New Regional Gas Market Dynamics Under LNG Expansion And The Shale Gas Revolution
Brenda Shaffer played a central role at this Atlantic Council IN TURKEY conference in Istanbul, both as a panelist on regional gas resources and pipelines and as moderator of the closing panel on the future of gas and LNG markets in Turkey and the region. The conference brought together senior public and private sector energy […]
The United States Needs to Declare War on Proxies
Showdown with Iran: Implications for Global Oil
Dr. Brenda Shaffer presented “Showdown with Iran: Implications for Global Oil” to the Energy Academic Group at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. The seminar examined Iran’s attack on the Abqaiq oil processing complex in Saudi Arabia and Tehran’s broader strategy of targeting oil infrastructure to elevate global prices. Dr. Shaffer analyzed the implications […]
High Oil Price Not the Albatross It Once Was for the US Economy
The Geopolitics of Energy in the 21st Century
Professor Brenda Shaffer presented on the topic of geopolitics and the future of energy in the 21st century at the Red Banyan Institute for Policy Research. The talk was part of the Patrick McCarthy Memorial Series on Intellectuals and Politics and was hosted by Professor Michael Leigh. At the time, Shaffer was a visiting researcher […]
New Stage in the Global Oil Price Cycle?
Brenda Shaffer argues that 2018 marked a new phase in the oil price cycle. Prices topped $70 a barrel before settling around $65. She says the move reflects simple supply and demand, not hidden forces. Demand is rising as global growth accelerates. Supply is strained by falling output in Venezuela and geopolitical risk in the […]
Iran’s Ethnic Minorities Are Playing a Vital Role in Protests. Don’t Overlook the Power of the Provinces
The Potential of Energy Data: A Guide to the Application of Energy Data for Intelligence Analysis
Brenda Shaffer offers intelligence and government analysts a practical guide to using energy data. She shows how figures on production, trade flows, and prices can inform political, economic, and risk assessments, especially for major oil and gas exporting states in the Middle East and beyond. The guide draws on her work with government research units […]
Energy Security and Foreign Policy: The Case of the Caspian
On October 27, 2017, Brenda Shaffer spoke at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Energy Academic Group on why successive U.S. administrations have kept pushing Caspian energy development and westward pipeline routes, even as America’s own oil and gas production has boomed. Her answer was that Washington’s real interest isn’t the energy itself but international security: giving […]