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2021
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PRESENTATION OF THE PUBLICATION "ENERGY
AND GEOSTRATEGY 2022
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The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME), the Spanish Energy Club (ENERCLUB) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented the nineth edition of the publication "Energy and Geostrategy" presencially and in streaming, with Repsol as main sponsor, and Cepsa.
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The event included also a discussion on the main issues of Geopolitics in the world with the participation of Francisco José Dacoba, Brigadier General and Director of the IEEE, and Víctor Baz, Deputy Director of International Relations of Repsol.
The authors of the study and its coordinator, the former Spanish Minister of Industry, Claudio Aranzadi, analysed the topics addressed in this 2022 edition, whose structure is as follow:
- Introduction
- Interview to Angela Wilkinson, Secretary General, WEC
- Oceans and choke points, opportunities and risks for global maritime trade
- Emissions markets and international trade
- Cybersecurity, geopolitics and energy
- CO2 capture. An indispensable pillar for the decarbonization
The publication "Energy and Geostrategy
2022" is available in the Spanish version here: "Energía
y Geoestrategia 2022"
You can read the Program and the Press release
here.
Videos of the session:
- Full Session. Available here: video
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2021
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PRESENTATION OF THE PUBLICATION "ENERGY
AND GEOSTRATEGY 2021
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The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME), the Spanish Energy Club (ENERCLUB) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented the eighth edition of the publication "Energy and Geostrategy" on May 27th, 2021. The digital event, counted on the interventions of Antonio Brufau, President of Repsol; Iñigo Díaz de Espada, Chairman of CECME; María Victoria Zingoni, Chairman of Enerclub; and Juan Francisco Martínez, Admiral and Secretary General for Defense Policy, Ministry of Defense.
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The event included a discussion on the main issues of Geopolitics in the world with the participation of Francisco José Dacoba, Brigadier General and Director of the IEEE, and Víctor Baz, Deputy Director of International Relations of Repsol.
The authors of the study and its coordinator, the former Spanish Minister of Industry, Claudio Aranzadi, analysed the topics addressed in this 2021 edition, whose structure is as follow:
- Introduction. Claudio Aranzadi
- Interview.Josep Borrell
- The impact of COVID-19 on the energy transition: a global perspective.
David Robinson
- Geopolitics under the green deal: a challenge for the EU. Miguel
Ángel Lasheras Merino
- Clean Hydrogen: Building Block of a New Geopolitical Landscape.
Thijs Van de Graaf
- Energy Geopolitics in the Maghreb. The Rise and Fall of Two
Energy Superpowers.The cases of Algeria and Libya. Ignacio Fuente
Cobo
- Rare earths, a key piece in the energy puzzle. Ricardo Prego
Reboredo
The publication "Energy and Geostrategy
2021" is available in the Spanish version here: "Energía
y Geoestrategia 2021" and in the English version here:
"Energy
and Geostrategy 2021".
You can read the Program and the Press release
here.
Videos of the session:
- Full Session. Available here: video
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2020
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PRESENTATION OF THE PUBLICATION "ENERGY
AND GEOSTRATEGY 2020
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The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council
(CECME), the Spanish Energy Club (ENERCLUB) and the Spanish Institute
for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented the seventh edition of the
publication "Energy and Geostrategy" on Oct 7th, 2020.
The digital event, counted on the interventions of Antonio Brufau,
President of Repsol; María Victoria Zingoni, Chairman of Enerclub;
Iñigo Díaz de Espada, Chairman of CECME; and Juan
Francisco Martínez, Admiral and Secretary General for Defense
Policy, Ministry of Defense.
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The chapters of this seventh edition were:
- Introduction. Claudio Aranzadi
- Interview with Carlos Pascual, Senior Vicepresident of Global Energy and International Relations, IHS MARKIT
- Strategic rivalry between China and the U.S. in the area of energy. Isidoro Tapia Ramírez
- Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean: more than just gas. Felipe Sánchez Tapia
- Electrical sector´s security in Spain. Alberto Carbajo Josa
- Energy sustainability in the defence and security sector – global, European and NATO context. Manuel Francisco Arribas Tiestos and David Martín Borreguero
The publication "Energy and Geostrategy
2020" is available in the Spanish version here: "Energía
y Geoestrategia 2020" and in the English version here:
"Energy
and Geostrategy 2020". Additionaly, you can find the leaflet
with infographics that summarice the main messages of each chapter
here.
You can read the Program and the Press release
here.
Videos of the session:
- Interview for Carlos Pascual, Senior Vicepresident of Global
Energy and International Relations, IHS MARKIT. Available here:
video
- Full Session. Available here: video
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2019
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PRESENTATION OF THE PUBLICATION "ENERGY
AND GEOSTRATEGY 2019"
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The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council
(CECME), the Spanish Energy Club (ENERCLUB) and the Spanish Institute
for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented the sixth edition of the
publication "Energy and Geostrategy" on May 23th, 2019.
