No ‘Business as Usual’ with Putin on Energy: Expert Perspectives
Event Summary
Since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, the importance of energy security issues across the European continent has pushed this policy area to the center of national security and foreign policy strategies on both sides of the Atlantic. From Russia’s indiscriminate targeting of civilian energy infrastructure across Ukraine, to physical attacks on energy and critical infrastructure across Northern Europe, to Europe’s rapid transition from a high-level of dependence on Russian pipeline natural gas toward international LNG imports, and the rapid proliferation of renewable energy technologies in support of energy transition objectives, the energy security of Europe has continued to be a high-profile driver of national security headlines – a trend that will certainly continue to hold true in 2024 and beyond.
Join the University of Pennsylvania’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) for a virtual roundtable discussion featuring experts from Penn and the CEPA European energy security working group, for a timely discussion of these interdisciplinary topics as a part of Penn Energy Week 2024!
Please note that this webinar is by invite-only. If you are a member of the Penn community and are interested in attending, please contact: SaraJane Rzegocki, sarajane.rzegocki@cepa.org.
This event is a part of Energy Week at Penn, a week of energy-focused events across Penn’s campus. Browse and register for other Energy Week events: energyweek.upenn.edu
Alan Riley
Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic CouncilAlan Riley is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center. He is also a professor at City Law School. City University advises governments, EU institutions, NGOs, and corporations on major strategic problems.
Olena Pavlenko
President and Co-Founder, DiXi Group Energy Security Think TankOlena Pavlenko is Chair of the PWYP Global Council and President of the DiXi Group, a Kyiv-based think-tank specialising in research and consultations in the energy sphere. She has served as not-on-staff Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and to the Minister of Energy.
Mitchell A. Orenstein
Professor, Russian and East European StudiesMitchell A. Orenstein is Professor of Russian and East European Studies and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Political Science. His search focuses on the political economy of transition in Central and Eastern Europe and the role of ideas in economic policy reform.
Suriya Jayanti
Senior Fellow, Eurasia Center, Atlantic CouncilSuriya Evans-Pritchard Jayanti is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and the co-founder and managing director of Eney, a US-Ukrainian decarbonization company. She also serves as energy transition counsel at the US Department of Commerce.
Benjamin Schmitt
Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center and SASBenjamin Schmitt is a joint senior fellow at the Kleinman Center and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Penn. He is also an affiliate of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and associate of the Harvard-Ukrainian Research Institute.
Aura Sabadus
Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy AnalysisAura Sabadus is a Non-resident Senior Fellow with the Democratic Resilience Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). Aura works as a journalist specializing in European energy markets for the London-based Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS).
