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New Realities: Energy Security in the 2010s and Implications for the U.S. Military - Executive Summaries

Edited by Dr. John R. Deni

January 2014

47 Pages

Brief Synopsis

The rapidly changing global energy supply situation, coupled with a host of social, political, and economic challenges facing consumer states, has significant implications for the United States generally and for the U.S. military specifically. The U.S. Army War College gathered experts from the policymaking community, academia, think tanks, the private sector, and the military services at the Reserve Officers Association in Washington, DC on 19-20 November 2013 to address first the major ‘new realities’ both geographically and technologically and then the specific military implications. This compendium of executive summaries is based on the presentations delivered at that conference, which was funded through the generous support of the U.S. Army War College Foundation.

Contents

Evolving Production

• The Arab Uprisings and MENA Energy Producers – John Calabrese
• Russia’s Evolving Energy Sector – Theresa Sabonis-Helf
• Impact of Political Instability on Latin American Sources – David Mares
• The Shale Revolution and the New Geopolitics of Energy – Robert Manning
• The Security Risks and Rewards of Renewable Energies – Karen Smith Stegen
• Africa and American Energy Interests – Ian Taylor
• Does Nuclear Have a Future? – Jane Nakano

Changing Consumption Patterns

• China’s Burgeoning Demand and its Quest for Resources – Michal Meidan
• New Trade Routes, New Conflicts? – Michael Klare
• Prospects for Energy Efficiency – Pramod Khargonekar
• The Changing Calculus of India’s Energy Security – Tom Cutler
• Energy Demand and the Developing World – Deborah Gordon

The Military Implications

• Energy, Cybersecurity, and Defense – Christopher Bronk
• Operational Energy and National Resilience – Paul E. Roege
• Terrorist Energy Sector Targeting – Robert J. Bunker
• NATO and Energy Security – John R. Deni
• Operational Energy in Weapon System Life Cycle – Kevin T. Geiss
• The Role of Nuclear Power in Installation Energy – Ronald Filadelfo
• Smart Grids for Operations and Installations – Kenneth A. Loparo
• Overcoming Challenges from the National Electrical Grid – John Dodson

Biographical Notes

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