Justin Dargin
Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
February 25, 2009
Energy as a Compounding Agent: InterIntel and the Democratization of Sustainability
Op-Ed, Nuova Energia
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative and Dan Schnitzer
From the introduction: "The old, but well known, proverb states, Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man how to fish, and you feedhim for life. This sums up in its entirety the fact that despite the best efforts of the World’s numerous aid agencies and NGOs, and despite the billions of aid dollars spent on the world’s poorest communities, poverty has seemingly become more entrenched. However, as shall be discussed subsequently, poverty can be broken, but only if the poor are viewed as creators of their own destinies, and given the tools to attack the problems that beset them."
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AP Photo
February 12, 2009
"Securing the Peace: The Battle over Ethnicity and Energy in Modern Iraq"
Journal Article, Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
From the introduction: "This article examines the legal and political impediments to the Kurdish Regional Government's exploration and production contracts, which the central government in Baghdad has refused to recognize. The newly established Iraqi national constitution significantly opened as many petroleum-control questions as it resolved.
Negotiated in 2005, the constitution not only separated branches of government, but established Federalism as its lodestar. However, faced with unresolved issues over regional and national control over petroleum resources, international oil companies function in an ambiguous legal environment that fails to clearly distinguish between federal and regional powers"
February 1, 2009
"The Islamization of Project Finance in the Gulf"
Journal Article, Oil and Gas Financial Journal, issue 2, volume 6
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
From the introduction:
"While Islamic financial instruments currently make up a small proportion of global finance, they actually experienced an annual 15% growth from 2005 to 2008 (Fig. 1), with the energy-producing Gulf
nations in the Middle East responsible for much of the increase."
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October 21, 2011
Justin Dargin speaks to Interfax about energy in Kuwait
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Associate Justin Dargin is interviewed by Interfax Energy Services for an article on new energy policies in Kuwait. The article focuses on Kuwait's descision to effectively end development of nuclear power in the country in favor of long-term natural gas imports.
November, 2009
Securing the Peace: The Battle over Ethnicity and Energy in Modern Iraq
Working Paper
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
This article examines the legal and political impediments to the Kurdish Regional Government's (KRG) exploration and production contracts, which the central government in Baghdad has refused to recognize. The newly established Iraqi national constitution significantly opened as many petroleum-control questions as it resolved. Negotiated in 2005, the constitution not only separated branches of government, but established Federalism as its lodestar. When faced with unresolved issues over regional and national control over petroleum resources, however, International Oil Companies (IOCs) function in an ambiguous legal environment that fails to clearly distinguish between federal and regional powers.
October 24, 2011
Justin Dargin on the New Steps for the UAE Energy Sector
Media Feature
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Justin Dargin in an interview with Dubai One about the future steps that the UAE will take in its nuclear energy sector post-Fukushima.
September 19, 2011
"Iraqi factions wrangle over gas reserves"
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Associate Justin Dargin quoted by The Financial Times in an article about political wrangling over gas reserves, potential exports, and development in Iraq.
November 4, 2010
A Carbon Solution for the Gulf's Energy Deficit
Journal Article, Petroleum Economist
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
By introducing a carbon-management strategy, GCC countries could reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, and conserve their oil and gas resource for future generations.
October 14, 2010
Development of Gulf Carbon Trading
Presentation
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
A harmonized pan-Gulf carbon trading platform to make cost-efficient decisions about greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement will bring immense economic, environmental and geopolitical benefits to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which currently have some of the highest per capita carbon emission rates in the world, according to Justin Dargin, Research Fellow at the Dubai Initiative and Fulbright scholar of the Middle East. Click here to watch the video.
August, 2010
Addressing the UAE Natural Gas Crisis
Policy Brief
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
This policy brief explains the origins of the UAE energy crisis, forecasts developments for 2010-2020, and posits recommendations for overall sector rationalization. If Emirati authorities take a proactive stance and address the structural elements of the natural gas shortage, the more extreme elements of the crisis would be mitigated without lasting damage to Emirati economic growth. As the UAE has prodigious natural gas reserves, slight modification of the natural gas pricing and the power sector tariff structures would be able to resolve the most serious issues facing the UAE in its drive towards industrialization and diversification.
