common? My latest for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/26/t...
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If Trump’s minerals extortion of Ukraine is confusing to you, imagine how confusing it is to people who know this stuff.
For starters, there are none, not of what Trump seems to believe he thinks he is after. (1/5)
For starters, there are none, not of what Trump seems to believe he thinks he is after. (1/5)
February 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If Trump’s minerals extortion of Ukraine is confusing to you, imagine how confusing it is to people who know this stuff.
For starters, there are none, not of what Trump seems to believe he thinks he is after. (1/5)
For starters, there are none, not of what Trump seems to believe he thinks he is after. (1/5)
Ukraine does not actually produce any rare earths now, nor has it produced any supplies in recent decades—casting doubt over what a potential deal could actually achieve. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/20/t...
Where Does the U.S.-Ukraine Rare-Earth Deal Stand?
The prospect of an agreement looks increasingly uncertain.
foreignpolicy.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Ukraine does not actually produce any rare earths now, nor has it produced any supplies in recent decades—casting doubt over what a potential deal could actually achieve. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/20/t...
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Washington and Kyiv appear to be inching closer to a potential rare-earth deal that could see the countries exchange Ukraine’s mineral resources for continued U.S. aid, FP’s @christinalu.bsky.social reports.
Is the U.S.-Ukraine Rare-Earth Deal All Talk?
Kyiv may have the critical minerals, but that’s just one part of the equation.
foreignpolicy.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Washington and Kyiv appear to be inching closer to a potential rare-earth deal that could see the countries exchange Ukraine’s mineral resources for continued U.S. aid, FP’s @christinalu.bsky.social reports.
Why does Trump want Ukraine's rare earths, and would a deal actually make any sense? My latest for
@foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/12/t...
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Is the U.S.-Ukraine Rare-Earth Deal All Talk?
Kyiv may have the critical minerals, but that’s just one part of the equation.
foreignpolicy.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Why does Trump want Ukraine's rare earths, and would a deal actually make any sense? My latest for
@foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/12/t...
@foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/12/t...
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Reality dating shows—popular for their pot-stirring entanglements—provide a rare geopolitical lens into family, gender, and (of course) love.
FP’s roundup on the global state of romance is a must read on Valentine’s Day.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/r...
FP’s roundup on the global state of romance is a must read on Valentine’s Day.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/r...
Around the World, Love Gets a Reality Check
Foreign Policy’s guide to the global state of (televised) romance.
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February 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Reality dating shows—popular for their pot-stirring entanglements—provide a rare geopolitical lens into family, gender, and (of course) love.
FP’s roundup on the global state of romance is a must read on Valentine’s Day.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/r...
FP’s roundup on the global state of romance is a must read on Valentine’s Day.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/r...
Looking for love? You’re not alone. Foreign Policy looked at the world’s biggest international reality dating shows—and what they say about the global state of romance. foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/r...
Around the World, Love Gets a Reality Check
Foreign Policy’s guide to the global state of (televised) romance.
foreignpolicy.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Looking for love? You’re not alone. Foreign Policy looked at the world’s biggest international reality dating shows—and what they say about the global state of romance. foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/r...
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As Trump decides where to take China policy next—from Taiwan to AI, I took a step back and looked at whether the Biden administration’s strategy to outcompete China succeeded, and at what cost. Here's my deep dive:
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Did Biden Get China Right?
The administration aimed to outcompete China. Four years later, here’s how it measured up.
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February 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
As Trump decides where to take China policy next—from Taiwan to AI, I took a step back and looked at whether the Biden administration’s strategy to outcompete China succeeded, and at what cost. Here's my deep dive:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/06/b...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/06/b...
DeepSeek has supercharged Trump’s AI ambitions—and underscored the deep uncertainty over just how much energy will be necessary to power that push. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/05/t...
Can Trump Power an AI Boom?
DeepSeek has exposed just how uncertain future AI energy demand is.
foreignpolicy.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
DeepSeek has supercharged Trump’s AI ambitions—and underscored the deep uncertainty over just how much energy will be necessary to power that push. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/05/t...