20 September 2011

National Bureau of Asian Research to Launch 2011 Energy Security Report “Asia’s Rising Energy and Resource Nationalism” in Washington, DC Thurs. 22 September

The National Bureau of Asian Research’s 2011 Energy Security Report, Asia’s Rising Energy and Resource Nationalism, surveys the dramatic developments taking place in Asian energy markets and their geopolitical implications. This National Bureau of Asian Research report includes an examination of the connection between energy insecurity and control of major sea lanes, the impact of Asia’s national oil companies on the global industry, and the emergence of rare earth elements as an arena for national competition.

Gabe Collins, Andrew S. Erickson, Yufan Hao, Mikkal E. Herberg, Llewelyn Hughes, Weihua Liu, and Jane Nakano, Asia’s Rising Energy and Resource Nationalism: Implications for the United States, China, and the Asia-Pacific Region, NBR Special Report #31 (Seattle, WA: National Bureau of Asian Research, September 2011), 15-28.

 

When

Thursday, September 22, 2011

9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

 

Where

The Reserve Officers Association

One Constitution Avenue NE

Washington, D.C. 20002

 

RSVP

To RSVP for this event, please register online by September 21, 2011.

 

Learn More

To find out more about the report launch or the 2011 Energy Security Program, please contact:

Clara Gillispie

Project Manager

Trade, Economic, and Energy Affairs

(202) 347-9767

eta@nbr.org

Report Launch Event Agenda

8:30 a.m. | Registration and Refreshments

9:00 – 9:10 a.m. | WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

Meredith Miller, The National Bureau of Asian Research

John W. Hempelmann, The Henry M. Jackson Foundation

9:10 – 9:45 a.m. | OPENING

Senator Lisa Murkowski, State of Alaska

9:45 a.m. | Coffee Break

9:55 – 11:55 a.m. | PANEL DISCUSSION:

Asia’s Rising Energy and Resource Nationalism

Introducer:

Mikkal Herberg, The National Bureau of Asian Research

Moderator:

Edward Chow, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Presenters:

“Asia’s National Oil Companies”

Mikkal Herberg, The National Bureau of Asian Research

“Rare Earth Minerals and Commodity Resource Nationalism”

Yufan Hao, University of Macau

“Energy Resource Nationalism at Sea”

Bernard Cole, National Defense University

Respondents:

Craig Gannett, The Henry M. Jackson Foundation

Toshikazu Okuya, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan

11:55 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | INTRODUCTION

Laura Iglitzin, The Henry M. Jackson Foundation

12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m. | REMARKS

Congressman Adam Smith, State of Washington

12:30 p.m. | CONCLUSION

Meredith Miller, The National Bureau of Asian Research