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Oct 25, 2020

Ellinas in CyprusMail: Hydrogen: the fuel of the future

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

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Oct 20, 2020

Shaffer joins Centre for International and European Studies to discuss the latest crisis in the South Caucasus

Eastern Europe Europe & Eurasia

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Oct 9, 2020

Bryza joins BBC World Service Radio to discuss relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

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Oct 8, 2020

Shaffer quoted in Asia Times on unification between Iran’s Azeri-speaking provinces, and Turkey and Azerbaijan

Europe & Eurasia Iran

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Sep 23, 2020

Shaffer in The Brown Journal of World Affairs: In the era of US energy abundance: the role of the Caspian Region in US policy

Eastern Europe Energy & Environment

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Sep 11, 2020

Shaffer in Baku Dialogues: Iran’s longstanding cooperation with Armenia

When the Soviet Union collapsed in December 1991, Iran’s stable northern boundary suddenly became a shared border with five states: land borders with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan, and maritime borders with Kazakhstan and Russia. Tehran viewed this momentous change as a source of several new security challenges.

Iran Middle East

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Aug 31, 2020

Shaffer in National Interest: Iran’s multiethnic society explains why Tehran fears democracy

Iran faces the democracy conundrum: in multi-ethnic states where one non-majority group prevails over others, democratization entails risk of loss of empire.

Iran Middle East

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Aug 24, 2020

Morningstar interviewed in Naval Postgraduate School event on energy and challenges in the Caucasus region—August 12, 2020

By Richard L. Morningstar

Remarks from a Naval Postgraduate School interview with Amb. Richard Morningstar of the Global Energy Center on energy security and challenges in the Caucasus region, with Dr. Daniel Nussbaum and Prof. Brenda Shaffer, senior fellow in the Global Energy Center

Eastern Europe Energy Markets & Governance

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Aug 13, 2020

Yellen in Real Clear Energy: Why US climate action must include developing countries

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

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Jul 30, 2020

Shaffer in The Economist: Turkey and Greece avoid coming to blows, for now

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia