Stakeholders in the international economy have long considered energy a crucial aspect of national sovereignty - a commodity inherently political in nature. Because of its contentious nature, energy and natural resources have been the source of conflicts for a millennia. With the sharp increase of the international price of oil and natural gas from 2002-2008, energy subsidization in the energy-rich exporting countries assumed center stage. A narrow focus on this new dynamic, however, obscures the basic issue that developed and developing countries tend to view energy in fundamentally contradictory ways. For developed, OECD countries energy is primarily a tool used to promote the smooth running of the global economy. This new book discusses the role and development of energy in emerging regions.

Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin interviewed on Arabic-language news channel Al-Hurra, about how the instability in the Middle East may impact investment inflows.

Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin speaks for DI's Brown Bag series at Harvard Kennedy School the myriad ways that oil and gas producing nations practice resource nationalism in the legal, political, and economic realms.

Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin with Dubai One channel about the possible impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on Emirati nuclear plans.

Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin interviewed on The Morning Briefing with Tim Farley about the Fukushima disaster and how the unrest in the Middle East will impact American energy strategy

Dubai-UAE - The European Union is trying to diversify its sources of energy imports and reduce reliance on Russian natural gas. Accordingly, it has started to reach out to Gulf countries for a secure source of this natural resource. In order to assess whether broadening the strategic relationship between the EU and the GCC is to the benefit of both sides, Europe's energy security challenges first need to be examined, according to Justin Dargin, Research Fellow at The Dubai Initiative and Fulbright Scholar of the Middle East.

Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin presents at the Dubai School of Government a lecture on the EU's energy policy vis-a-vis the Gulf Cooperation Council.

As Japan's nuclear safety commission upgrades the situation at the earthquake-damaged Fukushima plant to a level five on the seven-level International Nuclear Events Scale, the country's prime minister says circumstances remain grave.

Justin Dargin, nuclear analyst and research fellow at the Dubai initiative, tells Al Jazeera of the wider implications of Japan's ongoing emergency

Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin speaks to The Gulf business news magazine in a special report about the gas predicaments among the Gulf countries.

Dubai Initiative Research Fellow Justin Dargin contributes two chapters in the book Natural Gas Markets in the Middle East and North Africa, an in-depth study of the MENA states' individual gas markets.

Chapter 9: The Gas Revolution in Qatar

Chapter 10: The United Arab Emirates Gas Sector: Challenges and Solutions for the 21st Century.