Turkish-Israeli Relations: Security, Energy and Global Implications (New York City)

American Friends of Bucerius and the American Council on Germany, with the support of Alston + Bird, cordially invite you to a panel discussion and luncheon on

Turkish-Israeli Relations: Security, Energy and Global Implications

with

Professor Brenda Schaffer
Visiting Researcher and Adjunct Professor
Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) at Georgetown University

Professor Brenda Shaffer is a specialist on energy and foreign policy, energy security policies, Azerbaijan, the Caucasus, Caspian energy, and Eastern Mediterranean energy issues. She currently is a Visiting Researcher and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES). Professor Shaffer is on leave from the University of Haifa. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center. She previously served as the Research Director of the Caspian Studies Program at Harvard University. Among her articles are “Natural Gas Supply Stability and Foreign Policy” (Energy Policy, 2013). In Foreign Affairs she published the articles “Nagorno-Karabakh after Crimea,” “Pipeline Problems,” and “Gas Politics after Ukraine.” Professor Shaffer is also the author of a number of books, including Energy Politics (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009) and Borders and Brethren: Iran and the Challenge of Azerbaijani Identity (MIT Press, 2002), and editor of Beyond the Resource Curse (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012). She served as an advisor to the Government of Israel’s Zemach Committee for natural gas policy and Israel’s Ministry of Energy and Water. She has given U.S. Congressional testimony on issues related to energy and to the Caspian region. Professor Shaffer’s op-eds have appeared in newspapers and publications, such as Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Reuters, Foreign Policy, Christian Science Monitor, and the Boston Globe.