The Rewards of Rivalry (co-authored by Jeff Colgan)
December 12, 2022 Foreign Affairs
Jeff Colgan discusses the competition between the United States and China for Foreign Affairs.
Jeff Colgan
Jeff Colgan
Director of Climate Solutions Lab
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 Director of the Climate Solutions Lab at the 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 latest book, Partial Hegemony: Oil Politics and International Order was published in September 2021 by Oxford University Press. His book won the 2021 Best Book Prize (Energy Policy, Non-Fiction) from the American Energy Society. His previous 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
- Politics of Climate Change
- International Political Economy
- Geopolitics of Oil and Energy
Publications
Partial Hegemony: Oil Politics and International Order (Oxford University Press, 2021)
Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War (Cambridge University Press 2013)
The Promise and Peril of International Trade (Broadview Press 2005)
Published Articles
"International Energy Politics in an Age of Climate Change,” Annual Reviews of Political Science (forthcoming June 2023)
"Asset Revaluation and the Existential Politics of Climate Change” International Organization, vol 75, Special Issue 2, Spring 2021, pp.586-610
"Climate Change and the Politics of Military Bases," Global Environmental Politics, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 33-51, (2018).
[Other publications available at: https://sites.google.com/site/jeffdcolgan/research ]
News|Recent News
U.S. election outcome unlikely to impact climate change fight, experts say (comments by Jeff Colgan)
November 12, 2022 The Japan Times
Jeffrey Colgan comments for The Japan Times, on the impact of the midterm election results for President Joe Biden's climate policies.
From New York to Texas, climate candidates are gaining momentum in local races (comments by Jeff Colgan)
November 9, 2022 Grist
Director of Climate Solutions Lab Jeff Colgan comments for Grist, “It’s really been remarkable how much climate change has risen on the political agenda."
What would Rhode Island congressional candidates try to do about inflation? (comments by Jeff Colgan)
November 3, 2022 The Providence Journal
Jeff Colgan comments for The Providence Journal, "Inflation has ben running roughly 9%, and that’s true not just in U.S., but most of the G7 nations, so to say that it is what happened in Congress ignores what is happening everywhere."
Biden gas prices: What's driving Joe Biden's unusual focus on oil (comments by Jeff Colgan)
October 19, 2022 BBC News
Director of the Climate Solutions Lab Jeff Colgan provided commentary on President Joe Biden's remarks on current U.S.-Saudi relations for BBC News.
Review of US-Saudi ties comes with calls for troop pullout (comments by Jeff Colgan)
October 12, 2022 Stars and Stripes
Jeff Colgan comments for Stars and Stripes, “Oil has always glued the two countries together. Lately, however, the relationship seems to be under as much strain as ever.”
If OPEC is a cartel, it’s not a very good one (interview with Jeff Colgan)
October 10, 2022 The Washington Post
Director of the Climate Solutions Lab Jeff Colgan was interviewed by The Washington Post about how his book, “Partial Hegemony: Oil Politics and International Order” helps explain the current OPEC controversy.
Events
Nov 10, 2021
Partial Hegemony: Oil Politics and International Order
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube channel.
Oct 16, 2021
Faculty Forum: The Politics of Conservation and Climate Change
2 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. Manning Walkway Lawn (Tent), or watch the livestream here.
Oct 13, 2021
Jeff Colgan ─ Behind the Scenes: Writing a Scholarly Book on Oil and Climate Politics
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Jun 7, 2021
Energy's Digital Future: The Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack and Beyond
Tune in to the conversation starting Monday, June 7 at 10 a.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube channel.
Apr 22, 2021
Geopolitics of Carbon
Tune in starting Thursday, April 22 at 6 a.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube channel.
Apr 20, 2021
Apr 9, 2021
Apr 5, 2021
Mar 10, 2021
Making Climate Policy Work
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube channel.