FPRI Summer School

Energy Security: Perceptions and Policies

July 14, 2010 / Philadelphia

Felix Chang

Energy security remains a perpetually important concern for countries worldwide. Since the beginning of the industrial age, political leaders have used energy security to justify their actions across a wide spectrum-from creating national forests to supporting state-owned enterprises. Today, the policy discussion about energy security continues. However, it is too often conducted without a fundamental appreciation of how energy is produced and consumed or, even more importantly, the national prisms through which the issue is seen. These varying perspectives often manifest themselves in profoundly different ways when they are converted into actions. This seminar is designed both to offer a new approach to energy security, while offering attendees a greater understanding of how national perceptions and policies have created the current state of energy security - or insecurity - around the world.

Felix K. Chang is a co-founder of Avenir Venture Group, venture incubator focused on the healthcare, renewable energy, and digital technology sectors. He is also a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He was previously a partner at CVP Ventures and a consultant in Booz Allen Hamilton's Strategy and Organization practice; among his clients were the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of the Treasury, and other agencies. Earlier, he served as a senior planner and an intelligence officer in the U.S. Department of Defense and a business advisor at Mobil Oil Corporation, where he dealt with strategic planning for upstream and midstream investments throughout Asia and Africa. is publications include articles in American Interest, Orbis, and Parameters. is ongoing research concentrates on military, economic, and energy security issues in Asia as well as the financial industry around the world. He received his M.B.A. from Duke University and M.A. and B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.

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