The New Geopolitics of Energy

The United States has become the world’s largest producer of both crude oil and natural gas, giving the White House a strong set of cards as it thinks about its foreign policy. But even so, Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is driving up the global price of oil, which also hurts U.S. consumers. Why is energy becoming a foreign-policy cudgel, and what can countries do to protect against it? How does growth in clean energy impact policymakers’ calculations?

Meghan L. O'Sullivan joins Foreign Policy Live to discuss.