US Experts on German & EU Energy Vulnerabilities (My D.C. seminar)

Merkel and Obama at G7. Main topic was Russian threats to EU and Ukraine

An AICGS workshop with Dr. Thomas O’Donnell was held on May 27 in Washington, DC with a lively full-room attendance.

O’Donnell presented preliminary results of interviews he conducted in Washington during April and May to hear candid views of US energy-and-geopolitical experts on German and the EU energy policies.  The main topics were (1) European natural-gas vulnerabilities in light of the Ukraine crisis and dependence on Russian supplies and (2) implications of Germany’s commitment to a transition to renewable energy called the Energiewende.   Continue for Workshop PowerPoint & written Summary –> 

Go to: Power Point  ||  Go to: Written Summary  || Go to Summary of O’Donnell’s project at AICGS (American Institute for Contemporary German Studies) .

This fellow’s work is supported by German DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) with addition from the Foreign Office.

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Please contact Kimberly (Frank) Hauge with any questions at khauge@aicgs.org and we hope to see you soon at a future event!