The Challenge of Energy Security in the 21st Century: Trends of Significance

About the Contributors

xvii About the Contributors Hooman PEIMANI (Ph.D.) is the Head of Energy Security Division at the Energy Studies Institute based at the National University of Singapore. Drawing on his years of work experience with academic (e.g., Geneva School of Diplomacy) and non-academic, private and public (Canadian Government) and national and international institutions in North America, Europe and West Asia, including UN agencies (e.g., UNCHR, UNICEF, UNRISD and WHO), he specializes in energy (energy security) and security (regional/ international), particularly those of South and West Asia, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Having over twenty years of research experience to include working with many internationally-known institutes (e.g., Jane’s Defence/UK; Arab Petroleum Research Center/France; Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces; Centre for International Cooperation and Security/UK), his extensive publications include 10 books, 27 book chapters, over 200 journal/newspaper articles, scores of government/ UN documents/reports and several book reviews of which many are available on the Internet. He has also contributed as an expert to newspapers (e.g., The Wall Street Journal) and the publications of many news agencies (e.g., Asahi Shimbon, Kyodo News, Reuters and UPI) and/or been quoted by them, in addition to freelance contributions to many newspapers (e.g., South China Morning Post; Moscow Times) and news agencies (e.g., Inter Press Service/ Berlin; International Relations and Security Network/Zurich and Eurasianet/ New York). In the capacity of an expert on energy and security, he has made since 1997, regular contributions to the programmes and publications of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the programmes of Radio France Internationale and Deutsche Welle while presenting as invited speaker in dozens of academic and non-academic events in North America, Europe, 00 EnergySecurity Prelims 4/18/11, 3:29 PM 17 xviii West Asia and the Asia-Pacific region. His recent TV appearances include twelve interviews by BBC and Channel News Asia in 2010. Anthony D’AGOSTINO is a research associate at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation (CAG) with research interests in energy policy, climate change adaptation, and environmental decision analysis. Prior to joining CAG, Anthony worked with the Institute of Water Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, using system dynamics to address public policy and water policy challenges. He has worked with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol at the World Resources Institute and at UNEP-ROAP, respectively, focusing on corporate GHG emissions and sustainable buildings. His research has appeared in Energy, Energy Policy, and Energy for Sustainable Development. Benjamin K. SOVACOOL (Ph.D.) is an assistant professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, and a research fellow in the Energy Governance Program at the Centre on Asia and Globalization. Dr Sovacool has worked as a researcher, professor, and consultant on issues pertaining to energy policy, the environment, and science and technology policy. He has served in advisory and research capacities at the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Electric Power Networks Efficiency and Security Program, VirginiaTech Consortium on Energy Restructuring, Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Semiconductor Materials and Equipment International, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Climate Change Technology Program and the International Institute for Applied Systems and Analysis near Vienna, Austria. Dr Sovacool has published more than eighty academic articles and presented at more than thirty international conferences and symposia. He is the co-editor with Marilyn A. Brown of Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths (2007); and the author of The Dirty Energy Dilemma:What’s Blocking Clean Power in the United States (2008); Powering the Green Economy: The Feed-In Tariff Handbook (2009); and Climate Change and Energy Security: A Global Overview of Technology and Policy Options (forthcoming). Benjamin TANG is a senior economic analyst at the Energy Studies Institute (ESI), National University of Singapore. His research interests include modelling energy demand in Singapore and analysing the relationship between oil prices and macroeconomic indicators. He is currently researching potential carbon control and pricing regimes for Singapore. xviii About the Contributors 00 EnergySecurity Prelims 4/18/11, 3:29 PM 18 xix He participated in the International Association of Energy Economics (IAEE) conferences in New Orleans, the United States, and Perth, Australia, in 2008, presenting papers on “Liquefied Natural GasTerminal...