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Petro Diplomacy: Navigating the New Oil Era
AGSIW's conference, “Petro Diplomacy: Navigating the New Oil Era,” focused on critical issues facing the oil industry against the background of the shifting economic and political landscape in the region.
The international oil industry is in the midst of writing a new chapter in its long-storied history, with a massive restructuring underway to meet the challenges of a new lower oil price world. The conference, “Petro Diplomacy: Navigating the New Oil Era,” focused on critical issues facing the oil industry against the background of the shifting economic and political landscape in the region.
Panel Discussion: Political and Economic Flashpoints for Oil Markets
Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Elena Ianchovichina, Acting Chief Economist, MENA, World Bank
Ibrahim Al-Muhanna, Energy Consultant, Vice Chair for the Middle East, World Energy Council; Member of the Board of Directors, AGSIW
Jean-François Seznec, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council
Karen E. Young, Senior Resident Scholar, AGSIW (Moderator)
Keynote Speaker:
Anna Rubino, Author, Journalist, Historian
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