on energy

Energy Transition Strategies: Ethiopia’s Low-Carbon Development Pathway (with Lachlan Carey), CSIS report, October 30, 2020.

Getting East Med Energy Right, CSIS commentary, October 26, 2020.

Nine Lessons from the 2020 World Energy Outlook, CSIS commentary, October 16, 2020.

Who Needs a Gas OPEC?, CSIS commentary, October 7, 2020.

Beijing Is Winning the Clean Energy Race (with Sarah Ladislaw), Foreign Policy, October 2, 2020.

Gas Line, Q3 2020, CSIS commentary, October 1, 2020.

Qatar’s Looming Decisions in LNG Expansion (with Ben Cahill), CSIS commentary, September 28, 2020.

Energy Transition Strategies: Gujarat’s Low Carbon Development Pathway (with Lachlan Carey), CSIS report, September 9, 2020.

In Defense of the Energiewende, CSIS commentary, August 24, 2020.

How Can Europe Get Carbon Border Adjustment Right?, CSIS commentary, August 7, 2020.

Energy Transition Strategies: Vietnam’s Low Carbon Development Pathway (with Lachlan Carey), CSIS report, July 31, 2020.

Climate Solutions Series: Decarbonizing Global Transport (with Stephen Naimoli), CSIS brief, July 20, 2020.

Are Gas Pipelines Really Impossible to Build?, CSIS blog post, July 8, 2020.

Race to the Top: The Case for a New U.S. International Energy Policy (with Sarah Ladislaw), CSIS report, July 6, 2020.

Gas Line, Q2 2020, CSIS commentary, July 1, 2020.

Will New Funding Rules Kill Alaska’s Oil Boom?, CSIS commentary, June 29, 2020.

As We Start Moving Again, Let’s Do It Better, CSIS commentary, June 24, 2020.

When Natural Gas Prices Converge, CSIS commentary, May 15, 2020.

Focus More on Oil Country, Less on the Oil Industry, CSIS commentary, May 6, 2020.

Energy and Emissions after Covid-19: A First Cut (with Sarah Ladislaw), CSIS commentary, April 9, 2020.

United States No Longer Reducing Energy-Related Carbon Emissions, CSIS blog post, April 3, 2020.

Gas Line, Q1 2020, CSIS commentary, April 1, 2020.

America’s Arctic Moment: Great Power Competition in the Arctic to 2050 (coauthor), CSIS report, March 30, 2020.

How COVID-19 Will Reshape Global Gas, CSIS commentary, March 25, 2020.

Why Europe’s Green Deal Still Matters, CSIS commentary, March 24, 2020.

Which U.S. States Are Most Exposed to Low Oil Prices?, CSIS blog post, March 12, 2020.

Who is Prepared for an Oil Price War?, CSIS blog post, March 9, 2020.

The Complex Relationship Between Coal and Gas in Europe, CSIS blog post, February 13, 2020.

This Gas Glut Feels Different, CSIS blog post, February 12, 2020.

LNG Needs Depth, Not Just Breadth, CSIS blog post, January 27, 2020.

How Will Natural Gas Fare in the Energy Transition?, CSIS report, January 14, 2020.

Gas Line, Q4 2019, CSIS commentary, January 3, 2020.

Is It (Finally) Time for a Gas OPEC?, CSIS commentary, December 6, 2019.

The EIB Decides against Gas—Now What?, CSIS blog post, November 21, 2019.

Does LNG Have a China Problem?, CSIS blog post, November 14, 2019.

The United States in the East Med: A Case Study in Energy Diplomacy, CSIS commentary, November 4, 2019.

Who Killed Coal in the United Kingdom?, CSIS blog post, October 28, 2019.

The Role of LNG in the United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy, National Bureau of Asian Research, October 24, 2019.

Gas Line, Q3 2019, CSIS commentary, October 1, 2019.

Competing Mobility Futures, CSIS commentary, September 27, 2019.

Why the California Waiver Matters, CSIS blog post, September 24, 2019.

Energy Spheres of Influence (with Sarah Ladislaw), CSIS report, September 13, 2019.

The Era of the Gas Mega-Players, CSIS report, September 10, 2019.

How Would Global Gas Cope with a Hormuz Closure?, CSIS commentary, August 5, 2019.

How Nord Stream 1 Rewired German Gas, CSIS blog post, July 30, 2019.

East Med Tensions Rise (Again), CSIS commentary, July 29, 2019.

