Sustaining, Sharing and Securing Energy, Summer 2010

Sunday, September 5, 2010 | Download PDF in English

This issue of TPQ was largely inspired by my attendance of the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy’s 2010 Summer School on Energy this year. In this introduction of the issue, I hope to highlight some of the interesting themes taken up by this program in Baku, and bring them into the context of recent developments in Turkey’s neighborhood and Turkey’s current role as an energy broker and consumer.

CONTRIBUTOR

Nigâr Göksel

D. Nigar Goksel has been Editor-in-Chief of the Istanbul-based Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ) since 2002 and Turkey and Cyprus Analyst for Crisis Group's Turkey/Cyprus Project since April 2015. She was Senior Analyst at the European Stability Initiative (ESI) between 2004-11, where she covered Turkey and the Caucasus. In Spring 2014, she joined FRIDE as associate fellow, focusing on the Black Sea region. She is a regular contributor to the German Marshall Fund’s ‘On Turkey’ series and writes frequently for Al Jazeera International. Nigar is also registered as an independent consultant for political analysis and project management. She has designed a range of reconciliation and civil society capacity-building initiatives in Turkey and the South Caucasus.

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FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR

The rapid pace of geopolitical change, the urgent necessity for sustainability, and the fundamental importance of energy security converge to shape our complex global landscape today. This issue of Transatlantic Policy Quarterly delves into "Change, Security, and Sustainability in Energy," offering insights from scholars and professionals on how regions and nations are navigating this...