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The Geopolitics of Energy Project
2012 Geopolitics of Energy Case Competition
On April 19th, the Geopolitics of Energy Project at Harvard hosted the second annual energy policy case competition at the Harvard Kennedy School, challenging students across the MIT and Harvard communities to develop a strategy to solve the case: “New Finds of Energy in the Eastern Mediterranean: Cause for Conflict or Cooperation?”
Finalists presented 20-minute briefings to a panel of distinguished judges, including: Meghan L. O’Sullivan (Chair, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project at Harvard University’s Kennedy School); Nusret Comert (former Managing Director of Royal Dutch Shell Group's Exploration & Production and Gas & Power activities); Shai Feldman (Judith and Sidney Swartz Director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University and member of the Board of Directors of Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs); Leonardo Maugeri (Research Fellow of the Geopolitics of Energy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and former Senior Executive Vice President of Strategies and Development, Eni); Georges Sassine (Lebanon energy policy expert and HKS 2009 Alum).
WINNERS: José Ramón Morales Arilla and Sergio Guerra. The winners of the case competition received $250 and will be sent next month to the State Department in Washington to brief Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Diplomacy Amos J. Hochstein.
FINALIST TEAMS:
- Moses Esema, Brendan McEwen, Tushar Kansal
- Ryan Miller, Deepa Raghunathan, Sujoyini Mandal
- William Thomson & Thomas Batten
Read the case, learn about the judges, and read the finalists' memos:
View the photo gallery from the 2012 Geopolitics of Energy Case Competition
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
July 2011
"Iraqi Politics And Implications For Oil And Energy"
By Meghan L. O'Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Iraq could be poised for a dramatic transformation in which it finally escapes the political and technical constraints that have kept it producing less than 4 percent of the world’s oil, writes Meghan L. O'Sullivan. Should Iraq meet its ambitions to bring nearly 10 million more barrels of oil on line by 2017, it would constitute the largest ever capacity increase in the history of the oil industry. Even half this much would represent a massive achievement.
Summer 2011
"New Geopolitics of Energy Project Weighs Fuel Options"
Belfer Center Newsletter
As the Arab Spring raises oil prices and concerns about energy security around the globe,the links between energy, international security, and global politics are more dramatic than ever. The new Geopolitics of Energy Project at the Belfer Center has set out to tackle some of the most intriguing and pressing issues at this intersection.