The Important Role of U.S. LNG in Evolving Global Markets, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee testimony, July 11, 2019.

How Much Does U.S. LNG Cost in Europe?, CSIS blog post, July 5, 2019.

Gas Line, Q2 2019, CSIS commentary, July 1, 2019.

Oil Still Drives Asian LNG Prices, CSIS blog post, June 19, 2019.

The Slowly Changing U.S. Commute, CSIS blog post, June 12, 2019.

Will Chinese Tariffs Hurt U.S. LNG?, CSIS commentary, May 9, 2019.

A Global Gas Strategy for the United States, CSIS commentary, May 9, 2019.

U.S. LNG 2.0 Takes Shape, CSIS commentary, May 2, 2019.

Gas Line, Q1 2019, CSIS commentary, April 3, 2019.

Is Russia Winning the Race to Develop Arctic Energy?, CSIS commentary, March 22, 2019.

U.S. Oil Demand Recovers, CSIS commentary, January 29, 2019.

What Are the Positive and Negative Economic Implications of a Net Export Scenario?, CSIS commentary, January 28, 2019.

Can the East Med Pipeline Work?, CSIS commentary, January 22, 2019.

How Is China Securing Its LNG Needs?, CSIS white paper, January 9, 2019.

Understanding Transportation in Emerging Economies, CSIS white paper, January 4, 2019.

Energy in 2018 and What to Expect Next Year, CSIS experts react, December 18, 2018.

Energy and Growth: Exploring a Nuanced Relationship, CSIS commentary, December 7, 2018.

Qatar Leaves OPEC, CSIS energy fact and opinion, December 4, 2018.

The TurkStream Opportunity, CSIS commentary, November 28, 2018.

The Center of Coal Demand Keeps Shifting, CSIS commentary, October 15, 2018.

Must the Energy Transition Be Slow? Not Necessarily, CSIS brief, September 14, 2018.

U.S. LNG into Europe after the Trump-Juncker Agreement, CSIS critical questions, August 9, 2018.

Can Energy Close America’s Trade Deficit?, CSIS commentary, July 10, 2018.

Is Gas Winning? It Depends, CSIS commentary, June 25, 2018.

Canadian Gas Fights Back, CSIS commentary, May 24, 2018.

Who’s Afraid of Russian Gas? Bridging the Transatlantic Divide, CSIS brief, May 3, 2018.

Is Gas Global Yet?, CSIS commentary, March 23, 2018.

Ending the LNG Drought, CSIS commentary, March 5, 2018.

What Does Calypso Mean for Cyprus and Eastern Mediterranean Gas?, CSIS energy fact and opinion, February 9, 2018.

Is U.S. LNG Different? Taking Stock after Two Years, CSIS commentary, January 26, 2018.

Europe Turns to Russia, and Elsewhere, to Meet Rising Gas Demand in 2017, CSIS commentary, January 18, 2018.

Nord Stream 2 Doesn’t Matter, EURACTIV, July 11, 2017.

Greek Foreign Energy Policy, chapter in Foreign Policy Under Austerity (Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2017).

A U.S. Gas War With Russia?, Foreign Affairs, May 15, 2016.

Israeli Gas: Too Soon to Declare Victory, German Marshall Fund of the United States, January 2016.

Why US LNG Matters, Rigzone, January 6, 2016.

Indonesia: The Nexus of Gas and Electricity (with N. Bravo), National Bureau of Asian Research, December 2015.

Egypt: A Market for Natural Gas from Cyprus and Israel?, German Marshall Fund of the United States, October 5, 2015.

Financing Gas Projects in the Eastern Mediterranean (with A. Giamouridis), German Marshall Fund of the United States, July 13, 2015.

Europe’s Dangerous Distraction: Pipelines, The National Interest, July 2, 2015.

A simpler way to market competition, The Jerusalem Post, January 19, 2015.

Don’t Fear Turkey’s Energy Power Play, The National Interest, January 2, 2015.

Shale-Oil Surprise: OPEC Faces an Insurgency, Not a Price War, The National Interest, December 9, 2014.

Don’t Overhype America’s Energy Revolution, The National Interest, October 13, 2014.

America Needs to Chill Out about Oil Prices, The National Interest, September 2, 2014.

Could Lower Oil Prices Bring Chaos to Oil Exporters?, The National Interest, June 30, 2014.

Europe’s Never-Ending Natural-Gas Obsession, The National Interest, June 12, 2014.

The Russia-China Gas Deal: A $400 Billion Mirage?, The National Interest, May 29, 2014.

