China's Energy Rise and the New Geopolitics of Oil

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Join us for a discussion on "China's 'Energy Rise' and the New Geopolitics of Oil" with Mikkal Herberg, BP Senior Research Fellow for International Energy, The Pacific Council on International Policy

Mr. Herberg has spent twenty years in the oil industry in Strategic Planning roles for ARCO, where from 1997-2000 he was Director for Global Energy and Economics, responsible for worldwide energy, economic, and political analysis. He also headed country risk management and held previous positions including Director of Portfolio Risk Management and Director for Emerging Markets.   His recent publications include “China’s Search for Energy Security and Implications for Southeast Asia” in China, the United States, and Southeast Asia: Contending Perspectives on Economics, Politics, and Security (Routledge, 2007); “The Geopolitics of China’s LNG Development” in China's Energy Strategy: The Impact on Beijing's Maritime Policies (Naval Institute Press, U.S. Department of Defense, 2008); “The US-China-India Triangle of Strategic Energy Interests: US Perspectives” in China, India, and the United States: Competition for Energy Resources (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, UAE, 2007); and The Rise of Asia’s National Oil Companies: Geopolitical and Competitive Implications (The National Bureau of Asian Research, 2007). His writings and commentaries have also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Reuters, Asahi Shimbun, Caijing, and National Public Radio.  Mr. Herberg also serves as Research Director for the Asian Energy Security Program at The National Bureau of Asian Research and as Visiting Lecturer at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego.

Co-sponsored by the Asia Center, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Special Series on International Relations of East Asia

Lunch will be available for purchase in the CGIS Knafel Building, Fisher Family Commons (1st floor).