An Introduction to Choke Points
I am pleased and excited to join the team at Consumer Energy Report. I have been an avid reader of the analysis here and I am looking forward to contributing to the important policy discussions that...
View ArticleWhither the Carter Doctrine? Reassessing U.S. Energy Interests in the Middle...
America’s relationship with Middle East energy resources is changing. Technological breakthroughs in hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”), renewed drilling in ultra-deep waters in the Gulf of Mexico...
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The Operational and Strategic Rationale Behind the U.S. Military’s Energy...
The recent debate over the role of the military in investing in renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency and conservation programs and alternative biofuels has included many voices that...
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Rocking the Boat in the Energy Rich South China Sea
Beijing is flexing some more muscle to protect its energy interests in the South China Sea. Last week, China began combat-ready patrols in the waters around the potentially resource rich Spratly...
View ArticleHow to Neutralize Energy Competition in the South China Sea
During her visit to the Asia Pacific last week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke to the dispute over the South China Sea, arguably one of the region’s most intractable challenges that,...
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How National Security Planners Should View America’s Energy Boom
Increased Domestic Oil & Gas Production, Declining Demand and Shrinking Imports The American energy revolution is starting to come into focus. Technological breakthroughs in shale gas and tight oil...
View ArticleTop Five International Energy Trends to Watch in 2013
Energy issues ranked among the top international headlines in 2012 – from reports that the United States is on track to overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer of crude oil by the end of...
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Beijing is no Boogeyman in Greenland
Western policymakers are becoming increasingly anxious about China’s foothold into Greenland, particularly its desire to produce the semi-autonomous island’s rare earth metals – the materials used in...
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