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In this report, the CNA Military Advisory Board (CNA MAB) explores the growing challenges presented by the links that tie the nation’s current energy posture to its economy and national security. We address the potential opportunities that could result from the transition to a clean energy technology-based economy and the key role that the Department of Defense (DOD) can play to support innovation and commercialization of clean, low carbon energy, thereby directly contributing to America’s future economic competitiveness and bolstering national security.
The specific questions addressed in this report follow:
• What are the key links between national security, energy, …
View Full ResourceImported oil and gas make up a significant proportion of total consumption in the United States; dependence on oil and gas imports constrains the foreign policy of the importing country and can increase geopolitical tensions between importers and resource holders. However, the United States and other countries are likely to remain dependent on oil and gas imports for many decades and will, therefore, need to balance the security disadvantages of international trade in oil and gas with the economic advantages. Here, I consider a possible scenario in which U.S. oil imports are limited to 20 percent of domestic consumption by …
View Full ResourceImported oil and gas make up a significant proportion of total consumption in the United States; dependence on oil and gas imports constrains the foreign policy of the importing country and can increase geopolitical tensions between importers and resource holders. However, the United States and other countries are likely to remain dependent on oil and gas imports for many decades and will, therefore, need to balance the security disadvantages of international trade in oil and gas with the economic advantages. Here, I consider a possible scenario in which U.S. oil imports are limited to 20 percent of domestic consumption by …
View Full ResourceThis paper offers a review of a broad set of issues that are recurrent in international discussions about interconnectedness of energy and security in China’s international relations. The primary purpose of this exercise is to identify points of convergence and divergence in Chinese and international commentaries about the motivations behind and consequences of the increasing presence of China in the international energy markets. As oil is the primary commodity that is of issue, in the paper ‘energy’ more or less equates to oil. The first part of the paper maps out the industry/policy contours leading to the emergence of an …
View Full ResourceThis report addresses potential synergies in the co-development of unconventional fossil fuels— particularly liquid fuels from coal and from ultra-heavy petroleum, such as bitumen from Canadian oil sands—and bioenergy to advance the twin goals of energy and climate security. While many opportunities for synergy exist, it is naïve to imagine that hard trade-offs can be avoided. Wise policy must take these trade-offs seriously in order to find ways to advance both goals efficiently.
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The report reaches two broad technical conclusions. First, integration of bio-energy into unconventional fuel production chains can ease intrinsic trade-offs between energy security and climate risk.…
View Full ResourceU.S. reliance on oil risks the economic costs of disruption in global oil supplies. The United States would reduce the national security costs of importing oil by supporting well-functioning oil markets and imposing an oil excise tax.…
View Full ResourceTo better inform U.S. policymakers and the public about the impact of America’s energy choices on national security policies, CNA, a nonprofit research organization that runs the Center for Naval Analyses and the Institute for Public Research, convened a panel of retired senior military officers and national security experts.
The Military Advisory Board consists of retired generals and admirals from all four services, many of whom served on the Military Advisory Board that produced the 2007 report, National Security and the Threat of Climate Change [1]. That report found that “climate change, national security, and energy dependence are a related …
View Full ResourceHalf a decade of high and volatile oil prices alongside increasingly dire warnings of climatic disaster have pushed energy security and climate change steadily up the U.S. policy agenda. Rhetoric in Washington has emphasized opportunities to deal with both challenges at once. But energy security and climate change do not always align: many important decisions in areas including unconventional oil, biofuels, natural gas, coal, and nuclear power will involve complex trade-offs and force policymakers to carefully navigate the two goals. Ongoing and heated debates in the United States and Canada over the future of the Cana- dian oil sands—touted at …
View Full ResourceAn important step in this dialogue process is the development of a common understanding of each country’s energy outlook and energy-related challenges, and each country’s national and foreign policies related to energy. Over the past several years, the Council and EETC have invited key organizations, experts from industry and government, and representatives from relevant United States (U.S.) and Chinese government agencies to become directly involved in several meetings designed to identify concrete recommendations for increasing official governmental and industry cooperation. This Dialogue produced an overview of the Chinese nuclear power program and how it fits into China’s overall energy development …
View Full ResourceThis report summarizes the areas of cooperation for the United States and China regarding energy security.…
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