CNAS Energy Security Project
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Developing a New Approach to U.S. Energy Security:
A New “Solarium II Project” for the 21st Century
The original Project Solarium was a competitive strategy development process that is credited with helping articulate several pillars of American Cold War strategy. In 1953, President Eisenhower faced a situation similar to what we face today: how to develop a grand strategy for an uncertain future when the stakes are high and there is no obvious consensus on how to deal with the growing strategic threat.
The nation faces a similar challenge today on energy security, which will be one of the most important policy issues confronting the United States in the coming years. In partnership with the Markle Foundation, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will conduct a major study of the challenges posed by the complex intersection of growing energy demands, technological change, global instability, and U.S. national security. Using the methodological framework known as Solarium II, we will bring together every relevant community – scientific, corporate, national security, technical, and political – to fully explore the major and interdependent energy and security challenges facing the United States and the world. Because there is broad consensus on the nature of the energy problem, the Energy Security Solarium II Project will use the competitive strategy process to discern clear areas for cooperation and prioritization and determine trade-offs.
The results of this exercise will be a new framework to guide the nation’s energy policy and a newly-formed community of energy policy makers and practitioners of all backgrounds and professions to move forward together to overcome the energy security challenge.
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CNAS Energy Strategy Papers
 Joshua W. Busby, Assistant Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and Associate Director, Rice University Energy Program
Jason Furman, Director, The Hamilton Project, The Brookings Institution
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Project News
On July 27-30, 2008, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will host an international climate change exercise in Washington, D.C., along with a Climate Change Consortium of seven organizations.
Climate Watch
“…[the] total number of disasters as of June 30, 2008 already exceeds the average number of disasters recorded at mid-year over the past decade.”
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Natural Disasters becoming more frequent | WorldWatch Institute—July 14, 2008
“Demand for land to grow food, fuel crops and wood is set to outstrip supply, leading to the probable destruction of forests…”
Forests to Fall for Food | BBC—July 14, 2008
“…new national poll shows that 41 percent of all Americans, and 44 percent of committed voters, feel that global warming will threaten America's national security…”
Link between Security and Climate Change gaining acceptance | Seattle PI—July 10, 2008
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Margaret Kriz outlines the findings of the recently released ground breaking report, "Age of Consequences."
Climate change could be one of the greatest national security challenges ever faced by U.S. policy makers, raising the threat of dramatic migrations, wars over water and resources, and a realignment of power among nations, said a joint study by two U.S. think tanks.
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