The event, attended by more than 400 professionals from energy and
defence sectors, counted on the interventions of Antonio Brufau,
President of Repsol; Miguel Antoñanzas, Chairman of Enerclub;
Iñigo Díaz de Espada, Chairman of CECME; and Rafael
Sánchez Ortega, Lieutenant General and Director of the Higher
Center for National Defense Studies (CESEDEN).
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The chapters of this sixth edition were:
- Introduction. Claudio Aranzadi
- Interview - Interview for the Executive Director of the International
Energy Agency, Fatih Birol
- Geopolitics of Energy and Game Theory. Manuel Conthe
- Canada´s Role in Global Energy Markets. Jennifer Winter
- Geostrategy and Energy in the Gulf of Guinea. Emilio Sanchez
de Rojas
- The Changing Context for the Geopolitics of Energy: A European
View on How Climate Change Starts Affecting Energy Security. Christian
Egenhofer & Milian Elkerbout
- Give Peace a Chance: New Opportunities in Saudi Arabia's Geo-economy.
Miguel Angel Lasheras
These topics were debated by a panel where the
authors and its moderator, Claudio Aranzadi, the ex-Minister for
Industry, intervened.
The day ended with a round table discussion
with Claudio Aranzadi, Francisco José Dacoba, Brigadier General
and Director of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE),
and Marta Camacho, Director of Institutional Relations for Spain
and Europe at Repsol
The publication "Energy and Geostrategy
2019" is available in the Spanish version here: "Energía
y Geoestrategia 2019" and in the English version here:
"Energy and
Geostrategy 2019".
You can read the Program and the Press release
here.
Videos of the session:
- Interview for the Deputy Executive Director of the International
Energy Agency, Paul Simons. Available here: video
- Opening Session. Available here: video
- Authors Panel. Available here: video
- Final Considerations. Available here: video
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2018
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PRESENTATION OF THE PUBLICATION "ENERGY
AND GEOSTRATEGY 2018"
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The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council
(CECME) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented
the fourth edition of the publication "Energy and Geostrategy"
on May 29th, 2018. The event, attended by 400 professionals from
energy and defence sectors, counted on the interventions of Iñigo
Díaz de Espada(Chair, CECME), Miguel Ángel Ballesteros
(General Director, IEEE), Miguel Antoñanzas(Vicechairman,
Enerclub), Antonio Brufau (Chairman, Repsol), and the Subsecretary
of Defence, Anturo Romaní.
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The chapters of this fifth edition were:
- Introduction. Claudio Aranzadi
- Interview for the Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy
D. Miguel Arias Cañete.
- Challenges and opportunities of climate governance. Implementing
the Paris Agreement and ratcheting up ambition. Lara Lázaro
Touza
- The Role of Energy in the Russian Federation’s Geostrategy.
José Pardo de Santayana
- Turkey: geopolitics, energy and political survival . Melike
Janine Sökmen y Eduard Soler i Lecha
- Security, Development and Energy: the three challenges facing
the Sahel . Beatriz Mesa
- India: Energy Geo-Politics . Sunjoy Joshi y Lydia Powell
These topics were debated by a panel where the
authors and its moderator, Claudio Aranzadi, the ex-Minister for
Industry, intervened.
The publication "Energy and Geostrategy
2018" is available in the Spanish version here: "Energía
y Geoestrategia 2018" and in the English version here:
"Energy and
Geostrategy 2018".
You can read the Program and the Press release
here.
Videos of the session:
- Interview for the Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy
D. Miguel Arias Cañete. Available here: video.
- Summary of the session. Available here: video.
- Opening Session. Available here: video.
- Authors Panel. Available here: video.
- Final Considerations. Available here: video.
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2017
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PRESENTATION OF THE PUBLICATION "ENERGY
AND GEOSTRATEGY 2017"
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The Spanish Committee of the World Energy
Council (CECME) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies
(IEEE) presented the fourth edition of the publication "Energy
and Geostrategy" on May 11th, 2017. The event, attended by
400 professionals from energy and defence sectors, counted on
the interventions of Arturo Gonzalo (Chair, CECME), Miguel Ángel
Ballesteros (General Director, IEEE), Antonio Brufau (Chairman,
Repsol), and the Minister of Defence, Dolores de Cospedal.
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The chapters of this fourth edition were:
- Renewable Energies and the Renewal of Geopolitics
- The US energy policy and its geostrategic implications
- Energy and Geopolitics in Latin America
- Energy geopolitics in the Mediterranean
- Rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia in the geostrategic
context of energy
These topics were debated by a panel where
the authors and its moderator, Claudio Aranzadi, the ex-Minister
for Industry, intervened.
Moreover, a Session for Final Comments was
held at the end of the event, where Marta Camacho, Secretary General
of CECME, General Miguel Ángel Ballesteros, and Claudio
Aranzadi intervened.
