Geopolitics and energy security
How energy systems shape national power, alliances, conflict risk, and public policy.
Carolyn Kissane
Expert in energy geopolitics, hydrocarbons, climate security, cybersecurity, and the public choices shaping global power.
I lead and teach with curiosity, and a conviction that energy is at the heart of every global story.
Carolyn Kissane
Expertise
Bring this expertise into the room - where energy meets geopolitics.
For panels, briefings, media conversations, and advisory settings where energy, technology, climate, and geopolitics need to be understood together.
Start a conversationHydrocarbons and the energy transition
A pragmatic view of oil, gas, infrastructure, demand, and the uneven politics of transition.
Sustainability innovation and policy
Climate action, institutional change, public leadership, and the systems that move ideas into practice.
Cybersecurity and critical infrastructure
Energy infrastructure, cyber risk, resilience, and the public consequences of disruption.
AI, electricity, and power
The collision between data-center demand, grid capacity, climate goals, and energy realism.
Central Asia, Russia, and post-Soviet transitions
Kazakhstan, regional political transitions, Russia, and the long arc of Eurasian energy politics.
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Expert Opinion
Energy geopolitics, hydrocarbons, climate security, cybersecurity, AI and power in public rooms.
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NYU & Global Affairs
Graduate teaching, program leadership, lab work, students, and public convenings.
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Media & Press Coverage
Interviews, podcasts, television, press commentary, and recorded conversations.
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Published Works
Project Syndicate, Barron's, The Hill, Energy Common Sense, and essays.
Open01The Clean Energy RevolutionNational Grid02The Clean Energy Revolution — The Connections ChallengeNational Grid / NYU SPS03Building Out More Transmission: Easing Bottlenecks for Clean EnergyNational Grid / NYU SPS04NYU's Carolyn Kissane on Preparing for the Future of Cyber Risk in Global AffairsTeam Cymru05The Doorstep: Climate Statecraft & the Race to Net ZeroCarnegie Council
NYU as a living institution.
Leadership, teaching, lab work, students, programs, and public events.
The NYU chapter is the operating center of much of the work: classrooms, graduate programs, lab initiatives, convenings, and the next generation of energy leaders.
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