Energy Security and Climate Initiative
Samantha Gross presented at the 2018 Energy Security Workshop on the Emerging Russia-Asia Energy Axis on July 17, 2018.
[On Russia, Ukraine, and energy issues] A 'somewhat bigger issue' than Nord Stream 2 is that the extra revenues [are] flowing back to Russia while the Russian state engages in mischief.
The Trump administration wants low gasoline prices for political reasons, but also wants to maximize the effect on Iran of the re-imposition of sanctions. President Trump is trying to have it both ways.... But the administration will find that actions that pull crude oil away from a tight market have ramifications at home, despite the U.S. emergence as a powerhouse of crude oil production.
[On climate finance institutions] Most of these institutions were either created by the United States, or the U.S. had a big role in shaping them. When the American domestic politics turned south on multilateralism, there is this larger kind of stasis-inducing effect on the rest of the international system.
