Justin Dargin
Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Forthcoming, September 2012
The Dimensions of Resource Nationalism
Book
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
This book illustrates the historical trajectory of resource nationalism, spanning from its articulation as a legal system to extract resources in the Americas by imperial Spain to an anti-colonial platform developed to increase state control over the energy sector. In a fresh review of this contentious topic, this book provides a broad introduction to resource nationalism and considers whether the ideology has actually contributed to the economic growth and national development of energy-rich developing countries.
This book is a timely piece that can be used as an advanced textbook for graduate students in international affairs, as well as for energy practitioners who want to expand their knowledge of this topic. General readers will also find the text relevant and applicable to an everyday understanding of the drivers of politics in energy-rich developing countries.
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.
November, 2010
Energy, Trade and Finance in Asia
Book
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
To be published late 2011, this study offers a vital reappraisal of the trade relationship between north-east Asia and the Gulf. Writing from a non-western standpoint, Dargin and Lim make a compelling case for how these regions became economically integrated in the wake of the oil crisis. The historical role of India in connecting these regions is examined in-depth, whilst the economic modernization of China and Japan is also stressed.
With its emphasis on strategy, this book provides important information that can be used in policy-making for the future, whilst the expert analysis of twentieth-century economic history makes it an essential research tool for scholars working in this area.
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.
April, 2010
Rebuilding Critical Energy Assets in Times of Disaster
Book Chapter
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
The back-to-back disasters that captivated and horrified the American public; the September 11th attacks, the Northeast power blackout of 2003, and Hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Ike (2008), bombarded America with images of sacrifice and survivors. The ever present emergency worker has been proclaimed the hero of the early 21st century. Outside of these iconic images, little thought is given to the primary backbone of the support network that springs into action after a large scale disaster, energy. Without energy, in the form of electricity and fuel, there would be no relief workers, little or no sanitation, and for all intents and purposes, the survivors would be stranded.
2009
"Emerging State Centralism in the Russian Energy Sector: Precedents from the Gulf?"
Book Chapter
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
In his contribution to the recent book Russian and CIS Relations with the Gulf Region, DI Fellow Justin Dargin discusses Russia's energy relationship with the GCC. Click here for the full text.
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October 8, 2008
"Rebuilding the Iraqi Oil Industry: Legal and Constitutional Strategies for Sustainable Post-Saddam Development"
Book Chapter
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
In Chapter 5 of Rebuilding Sustainable Communities in Iraq: Policies, Programs and International Perspectives, DI Fellow Justin Dargin argues that "without a viable legal framework, Iraq will find it difficult to attract the investment capital necessary for sustainable nationwide development and petroleum production."
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12-13 April, 2011
How Should investors look at the Middle East Now?
Conference Proceedings
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin participated in a conference in Washington, DC hosted by Smadja & Smadja Inc. titled, "A Special Arab Roundtable, The Arab World in a New Era: Assessing the key Implications."
November 11, 2009
Gulf Gas Development: A Rational Development Strategy
Event Summary
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Associate Justin Dargin gave a lecture on the “Gulf Gas Development: A Rational Development Strategy” to Georgetown University in Qatar faculty and staff. The lecture focused on the basics of the Gulf Gas/Power Sector and how the countries of the GCC are facing the current energy challenges.
May 13, 2011
Justin Dargin on Global Energy Security
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By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin in a brief interview at the St. Gallen Symposium about my designation as a Leader of Tomorrow and why energy security is important to everyone.
