Conversation Six on Climate Change (interview with Jeff Colgan)
October 21, 2020 Conversation Six
In this interview, Jeff Colgan speaks with Rebecca Listener, assistant professor at the Naval War College, on climate change and U.S./China relations.
Jeff Colgan
Jeff Colgan
Director of Climate Solutions Lab; Director of Security Studies
Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Biography
Jeff D. Colgan is the Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Watson Institute for Public and International Affairs at Brown University. His research focuses on international order, especially as related to energy and the environment.
His book, Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War, was published in 2013 by Cambridge University Press. He has published work in International Organization, Foreign Affairs, World Politics, International Security and elsewhere. He also occasionally blogs at the Monkey Cage and Foreign Affairs. On Twitter, he is @JeffDColgan
Professor Colgan previously taught at the School of International Service of American University 2010-2014, and was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC in 2012-13. He completed his Ph.D. at Princeton University, and was a Canada-US Fulbright Scholar at UC Berkeley, where he earned a Master’s in Public Policy. Dr. Colgan has worked with the World Bank, McKinsey & Company, and The Brattle Group.
Teaching
International Political Economy
Geopolitics of Oil and Energy
Publications
Books
Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War (Cambridge University Press 2013)
The Promise and Peril of International Trade (Broadview Press 2005)
Selected Blog Posts
New evidence on gender bias in IR syllabi (Duck of Minerva)
From West Texas to the World (Foreign Affairs.com)
How sectarianism shapes Yemen's war (Monkey Cage / Washington Post)
Petro-aggression: how Russia's oil makes war more likely (Monkey Cage / Washington Post)
OPEC, the Phantom Menace (Monkey Cage / Washington Post)
40 years after the oil crisis: could it happen again? (Monkey Cage / Washington Post)
Published Articles
"Climate Change and the Politics of Military Bases," Global Environmental Politics, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 33-51, (2018).
"Review of _Over the Horizon_ by David Edelstein," H-Diplo, vol. 10, no. 12, 04/25/2018, Book Review, Published.
"Climate Change Will Further Complicated the Politics of U.S. Military Bases," New Security Beat, 02/19/2018, Non-Peer Reviewed, Published.
"The climate is changing. Here's how politics will also change.," Washington Post/MC, 10/08/2018, Non-Peer Reviewed, Published.
"Saudi Arabia hinted at a U.S. oil embargo. It's not 1973.," Washington Post/MC, 10/16/2018, Non-Peer Reviewed, Published.
"Qatar will leave OPEC. Here's what this means.," Washington Post/MC, 12/10/2018, Non-Peer Reviewed, Published.
"The Market is Valuing Climate Risk All Wrong," Global Policy, 07/05/2018, Non-Peer Reviewed, Published.
"Where is IR going? Evidence from graduate training" IR syllabi - Colgan ISQ (forthcoming)
"Revolutions, Personalist Dictatorships, and International Conflict" Colgan and Weeks-2015.pdf
"Oil, Domestic Conflict, and Opportunities for Democratization" Colgan 2015 JPR.pdf
"The Emperor Has No Clothes: The Limits of OPEC" Colgan-OPEC - 2014.docx
"Mechanisms of informal governance: Evidence from the IEA" [journal page]
"Oil, Domestic Politics, and International Conflict" Colgan - 2014 - ERSS.pdf
"Fueling the Fire: Pathways from Oil to War" Colgan - 2013 - IS.pdf
"Domestic Revolutionary Leaders and International Conflict" Colgan - 2013 - World Politics.pdf
"Protecting Sovereignty, Protecting the Planet" Green and Colgan 2013 - Final.pdf
"Measuring Revolution" Colgan - 2012 - CMPS.pdf
"Punctuated Equilibrium in the Energy Regime Complex" Colgan et al. - 2011 - RIO.pdf
"Venezuela and Military Expenditure Data" Colgan - 2011 - JPR.pdf
"Oil and Resource-Backed Aggression" Colgan - 2011 - Energy Policy.pdf
"Oil and Revolutionary Governments: Fuel for International Conflict" Colgan - 2010 - IO .pdf
"The International Energy Agency - Challenges for the 21st Century" Colgan 2009 - GPPi_PP6_IEA_final.pdf
News|Recent News
How Joe Biden could reorient foreign policy around climate change (Jeff Colgan cited)
October 13, 2020 Vox
This article cites the Climate Solutions Lab (CSL), directed by Jeff Colgan.
How Joe Biden could create an international ‘Climate Club’ to ramp up results (Jeff Colgan cited)
October 10, 2020 Independent (UK)
This article cites Jeff Colgan and his Climate Solutions Lab report which provides recommendations for the next administration.
The First Day the U.S. Can Legally Withdraw From the Paris Agreement Is November 4 (commentary by Jeff Colgan)
October 9, 2020 Newsweek
In this article, Jeff Colgan provides commentary on climate decisions made in the next presidential term, as well as referencing his recently published climate change report.
New initiative seeks to eliminate roadblocks to climate action (Jeff Colgan mentioned)
October 1, 2020 EcoRI News
Jeff Colgan is mentioned in this article about the recently established three-year Climate Solutions Lab.
OPEC at 60: An oil cartel on life support (commentary by Jeff Colgan)
September 14, 2020 DW
In this article, Jeff Colgan offered commentary on OPEC.
The Climate Case Against Decoupling (written by Jeff Colgan)
September 14, 2020 Foreign Affairs
Jeff Colgan penned this article on the idea of severing supply chains, trade relationships, and financial links with China, and the effect it would have on the environment.
Events
Nov 16, 2020
Anjali Dayal ─ The Expanding Role of the United Nations Security Council, 2000-Present
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Email WatsonEvents@brown.edu to register for the seminar.
Oct 26, 2020
Joshua Kertzer ─ Elite Misperceptions and the Domestic Politics of Conflict
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Email WatsonEvents@brown.edu to register for the seminar.
Apr 27, 2020
LIVE: The Corona Oil Shock
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Tune into the talk live at watson.brown.edu/live.
COVID-Today, Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance
Apr 6, 2020