Project Background

The "Changing Rules of the Game: Global Energy Governance in the 21st Century" project is based upon a two-pronged approach of applied research and the Transatlantic Energy Security Dialogues (TESD), a multi-stakeholder conference series bringing together EU and US policy-makers, representatives of think tanks, NGOs, academia and the private sector. Research and dialogue are closely integrated and implemented in parallel in order to to inject interim research results into the planned dialogue sessions to foster substantive debate while at the same time also leveraging the expertise and experience of dialogue participants towards the research process. GPPi has thus far conducted three dialogue sessions which addressed some of the most pressing issues in the energy security debate:

• The effect of the “new consumers” (China and India) on global energy markets;
• Experiences of liberalized energy markets in the US and the EU with respect to security of supply; and
• Global energy governance institutions and the transatlantic agenda.

The project employs a uniquely collaborative approach on three separate levels:

• Through engaging stakeholders from all sectors – industry, government, academe and civil society – throughout the process, including through the establishment of the multi-sectoral Project Steering Committee; 
• Through our transatlantic partnership with the New America Foundation; and
• Through contextual and financial support from the European Commission, the Dräger Foundation and the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

To ensure that the key project findings are heard throughout the policy world, the research process will generate a number of publications, including a final research volume, policy papers, articles and op-eds. Furthermore, the Project Team will organize and take part in various events, including the established TESD program, author workshops, "policy breakfasts" for engaging policymakers in the EU and the US, and a concluding Learning Forum, all of which will include representatives from government, industry, academe, civil society and the media.