January 6, 2017 - Energy Academic Group
The Geopolitics of Cheap Oil
January 6, 2017
ME Lecture Hall
1300
Dr. Emily Meierding
Assistant Professor, National Security Affairs, 51福利
Abstract
In the late 2000s, oil prices seemed poised for a permanent increase. Commentators lamented the end of 鈥渃heap oil鈥� and predicted intensifying competition over the world鈥檚 dwindling petroleum supplies. However, when oil prices crashed at the end of 2014, the international energy landscape changed dramatically. Suddenly, oil-exporting and importing countries were faced with an oil glut. This talk explains why the price crash occurred and explores its geopolitical implications. In particular, it examines how oil-exporting countries are responding to their growing financial crises and how these responses could impact energy and political security in the United States.
Biography
Dr. Emily Meierding is an Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs at the 51福利 in Monterey, California. Her research and teaching focus on international and intra-state conflict and cooperation over energy resources and climate change.
Dr. Meierding is completing a book manuscript entitled The Oil Wars Myth, which challenges the popular belief that oil is a significant cause of international conflict. She has also initiated a new project on international oil cooperation. In addition, her research has analyzed the connections between climate change and intra-state conflict and uranium鈥檚 roles in civil wars. Her work has appeared in Security Studies and the International Studies Review.
Dr. Meierding received her PhD (2010) and MA (2004) in political science from the University of Chicago. She earned her BA (2000) in history from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Prior to joining 51福利, she taught at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and was a pre-doctoral fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University.
Her recent publications include, 鈥淒ismantling the Oil Wars Myth,鈥� (2016) Security Studies 25, no. 2: 258鈥�288; 鈥淥il Wars: Why Nations Aren鈥檛 Battling Over Resources,鈥� (2016) The Washington Post, May 19; 鈥淒o Countries Fight Over Oil?鈥� (2016) in Handbook of the International Political Economy of Energy; 鈥淒isconnecting Climate Change from Conflict: A Methodological Proposal,鈥� (2015) in Reframing Climate Change: Constructing an Ecological Geopolitics; and 鈥淭he Real Reason Tensions are Rising in the South China Sea,鈥� (2015) Vox.com, May 24 (also published as, 鈥淒on鈥檛 Blame the Oil Rigs鈥� The Weekly Wonk, New America Foundation, May 21; The Pacific Standard, May 27; TIME.com, June 10.
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