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Mihaela Carstei on the US-Canada Keystone Pipeline Project (CTV)
On the heels of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit to the United States, Energy & Environment Program Associate Director Mihaela Carstei joins CTV to discuss the Keystone Pipeline project that would transport tar sands oil from Canada and the northern United States to refineries in the Gulf coast of Texas.
Frederic Hof on US Position in Syria Crisis (BBC World Service)
Hariri Middle East Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof speaks with the BBC’s Tim Franks about the cautious US position with respect to resolving the Syria crisis.
Shuja Nawaz Response to Pakistan Election Results (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz joins a live Google Hangout organized by RFE/RL to discuss Pakistan’s historic elections.
Shuja Nawaz Speaks About Pakistan Elections (CCTV America)
South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz joins CCTV America to discuss Pakistan’s historic elections.
The New Energy World of 2030
October 09, 2012
On October 9, the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative hosted Dr. Daniel Yergin for a discussion with Atlantic Council President & CEO Frederick Kempe to discuss his new book The Quest. Yergin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, interweaves the issues of climate change, the shale gas revolution, and a rising China in order to explain the state of energy in 2012. In accordance with the work of the Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative, he analyzed how these factors will influence the global community in the next two decades, citing the unstoppable growth of energy demand as the driving force governing the development of the industry in the medium term.
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Dr. Yergin is the author of the recent bestseller The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World. Published in 2011, The Quest is a tour de force of the global energy landscape, from politics to technology, and has been hailed as “a fascinating saga” and “the book you must read to understand the future of our economy and our way of life.” He also received the Pulitzer Prize for The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil Money and Power, which became a number one New York Times best seller and has been translated into seventeen languages.
Other books by Dr. Yergin include Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy. Dr. Yergin is Vice Chairman of IHS and Founder of IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates; he also serves as CNBC’s Global Energy Expert. Dr. Yergin serves on the US Secretary of Energy Advisory Board and chaired the US Department of Energy’s Task Force on Strategic Energy Research and Development.
This event is hosted by the Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative, a practice area under the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, which focuses on emerging global trends that will transform security, government, business, and civil society in the coming decades.
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- Energy Week Ahead: Solar Industry Split as Tariffs Loom on China - Brian Wingfield, Bloomberg Businessweek
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- Yergin: Shale Gas 'Already Having A Big Impact' - Michelle Thompson, Exploration & Production Magazine
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