The Missing Shale Miracle, Foreign Affairs, March 23, 2014.

Beyond a Buyer’s Market, Petroleum Economist Fundamentals of LNG 2014, March 2014.

Ukraine and the Limits of Gas Diplomacy, The National Interest, March 7, 2014.

New Geography of Asian LNG, National Bureau of Asian Research, November 2013.

Will North America Overwhelm the LNG Market (with R. Keller), Petroleum Economist LNG 17, April 2013.

No Natural Gas Panacea, International Economy, Spring 2011.

A brave new gas world, The Australian Financial Review, April 27, 2011.

US might be next Australia in LNG, The Australian Financial Review, December 2, 2010.

Does oil-based pricing make sense, The Australian Financial Review, October 12, 2010.

Is unconventional gas a game changer?, The Australian Financial Review, September 22, 2010.

Expensive Energy, The National Interest, April 20, 2010.

Moscow’s Leash, The National Interest, November 20, 2009.

Energy without Politics, The National Interest, September 12, 2008.

Big Oil and Big Talk: Resource Populism in International Relations, SAIS Review, Vol. 27.1 Fall 2007.

talks

Energy and geopolitical entanglements in the East Med: What Way Forward?, 5th EU-Arab World Summit, November 10, 2020 (video).

Are electric vehicles finally in the fast lane?, The Energy Podcast (by Shell), November 9, 2020 (audio).

Climate Change: A View from the Bank of Greece, CSIS podcast, November 9, 2020 (audio).

Examining Germany’s Clean Energy Transition, CSIS podcast, October 26, 2020 (audio).

Virtual Forum on Proposition 1 – Alaska, University of Alaska Anchorage Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) Forum, October 12, 2020 (video).

What Is At Stake In The Eastern Mediterranean?, Belgrade Security Forum, October 6, 2020 (video).

Innovation in Transportation Fuels (moderator), CSIS event, September 30, 2020 (video).

Race to the Top: China, Russia, U.S. Compete (moderator), CSIS podcast, August 3, 2020 (audio).

Climate, Energy, and U.S. Foreign Policy, CSIS podcast, July 8, 2020 2020 (audio).

A New U.S. International Energy Policy (moderator), CSIS event, July 8, 2020 (video).

Decarbonizing Global Transport (moderator), CSIS event, May 27, 2020 (video).

Priorities for U.S. Mayors (moderator), CSIS podcast, April 24, 2020 (audio).

The European Green Deal (moderator), CSIS podcast, March 30, 2020 (audio).

Natural Gas: The Next 10 Years, Naval Postgraduate School, February 18, 2020 (video and slides).

The Bridge: Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe (A conversation with the author, Thane Gustafson), CSIS event, January 8, 2020 (video).

Energy Transition Outlook 2019 (A discussion of DNV GL’s forecasted energy transition for 2050), CSIS event, November 20, 2019 (video).

Outlook for Russian Energy & Geopolitics (moderator), CSIS podcast, November 18, 2019 (audio).

EIA’s International Energy Outlook 2019 (moderator), CSIS event, September 24, 2019 (video).

Energy Transitions Forum: Low-Carbon Pathways for Growth and Sustainability (moderator), CSIS event, September 18, 2019 (video).

Energy Investment and Infrastructure in Asia (moderator), CSIS event, July 18, 2019.

Progress toward Global Energy Transitions (moderator), CSIS event, July 16, 2019.

The Important Role of U.S. LNG in Evolving Global Markets, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee testimony, July 11, 2019.

Equinor Energy Perspectives 2019 (moderator), CSIS event, June 25, 2019 (video).

The Present and Future for Coal (moderator), CSIS podcast, June 17, 2019 (audio).

Changing Expectations for the Belt and Road Initiative, CSIS podcast, May 20, 2019 (audio).

The new energy landscape: A game changer for LNG?, New Orleans, October 2016 (video).

Alaska LNG: Pros and Cons of a State-led Project, Anchorage, August 2016 (video from 2:02:00 onwards).

Gas as a “Bridge” Fuel: Have We Crossed the Bridge?, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2016 (slides).

The Geopolitics of America’s Shale Revolution, Washington, DC, March 2016 (video).

Towards a Global Market for Natural Gas, Washington, DC, February 2015 (video).

Europe in the New Global Gas Market, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 31, 2012 (slides).

Gas in The Crisis Years, Tokyo, Japan, September 10, 2010 (slides).

data-viz

No, the Greek economy isn’t recovering, Twitter thread, September 20, 2017.

