Join George Washington University's Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) for an online talk on Eurasian and European energy security and challenges.

Despite challenges in the Europe and Eurasia energy sector—including widespread corruption, Russian interference and potential economic and social stressors resulting from Europe’s decarbonization policies—the region is transitioning from the centralized administration of yesterday’s energy industry to new, competitive wholesale energy markets that attract private capital, enable technology transfer and strengthen the Euro-Atlantic alliance.

For nearly 30 years, the United States Agency for International Development and the United States Energy Association have partnered to enhance the region’s energy security through the Energy Technology and Governance Program (ETAG). Pioneering a new development assistance paradigm, ETAG has grown the engineering skills and institutional capacity within the region’s energy sector, making progress toward the shared vision for energy security and energy independence. 

Leaders of this development assistance work will explain that shared vision and why the US is invested in achieving it, share some success stories, and discuss the remaining challenges to achieving energy security and independence.  

RSVP is required; information can be found at this link.

Speakers:

Dr. Steven S. Burns, chief of energy and infrastructure, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development

William Polen, senior director, United States Energy Association