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Dr. Bo Kong Areas of Expertise: China • energy and security • energy technologies • environmental issues • nuclear power • oil politics • U.S. energy policy. Recent publications include: • Kong, Bo. China’s International Petroleum Policy (Santa Barbra, California: Praeger Security International, 2010) • Kong, Bo. “Governing China’s Energy in the Context of Global Governance,” Global Policy, Volume 2, Special Issue, September 2011, pp.51-65. • Kong, Bo. “The Geopolitics of the Myanmar-China Oil and Gas Pipelines,” NBR Special Report #23, PP.55-65 (Seattle, Washington: The National Bureau of Asian Research, September 2010) • Kong, Bo. Book Reviews: Oil in China: From Self-Reliance to Internationalization & Oil and Gas in China: The New Energy Superpower's Relations with its Region. Lim Tai Wei. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2009. The China Quarterly, Volume 23, pp.731-733. • Kong, Bo. “An Anatomy of China’s Energy Insecurity and Its Strategies.” Seattle, Washington: Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security, 2005. RESEARCH INITIATIVES As the world’s largest energy consumer and top emitter of greenhouse gases, China is confronted with mounting pressure to enhance its energy supply security while simultaneously reducing its carbon footprint. How the country addresses these twin challenges carries profound implications for the stability of the international energy market and global climate system. To understand China’s response and identify how the international community can assist the country’s effort, Dr. Kong has launched two collaborative studies. The first is funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and is a collaborative effort with Professor David M. Lampton, Director of China Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The study focuses on China’s ambitious target to expand civil nuclear energy in response to the country’s energy security and climate change challenges. It primarily explores two questions: (1) How does China govern the safety and security of its civil nuclear expansion at home and how can the U.S. strengthen cooperation with China in the peaceful use of nuclear technology? ; (2) How does China engage its neighboring countries in Northeast Asia on the security repercussions of the efforts in the region to expand nuclear energy programs, especially regarding nuclear safety, security, nonproliferation, and arms control? The second research project receives support from the Johns Hopkins University Environment, Energy, Sustainability, and Health Institute. It investigates how China uses both administrative command-andcontrol measures and market schemes to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions – the primary contributor to human-induced climate change. Similar to the first, it is a collaborative research project featuring Professor Carla Freeman, Associate Director of China Studies at SAIS and an expert on environmental issues in China. Together, Dr. Kong and Dr. Freeman will systematically examine these two distinct approaches on the basis of gathered empirical data, including data from field visits to China’s seven regional pilot carbon trading programs. The research will conclude in July 2013. The objective is to break new ground by examining the interactions of the two approaches and assessing them against a set of hypothetical relationships as distinct strategies in coexistence. w w w . s a i s - j h u . e d u Page 34
Dr. Robert Thompson Areas of Expertise: Agricultural development • agricultural policy, trade and commodities • developing nations • food security • foreign aid and global poverty • globalization • rural development. Recent publications include: • Thompson, R.L. “Global Agriculture: Gaining Ground?” in SAISphere 2011-2012--Growth Ahead for Global Agriculture. (Washington, DC: Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, 2012), pp.8-11. Download from: http://media.saisjhu.edu/saisphere/article/global-agriculture-gaining-ground • Thompson, R.L. “Globalization and Rural America,” Chicago Fed Letter, Essays on Issues, number 239, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, June 2007, 4 pages. (http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/fedletter/cfljune2007_239.pdf) • Thompson, R.L. “Globalization and the Benefits of Trade,” Chicago Fed Letter, Essays on Issues, number 236, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, March 2007, 4 pages. (http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/fedletter/cflmarch2007_236.pdf). • Thompson, R.L. ‘The Doha Round Suspension: The Role of US Politics,” Bridges Monthly, year 10, no. 5, August 2006, pp. 15-17. (http://www.ictsd.org/monthly/bridges/BRIDGES10-5.pdf). • Thompson, R.L. “The US Farm Bill and the Doha Negotiations: On Parallel Tracks or a Collision Course?” Policy Brief No. 15, International Food and Agricultural trade Policy Council, Washington, DC, September 2005, 20 pages. (http://www.agritrade.org/Publications/IBs/329701.pdf). Dr. Wilfrid Kohl Areas of Expertise: Energy issues • energy technologies • environmental issues • nuclear power • oil politics • OPEC • U.S. energy policy. Recent publications include: • W.L. Kohl is the author of “Outlook for Nuclear Power Revival After Fukushima,” USAEE Dialogue, Vol. 20, No. 1 (2012) • Author of “Consumer Country Energy Cooperation: The IEA and the Global Energy Order” in A. Goldthau and J.M. Witte, Global Energy Governance: The New Rules of the Game (Brookings, 2010). • His current research includes issues of global energy governance and the future of nuclear power. Dr. Shalini Vajjhala Areas of Expertise: Energy issues • urban sustainability • energy technologies • environmental issues • oil politics • U.S. energy policy. Recent publications include: • Vajjhala, S.P. and Walker, W.M. (2010). Roads to Participatory Planning: Integrating Cognitive Mapping and GIS for Transport Prioritization in Rural Lesotho, Journal of Maps: Special Issue on Cognitive Mapping and Participatory Research. v2010: 488-504. 10.4113/jom.2010.1086. • Wilson, E.J., M. Granger Morgan, J. Apt, M. Bonner, C. Bunting, M. de Figueiredo, J. Gode, C. Jaeger, D. Keith, S. McCoy, R. S. Haszeldine, M. Pollak, D. Reiner, E. Rubin, A. Torvanger, C. w w w . s a i s - j h u . e d u Page 35
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