Speaker: Mary E. Stonaker, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore
Date: Thursday, 27 January 2011
Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Venue: ESI Conference Room
29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Block A , #10-01
Singapore 119620
Attendance will be limited to the first 30 respondents. Please send us your name, organisation and email address via the ESI website here. For enquiries, please contact Ms. Jan Lui at 65162000.
About the seminar
In December 2010, India signed the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) and the Gas Pipeline Framework Agreement (GPFA) to import gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan and Pakistan. This pipeline may potentially run through the heart of Taliban-controlled territory (Kandahar, Afghanistan) and unstable tribal areas of Pakistan.
This seminar will evaluate the significance of this landmark agreement along with the geopolitics of transnational pipeline projects in India. The state of Indian energy consumption, production and distribution will explain the context in which landmark agreements, such as the IGA and GPFA, have been signed into existence. Finally, an analysis of India’s geopolitical obstacles will provide policymakers and academics with a clear portrait of the current state of Indian energy security as well as long-term predictions and recommended courses of action.
About the Speaker
Mrs Mary E. Stonaker, currently with the Middle East Institute in Singapore has research interests in the geopolitics of energy security, specifically those between the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Latin America. Recognizing the rising global importance of secure energy infrastructure, Mary has begun to focus on the political and economic dimensions of trans-boundary infrastructure, namely pipelines and associated infrastructure. Her work has been published by global media, including the Journal Energy Security (USA), Online Opinion (Australia) and the Straits Times (Singapore) as well as think tanks such as the Middle East Institute, the Institute of South Asian Studies and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Last fall, she presented research on the diplomatically cohesive nature of the Arab Gas Pipeline to the Institute of Southeast Asian’s Energy Forum.
Mary studied International Relations with a specialization in Foreign Policy and Security Studies at Boston University. She is currently working on a variety of projects including a global analysis of the effect of pipelines on diplomatic relations, Persian Gulf energy security, ASEAN energy Integration, and South Asian energy security.
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