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Recent upheaval in the global energy system — how energy is produced, transported and consumed — has unsettled long-held notions of energy security. For decades, transatlantic cooperation helped undergird the system’s stability, but how is the relationship faring in the current era of energy uncertainty? In this special issue, experts from across Europe and the USA, including advisers to the executive and legislative branches of both the EU and the USA, to senior military commanders and to major international organisations and companies, examine various facets of the transatlantic energy relationship and whether it is characterised by convergence or divergence.
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Germany’s position on energy security matters may not reflect the EU view; however, Germany, with its aggressive policies to enact an ‘energy transition’, is both playing a significant role in and setting the tone for energy debates in Europe.
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Dr John R. Deni is a Research Professor of Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) Security Studies at the Strategic Studies Institute in the USA. He completed his doctoral degree in international affairs at George Washington University in 2005. He previously worked as a political adviser for senior US military commanders in Europe. While working for the US military in Europe, Dr Deni was also an adjunct lecturer at Heidelberg University’s Institute for Political Science. He is the author most recently of the book Alliance Management and Maintenance: Restructuring NATO for the 21st Century.
Dr Karen Smith Stegen is the KAEFER Chair of Renewable Energy and Environmental Politics at Jacobs University and an associated scholar with the Bremer Energie Institut, both located in Bremen, Germany. She holds an international MBA and received her Ph.D. in political science from Northwestern University. Dr Smith Stegen began her energy career over two decades ago with a major US energy company. Her recent publications include articles for Energy Policy and Risk Management, and she has been a featured speaker at numerous industry and academic conferences.
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Deni, J.R., Stegen, K.S. Transatlantic energy security: convergence or divergence?. J Transatl Stud 10, 305–312 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1080/14794012.2012.734667
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