The publication "Energy and Geostrategy
2017" is available in the Spanish version here: "Energía
y Geoestrategia 2017" and in the English version here:
"Energy
and Geostrategy 2017".
You can read the Program and the Press release
here.
The pictures of the event are available here.
Videos of the session:
- Summary of the session. Available here: video.
- Opening Session. Available here: video.
- Authors Panel. Available here: video.
- Final Considerations. Available here: video.
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2016
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LAUNCH OF "ENERGY AND GEOSTRATEGY 2016"
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The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented the 3rd edition of the publication "Energy and Geostrategy" on May 12th, 2016. The event, attended by 400 professionals from energy and defence sector, was inaugurated by the Chief of Staff, General Admiral Fernando García Sánchez. Antonio Brufau, Repsol's Chairman; Pedro Miró, Enerclub's Chairman, and the General Miguel Ángel Ballesteros, Director of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies, along with Arturo Gonzalo, CECME's Chairman, also participated at the Opening Session of the event.
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The excellent responses
to the first and second editions in 2014 and 2015 respectively, have
underpinned this fruitful cooperation as a benchmark in the sector,
contributing to assess the evolvement of the geopolitical context, which
is revealed as a core element to understand the current energy scenario.
The contents of this third edition are the following:
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The Impact of Jihadism on
the Energy Sector.
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Liquefied Natural Gas as a geopolitical
factor (LNG).
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Naval control of the Energy Maritime
Routes.
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Oil and Gas Prices and World
Geopolitics.
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A new trilemma: water, food
and energy.
These topics have been debated by a panel where the
authors and its moderator, Claudio Aranzadi, the ex-Minister for Industry,
intervened.
Moreover, a Session for Final Comments was held at
the end of the event, where Marta Camacho, Secretary General of CECME;
General Miguel Ángel Ballesteros, and Claudio Aranzadi intervened.
The publication "Energy and Geostrategy 2016"
is available in the Spanish version here: "Energía
y Geoestrategia 2016" and in the English version here: "Energy
and Geostrategy 2016".
You can read the Program and the Press release here.
The pictures of the event are available here.
Videos of the session:
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Summary of the session. Available
here: video.
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Opening Session. Available here: video.
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Authors Panel. Available here:
video.
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Final Considerations. Available
here: video.
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2015
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LAUNCH OF "ENERGY AND GEOSTRATEGY 2015"
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The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented the 2nd edition of the publication "Energy and Geostrategy" on May 13th, 2015. The event took place at the Campus Repsol auditorium, and was officially inaugurated by the State Secretary for Defence, Pedro Argüelles Salaverría. Arturo Gonzalo, Pedro Miró and Antonio Brufau, the presidents, respectively, of CECME, Enerclub and Repsol, as well as the Director of IEEE, Artillery Brigadier-General Miguel Ángel Ballesteros, took part in the Opening Session.
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During the event, relevant aspects of the current energy agenda were analyzed from a geopolitical perspective. The discussed issues were the influence of Russia on European energy security, the effect of the conflicts in the Middle East on the energy industry, the prospects for nuclear energy, the universal access to electricity and its role against poverty and the activity of the energy industry in the Arctic. These subjects were evaluated in a panel discussion among the authors of the study and the moderator, former Minister for Industry, Claudio Aranzadi. The event also included some final remarks by Miguel Ángel Ballesteros, Brigadier-General of Artillery, Arturo Gonzalo and Claudio Aranzadi.
The publicaction "Energía y Geoestrategia
2015" is available in its Spanish version: Energía
y Estrategía 2015 (21 Mb) and in English: Energy
and Geostrategy
2015 (21 Mb).
To read the Programme, Press Release and Publication,
please visit: here.
Video summary of the event here: Vídeo.
Video with the conclusions of the event here: Vídeo.
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2014
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LAUNCH OF "ENERGY AND GEOESTRATEGY 2014"
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On May 13th, 2014, the Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE), which belongs to the Spanish Centre for National Defence Studies (CESEDEN), presented the publication "Energy and Geostrategy". The event took place in the Campus Repsol auditorium. It was officially inaugurated by Antonio Brufau, Arturo Gonzalo and Rafael Villaseca, Presidents of Repsol, CECME and Enerclub, respectively. It was also honoured by the participation of General Miguel Ángel Ballesteros, Director of IEEE, and the Spanish Minister of Defense, Pedro Morenés.
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Afterwards, a panel discussion among certain book's
authors and the former Minister for Industry, Claudio Aranzadi, was developed,
dealing with the some of the subjects analyzed in the publication: the
security of supply as a strategic factor for Spain and the EU; cybersecurity
and its influence on the energy sector; and the geopolitical impact of
the development of unconventional hydrocarbons.
You can read the complete report in Spanish here:
Versión
en Español or in English here: English
version.
To watch the promotional video of the presentation,
click on: Video.
You can read the conclusions in Spanish here Versión
en Español or in english here:English
version.
Access to the Programme, Press Note and Publication
here.
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