Energy and Security: Toward a New Foreign Policy Strategy (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
Surveys the prospective world of oil and gas... [and] argues that the United States needs a coherent energy policy that is an integral part of U.S. foreign policy.(Richard N. CooperForeign Affairs)A balanced overview of the energy debate.(Jennifer Dabbs SciubbaPolitical Studies Review)The authors do an excellent job of describing the issues as seen in Washington, including analysis of the debates about what should be government policies. That is a welcome contrast to the shrill tone and extreme positions staked out by many authors addressing these matters.(Middle East Quarterly)An essential reference for years to come.(Stuart E. Eizenstat, Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Under Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs and US Ambassador to the European Union)Essential reading for all who care about the most serious global challenges that will shape our nation.(Jeffrey E. Garten, Dean, Yale School of Management and former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade)This book, with chapters by some of the most distinguished energy and foreign policy experts in the world, is a tour de force when it comes to the kind of fresh and rigorous thinking that ought to be applied to America's foreign policy.(Jeffrey E. Garten, Dean, Yale School of Management, former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade)The most comprehensive book I have seen examining all the implications of our country's dependence on foreign oil... an essential reference for years to come.(Stuart E. Eizenstat, former Under Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury)Essential reading for policymakers in both energy consuming and energy producing countries.(Claude Mandil, Executive Director, International Energy Agency)Call for a fundamental change in the way the United States treats energy policy by combining it with foreign policy(Bill Loveless, Chief Editor, Platts Inside Energy)A valuable and timely contribution on an urgent subject.(Strobe Talbott, President of the Brookings Institution and former Deputy Secretary of State)I applaud this timely and thoughtful new book on energy security, written by some of the sharpest thinkers on the matter.(Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, author ofPower to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution will Transform an Industry, Change our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet)