ENERGY SECURITY
Winter 2005-06
"Experts Work to Put Energy Security on the Global Fast Track"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
When explosions tore open the main pipeline carrying gas from Russia to neighboring Georgia during extreme sub-zero weather in late January, Georgian officials blamed Russia and Russia blamed Islamic militants. Whatever the cause, the effect was severe disruption of every aspect of Georgian life and heightening of international concerns about the multiple aspects of energy security. The incident occurred on the heels of Russia's closure of gas pipelines to Ukraine over a disagreement on pricing, a move that limited gas to much of continental Europe.
October 2005
"From Pipedream to Pipeline: A Caspian Success Story"
Journal Article, Current History, issue 684, volume 104
By Brenda Shaffer, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 19992007; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Program, 20002005; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Project, 20052007
“The goal of winning the pipeline battle was less to gain the moderate volumes of oil and gas in the Caspian than to maintain (in the case of Russia) or attain (in the case of the United States and Iran) significant presence in the region.”
July 13, 2001
"U.S. Policy toward the Caspian Region: Recommendations for the Bush Administration"
Policy Brief
By Brenda Shaffer, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 19992007; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Program, 20002005; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Project, 20052007
The brief proposes that a number of U.S. interests can be advanced through an active and coherent policy toward the Caspian region: viability and stability of global energy supplies and diversification of supply from areas other than the Persian Gulf; improved relations with the Muslim world; and support for Turkey. Among the ways to promote those interests, the memorandum suggests continued efforts to assist in the success of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline project; continued activity aimed at solving the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict; and working cooperatively with Russia, while remaining firm in the U.S. commitment to support the independence of the states of the region.
March 1999
Preventive Defense: A New Security Strategy for America
Book
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project
"The most important book by any ex-Clinton official."
-Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times (April 16, 1999)
1994
Global Engagement: Cooperation and Security in the 21st Century
Book Chapter
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
Chapter in Janne E. Nolan's book "Global Engagement: Cooperation and Security in the 21st Century"
April 2010
Securing the Bomb 2010
Book
By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Project on Managing the Atom Co-Principal Investigator Matthew Bunn provides a comprehensive assessment of global efforts to secure and consolidate nuclear stockpiles, and a detailed action plan for securing all nuclear materials in four years. Securing the Bomb 2010 was commissioned by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). The full report, with additional information on the threat of nuclear terrorism, is available for download on the NTI website.
AP Photo
April-June 2006
"Turkey's Energy Policies in a Tight Global Energy Market"
Journal Article, Insight Turkey, issue 2, volume 8
By Brenda Shaffer, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 19992007; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Program, 20002005; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Project, 20052007
Despite this extensive activity in the energy sphere, it seems, however, that Ankara's energy policy has been undertaken without a strategic plan and with little integration of energy issues into Turkey's overall foreign and security policies.
Winter 2005-06
"Experts Work to Put Energy Security on the Global Fast Track"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
When explosions tore open the main pipeline carrying gas from Russia to neighboring Georgia during extreme sub-zero weather in late January, Georgian officials blamed Russia and Russia blamed Islamic militants. Whatever the cause, the effect was severe disruption of every aspect of Georgian life and heightening of international concerns about the multiple aspects of energy security. The incident occurred on the heels of Russia's closure of gas pipelines to Ukraine over a disagreement on pricing, a move that limited gas to much of continental Europe.
March 1999
Preventive Defense: A New Security Strategy for America
Book
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project
"The most important book by any ex-Clinton official."
-Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times (April 16, 1999)
April 2010
Securing the Bomb 2010
Book
By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Project on Managing the Atom Co-Principal Investigator Matthew Bunn provides a comprehensive assessment of global efforts to secure and consolidate nuclear stockpiles, and a detailed action plan for securing all nuclear materials in four years. Securing the Bomb 2010 was commissioned by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). The full report, with additional information on the threat of nuclear terrorism, is available for download on the NTI website.
