Energy Security and Geopolitics in the 21st Century: Is the search for energy a driver of conflict?

A discussion hosted by Security in Context on the relationship between "energy security" and foreign policy. The webinar explores the implications of 21st century geopolitics on the Global South.

Speakers:

Michael Klare is Five College professor emeritus of peace and world security studies and senior visiting fellow at the Arms Control Association at Hampshire College, holds a B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of the Union Institute. He has written widely on U.S. military policy, international peace and security affairs, the global arms trade, and global resource politics. He has written fifteen books, including Resource Wars (2001), Blood and Oil (2004), The Race for What's Left (2012), and All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change (2019). His articles have appeared in many journals, including Arms Control Today, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Current History, Foreign Affairs, Harper's, The Nation, The National Interest, Newsweek, Scientific American, and Technology Review.

Emily Meierding is an Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Dr. Meierding received her PhD in political science from the University of Chicago. Her research examines the politics of oil and natural gas resources, the security implications of climate change, and great powers' competition for international influence. Her book, The Oil Wars Myth (Cornell University Press, 2020), challenges the popular belief that oil is a significant cause of international conflict. Her research has also appeared in outlets such as Security Studies, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, and the Washington Post.

Robert Vitalis is a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books. The first book, When Capitalists Collide: Business Conflict and the End of Empire in Egypt, was published in 1995 and reissued by the University of California Press on its 25th anniversary. He continued to develop and expand the scope of his interests in historical comparative analysis in his second book, America's Kingdom: Myth making on the Saudi Oil Frontier, which was published in October 2006 by Stanford University Press and named a book of the year in the London Guardian. He received the International Theory Prize from the Department of International Relations at the University of Sussex for his third book, White World Order, Black Power Politics (Cornell University Press, 2016). Pulitzer Prize-winning author Greg Grandin calls his newest book, Oilcraft: The Myths of Scarcity and Security that Haunt U.S. Energy Policy (Stanford University Press, 2020), “indispensable to understanding the current moment, showing that moving beyond fossil fuels is more akin to quitting a sect than breaking an addiction.” His current research focuses on the rise of the militant right in strategic studies in the United States.

Moderator Omar Dahi is a Professor of Economics at Hampshire College and director of Security in Context.

Edited by Nick Bythrow

[gerrardstones]

I love the upside down world map.Cool as .

[remotecontrol]

I have an option for you. The US dollar reserve system collapses and American rapid managed decline speeds up further. The borders are unable to be managed resulting in a Rome like end for America. Possibility?

[michaeltse]

Russia is constantly on NATO borders - lol - says it all lol

[michaeltse]

Russia has strong ties with middle east, south ameica and africa - lol