Economic Growth without CO2 Emissions?, GitHub Blog, May 2017.

Education and Employment: A Spatial Survey, GitHub Blog, May 2017.

Are Retail Jobs Disappearing?, GitHub Blog, May 2017.

Red vs. Blue: Visualizing the Fault Lines, GitHub Blog, April 2017.

After Manufacturing: Where Are the Jobs?, GitHub Blog, March 2017.

on Greece

Making it in Europe’s most infamous economy, LinkedIn post, October 9, 2017.

Greek Foreign Energy Policy, chapter in Foreign Policy Under Austerity (Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2017).

Greece and the EU: The Great Financial Trainwreck, The National Interest, May 13, 2015.

What Happens to Greece (and the Eurozone) If Syriza Wins?, The National Interest, January 7, 2015.

Beyond Debt: The Greek Crisis in Context, CreateSpace, March 2013.

Greek Default Watch Blog, September 2010 to June 2015 (over 200 entries).

Austerity Has Yet to Come to Greece, The National Interest, October 30, 2012.

musings

American leadership under Trump, Facebook post, October 12, 2017.

A United States of Europe?, Facebook post, September 9, 2017.

Who Should Get Apple’s Cash?, Facebook post, August 1, 2017.

Let’s Talk Coal Jobs, Medium Blog, July 2017.

No, energy doesn’t drive competitiveness, LinkedIn post, June 2, 2017.

America after Paris, Facebook post, May 31, 2017.

A hard power budget, Facebook post, March 16, 2017.

My immigration file, Facebook post, January 29, 2017.

Tillerson for Secretary of State?, Facebook post, December 11, 2017.

America: The day after, Facebook post, November 9, 2017.

Is this the end?, Facebook post, November 4, 2017.

in the press

Economists try to square Fair Share Act, Juneau Empire, October 13, 2020.

Pandemic puts natural gas projects on hold, Marketplace, October 12, 2020.

EU’s carbon clock starts ticking for Australian companies, Australian Financial Review, October 5, 2020.

Qatar is winning the last great fossil fuel gold rush, Quartz, October 6, 2020.

Putin, Poison and the Pipeline, Axios, September 3, 2020.

How an EU tax could slash climate emissions far beyond Europe, MIT Technology Review, July 31, 2020.

Natural Gas May Be the Next Commodity to Trade Below Zero, Bloomberg, June 2, 2020.

Fuel price slump puts North American LNG projects on ice, Financial Times, May 26, 2020.

Unravelling the climate footprint of U.S. liquefied natural gas, Clean Energy Wire, May 15, 2020.

Natural Gas Exports Slow as Pandemic Reduces Global Demand, New York Times, May 11, 2020.

LNG buyers cancel cargoes as U.S. natgas becomes most expensive in world, Reuters, May 6, 2020.

Coronavirus crisis highlights risks of U.S.-European LNG deals diplomacy, Clean Energy Wire, April 28, 2020.

How coronavirus will alter natural gas markets, Axios, March 26, 2020.

US keeps wary eye on EU carbon border tax plans, Clean Energy Wire, March 23, 2020.

US LNG development picture cloudier on raft of uncertainties: analysts, S&P Global, March 5, 2020.

Energy numbers in US-China trade deal don’t add up, Alaska Journal of Commerce, January 29, 2020.

Flood of cheap LNG from Qatar imperils rival North American projects, Reuters, November 27, 2019.

As LNG booms, some fear bubble, Houston Chronicle, November 7, 2019.

As American Coal Fades, Will LNG Exports Pick Up Market Share?, Forbes, November 5, 2019.

Saudi Attacks Haven’t Spooked Oil Enough, Bloomberg, September 20, 2019.

From the tanks: The emerging global gas order, Axios, September 11, 2019.

Turkey’s Big Energy Grab, Foreign Policy, July 25, 2019.

LNG exports slammed amid US-China trade battle, Alaska Journal of Commerce, May 22, 2019.

U.S. Lawmakers Talk Turkey to Ankara, Foreign Policy, April 10, 2019.

Asia’s coal addiction puts chokehold on its air-polluted cities, Thomson Reuters Foundation, March 20, 2019.

From tiny Cove Point on the Chesapeake, tankers take natural gas around the world. At what cost?, Baltimore Sun, March 20, 2019.

An oil boom is transforming the eastern Mediterranean — and changing relationships, especially with Israel, Los Angeles Times, March 12, 2019.

