Roundtable Series on Energy and National Security
Directors: Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, Daniel P. Ahn, Adjunct Fellow for Energy, and Blake Clayton, Fellow for Energy and National Security
January 1, 2011 - Present
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
Department of Defense Perspectives on U.S. Energy Security
Speaker:
James A. Baker, Principal Deputy Director for Strategic Plans and Policy (J5), Joint Chiefs of StaffPresider:
Blake Clayton, Fellow for Energy and National Security, Council on Foreign Relations
February 13, 2013
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BP Statistical Review 2012: Trends and Projections for World Energy
Speaker:
Mark Finley, BPPresider:
Blake Clayton, Council on Foreign Relations
June 29, 2012
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Roundtable Meeting
Prospects for U.S. Commercial Fusion Power
Speaker:
Stewart Prager, Princeton Plasma Physics LaboratoryPresider:
Daniel P. Ahn, Council on Foreign Relations
June 1, 2012
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Natural Gas for Transportation in the United States: Compressed Natural Gas vs. Electric Cars
Speaker:
Kevin Stork, U.S. Department of EnergyPresider:
Atul Arya, Council on Foreign Relations
May 7, 2012
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Oil in Russia and Central Asia: The Recent Evolution of Markets, Corporations, and Geopolitics
Speaker:
Carter Page, Global Energy Capital LLCPresider:
Daniel P. Ahn, Council on Foreign Relations
April 17, 2012
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Roundtable Meeting
The Potential for Shale Gas in China
Speaker:
Trevor Houser, Rhodium GroupPresider:
Daniel P. Ahn, Council on Foreign Relations
April 13, 2012
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Roundtable Meeting
The Geopolitics of Natural Gas in Israel
Speaker:
Brenda Shaffer, University of HaifaPresider:
Blake Clayton, Council on Foreign Relations
March 1, 2012
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Roundtable Meeting
Managing Oil Market Disruption in a Confrontation with Iran
Speakers:
David L. Goldwyn, Goldwyn Global Strategies, Robert McNally, The Rapidan Group, Afshin Molavi, New America FoundatiPresider:
Blake Clayton, Council on Foreign Relations
February 24, 2012
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Roundtable Meeting
Tight Oil Development in North America: Strategic and Policy Implications
Speakers:
James Burkhard, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Frank A. Verrastro, Center for Strategic and International StudiesPresider:
Atul Arya, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
January 18, 2012
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Roundtable Meeting
Oil, Geopolitics, and the Arab Uprisings
Speaker:
Chakib Khlelil, Former Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines; Former President, OPECPresider:
Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, Council on Foreign Relations
November 7, 2011
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Roundtable Meeting
Geopolitics and Energy Markets
Speaker:
Edward L. Morse, Managing Director and Global Head of Commodities Research, CitigroupPresider:
Daniel P. Ahn, Adjunct Fellow for Energy, Council on Foreign Relations
May 18, 2011
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Roundtable Meeting
Gas and Geopolitics
Speakers:
John Deutch, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Daniel H. Yergin, Cofounder and Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research AssociatesPresiders:
Michael A. Levi, Council on Foreign Relations, Elliott Abrams, Council on Foreign Relations
January 19, 2011
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