Energy Geopolitics and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in MENA
Can energy turn the tide from conflict to cooperation?
Energy remains one of the most powerful forces for both political influence and post-war recovery across the Middle East and North Africa. As infrastructure crumbles and old alliances shift, the way we power our cities is increasingly dictates who holds authority and who gets left behind.
In the fifth webinar of our Shifting Paradigms Series, Columbia Global Centers Amman and Istanbul, and the Committee on Global Thought aim to unpack these complex dynamics with a panel of multidisciplinary experts. Panelists will examine how energy diplomacy and reconstruction finance are redefining regional stability.
Featured Speakers
Adam Tooze (Moderator), Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History; the Chair of the Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University; Director, European Institute.
Raad Alkadiri, Senior Associate (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Marc Ayoub, Energy Policy Researcher, Associate Fellow, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut
Belgin San-Akça, Professor and Chair, Department of International Relations, Koç University
Karen E. Young, Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
