Justin Dargin
Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
May, 2011
The Gulf Natural Gas Dual Pricing Regime: WTO Rules and Economic Growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Book
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
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.
April 22, 2011
Justin Dargin on Investment and Instability in the Middle East
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
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.
April 19, 2011
Resource Nationalism: From Spanish Roots to an Arab Tree
Presentation
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
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.
April 7, 2011
The Impact of Fukushima on the UAE Nuclear Plans
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin with Dubai One channel about the possible impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on Emirati nuclear plans.
March 30, 2011
Morning Briefing with Tim Farley on President Obama's Speech
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
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
March 23, 2011
Expert Examines Impact of EU's Diversification Strategy on GCC at Dubai School of Government Lecture
Press Release
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
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.
March 21, 2011
The European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council
Presentation
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
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.
March 18, 2011
Japan's nuclear crisis deepens
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
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
www.thegulfonline.com
March, 2011
When too much is never enough
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin speaks to The Gulf business news magazine in a special report about the gas predicaments among the Gulf countries.
BJ Smur
March, 2011
Natural Gas Markets in the Middle East and North Africa
Book Chapter
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
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.
