Search query: The geopolitics of renewable energy
Video title:  Stanford University I'll put this here I'm thrilled to be here I told I would so this is with the energy seminar and I pictured a seminar room it's not quite a seminar room but I hope that nonetheless we'll have a good discussion and I should pay close attention to this clock so there's some time for you to ask me questions so anyway as you heard from Lee Johnson I am NOT an energy scientists or an environmental scientists I'm a political scientist with a background in Peace and Conflict Studies so I can't talk to you about you know the sciences of energy what I can talk about is what I know which is the geopolitics of energy and in particular I'd like to talk about the subtitle of my new book rising power shrinking planet the subtitle is the new geopolitics of energy so first of all what is the can you hear me okay is is this now there is no microphone so can you hear me okay in the back I'll try to project as well as I can so first of all what is the geopolitics of energy and what is new about the geopolitics of energy so bye-bye geopolitics of energy I mean when states or when governments step in to manage the energy procurement of their country if they are energy consuming countries when when the governments manage the overseas procurement of energy or if their energy