About the Event

Russia's position as a major energy supplier has great significance not only for its foreign policy but for its relationships with major energy consuming countries. The nature of Russia 's future geopolitical role in world energy markets has become a major concern of international energy security with important implications for Europe, Japan and the United States. Given a range of economic and geopolitical uncertainties, the fate of Russian and Caspian natural gas exports remains a major risk factor in global energy supply. For this study, researchers examined several scenarios for Russian and Caspian oil and natural gas production, possible export routes, and the geopolitics involved.

Conference Agenda

Related Research

Keynote Addresses:

Remarks by The Honorable James A. Baker, III
Honorary Chair, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Senior Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P.

Remarks by H.E Alexander A. Bessmertnykh
President, Foreign Policy Association

Closing Keynote Address by Edward L. Morse, Ph.D.
Managing Director and Chief Economist, LCM Commodities

Conference Presentations:

Central Asian Energy Relations: Evaluating the Impact of Informal Dynamics on Formal Arrangements
Stacy Closson, Ph.D., Trans-Atlantic Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Global Issues Division

Russia and the Caspian States in the Global Energy Balance
Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

Commentary to the Session "Developing Russia's East"
Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Group Leader, Strategy and Industry Research Unit, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan

Scenarios for Russian Natural Gas Exports: The Role of Domestic Investment,
the Caspian, and LNG
Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph. D., James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics; Adjunct Professor of Economics, Rice University

Russian Gas Balance
Tatiana Mitrova, Ph.D., Center for International Energy Markets Studies, Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Russia and the Global Energy Arena
Edward L. Morse, Ph.D., Managing Director and Chief Economist, LCM Commodities

Economic Crisis and the Politics of Regional Development of Russian East
Nikolay Petrov, Ph.D., Scholar-in-Residence, Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions, Carnegie Moscow Center

Russian Oil and Gas: Surviving the Credit Crunch
Rubin Weston, Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P.

This event is generously sponsored by the Energy Forum of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy,  Baker Botts L.L.P., and the Carnegie Moscow Center.