Oxford Institute for Energy Studies & St Antony's College

OIES Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series

The Geopolitics of Energy seminars run in Hilary and Trinity terms of each academic year.

A rapidly changing global energy scene, dominated by volatile oil and gas prices, the emergence of powerful new consumers in the Asia-Pacific region, reserve depletion within the OECD and the instability in the energy producing regions, caused by domestic, regional and international political actions, have contributed to the instability of energy markets. This seminar series, run in association with St. Antony's College, Oxford, will focus on the role played by geopolitics in the energy sector.

Geopolitics refers to the way geography, politics, and economics influence international relations, individual countries, their foreign policies, as well as their economic and political security.

Most of the lectures in this seminar will be given by high-level guest speakers with special expertise and experience in the energy field.

Wednesdays, 5 p.m. Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road

Convener: Dr Shamil Midkhatovich Yenikeyeff

21 January	Michael Stoppard CERA	Geopolitics of Liquefied Natural Gas. Is LNG a solution to Europe’s pipeline dependence?
28 January	Simon Pirani OIES	The Russo-Ukrainian 'gas war', and what happens next (chaired by Dr Alex Pravda, the Director of the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony’s College)
04 February	Christopher Allsopp OIES	The Financial Crisis, World Recession and Energy
11 February	NO LECTURE
18 February	Juan Carlos Boue (TBC) Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Venezuela	Resource Nationalism in Latin America
25 February	NO LECTURE
04 March	Bassam Fattouh OIES	OPEC and the Oil Price Crisis
11 March	Jenik Radon Columbia University	The Problems of Transborder Pipelines: BTC, BTE, Trans-Caspian and Nabucco

you can also see details of previous seminars