Petro notes: LNG, sanctions, thirst, Axios, February 5, 2019.

Qatar and Exxon Mobil Plan $10 Billion Gas Investment in Texas, New York Times, February 5, 2019.

The week in energy: China’s slowdown, Financial Times, February 2, 2019.

As trade war simmers, study finds China deals are not crucial to US LNG projects, S&P Global Market Intelligence, January 11, 2019.

The week in energy: A Green New Deal, Financial Times, January 11, 2019.

U.S. LNG’s survival in the China trade war, Axios, January 10, 2019.

Qatar Leaving OPEC To Focus On Natural Gas, Marketplace, December 3, 2018.

Perry optimistic on Eastern Europe energy markets, Politico, November 19, 2018.

US gas exports to China are threatened by a trade war, Financial Times, September 14, 2018.

Trump Trade Spat Threatens U.S. LNG Exporters, Bloomberg, August 13, 2018.

Tiny Islands Make for Big Tensions Between Greece and Turkey, New York Times, April 21, 2018.

Norway’s oil and gas production declines, UPI, April 19, 2018.

La ruée vers le gaz attise les tensions en Méditerranée orientale, Agence France-Presse, February 23, 2018.

Curb Your Enthusiasm, Foreign Policy, February 21, 2018.

US eyes status as global gas player as White House plays hardball on trade, S&P Global Market Intelligence, February 5, 2018.

Chevron transition will mark end of costly era, Financial Times, August 23, 2017.

Harold Hamm steps up bets on demand for gas, Financial Times, August 6, 2017.

Trump Administration’s Push for Gas Exports Faces Market Glut, New York Times, May 1, 2017.

Governor says Alaska LNG is on world leaders’ radars as he pursues partners, Alaska Dispatch News, April 12, 2017.

Report: LNG project must be state-led, but chance of success is ‘low’, Alaska Dispatch News, January 24, 2017.

Consultant raises concerns with state leading AK LNG Project, Alaska Journal of Commerce, January 23, 2017.

Grim news for gas pipeline, Juneau Empire, August 28, 2016.

Nation’s Financial Health Key in National Oil Company Behavior, Rigzone, May 11, 2016.

Charif Souki plots to undercut Cheniere Energy on LNG, Financial Times, May 4, 2016.

Politics keep Eastern Mediterranean offshore gas elusive, forum told, Oil and Gas Journal, April 12, 2016.

US should flex geopolitical muscles from oil renaissance, forum told, Oil and Gas Journal, March 22, 2016.

Cheniere Energy’s shipment turns US into gas exporter, Financial Times, January 10, 2016.

Low Natural Gas Prices Squeeze Industry and Fell a C.E.O., New York Times, December 15, 2015.

Cheniere Energy chief executive toppled at moment of triumph, Financial Times, December 14, 2015.

For Greece, the exit is going to be disastrous, France 24, June 30, 2015.

Questions rise as oil prices drop, Politico, October 20, 2014.

Gas Prices Moving Away From Link to Oil, New York Times, June 8, 2013.

Centrica in talks to buy U.S. natural gas, Reuters, March 8, 2013.

The battle over exporting natural gas, Marketplace, January 11, 2013.

Exports of American Natural Gas May Fall Short of High Hopes, New York Times, January 4, 2013.

Prices, not policy, will shape US gas exports, Reuters, December 7, 2012.

Greece civil servants’ secure jobs stir resentment among public, Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2012.

Greece Turns to Energy as its Economic Savior, Der Spiegel, December 22, 2011.

BG signs 20-year American LNG deal, Financial Times, October 26, 2011.

BG Group first to seal U.S. LNG export deal, Reuters, October 26, 2011.

Mubarak Faces More Questioning on Gas Deal With Israel, New York Times, April 22, 2011.

Algeria Struggles to Realize Natural Gas Potential, New York Times, October 19, 2009.

Who’s Looking At Natural Gas Now? Big Oil, NPR Morning Edition, September 23, 2009.

New Chile LNG supply will not change energy mix, Reuters, June 9, 2009.

U.S. faces summer LNG surge once Europe has its fill, Reuters, March 23, 2009.

Natural Gas, Suddenly Abundant, Is Cheaper, New York Times, March 21, 2009.

Global Demand Squeezing Natural Gas Supply, New York Times, May 29, 2008.

Gas is key to future growth of oil groups, Financial Times, March 2, 2008.

An OPEC For Natural Gas?, Forbes, April 6, 2007.