Institute for the Analysis of Global Security

The Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) is a Washington

Washington, D.C.

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based non-profit public educational organization dedicated to research and public debate on issues related to energy security

Energy security

Energy security is a term for an association between national security and the availability of natural resources for energy consumption. Access to cheap energy has become essential to the functioning of modern economies. However, the uneven distribution of energy supplies among countries has led...

. The IAGS seeks to promote public awareness to the strong impact energy has on the world economy and security and to the myriad of technological and policy solutions that could help nations strengthen their energy security.

Since its establishment in 2002, IAGS has become a key player in the effort to create a nexus between energy and security and reframe the debate around America’s oil security. The organization, currently employing five full-time staff as well as half a dozen research associates, part-time staff and volunteers, produces analysis on the geopolitics of energy, the relations between oil and the economy, the true cost of imported oil and the implications of China’s growing energy demand. It has also produced country studies, books, book chapters and scholarly articles in leading publications like Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The American Interest and Commentary Magazine. IAGS takes part in numerous conferences encompassing almost every major think tank in the U.S. With numerous media appearances and an in-house online publication - the Journal of Energy Security - the organization has become a source of information for reporters, policymakers and the general public. IAGS’ commentary and opinion pieces appear in leading publications like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Business Week and Time Magazine. IAGS’ experts are frequent guests on all major television and radio networks.

In 2004 IAGS formed the Set America Free Coalition, an alliance of national security and environmental groups working to reduce America’s dependence on oil. In 2009, IAGS established the Mobility Choice Coalition, an alliance of national security, environmentalists and fiscal conservatives working to enhance competition among transportation modes. In the same year IAGS formed the Technology and Rare Earth Metals Center to bring together policymakers and industry to ensure secure minerals supply chain for America’s defense and energy industries. In 2011, IAGS formed the US Energy Security Council.
Outside the U.S. IAGS has become one of the world’s leading research organizations on energy security. In the past five years, IAGS scholars have been invited to brief government and non-governmental organizations in no fewer than 50 countries. IAGS also consults on energy security matters to multinational organizations like the UN, the G-8 and NATO.
IAGS is directed by Dr. Gal Luft and Anne Korin.

United States Energy Security Council

IAGS is a sponsorer of the United States Energy Security Council (USESC), co-founded in July, 2011 by James R. Woolsey, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Robert McFarlane, former National Security Advisor to President Reagan. Composed of former senior government officials, the Council seeks to reduce oil's monopoly over the nation's transportation fuel, creating a competitive transportation fuel market by opening the vehicle platform to alternative fuel options such as ethanol, methanol, natural gas and electric vehicles.
USESC members include: Norman Augustine, Former CEO Lockheed Martin, Hon. William Ball, Former Sec. of the Navy, Geoffrey Bible, Former CEO Kraft Foods, Hon. John Block, Former Sec. of Agriculture, Hon. Harold Brown, Former Sec. of Defense, Hon. William Clark, Former Sec. of the Interior, Hon. C. Boyden Gray, Former White House Counsel, Hon. Alan Greenspan, Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Hon. Stephen Hadley, Former National Security Advisor, Senator Gary Hart, John Hofmeister, Former President Shell Oil, Senator Bennett Johnston, Former Chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, Hon. John Lehman, Former Sec. of the Navy, Mike Leven, President, Las Vegas Sands, Hon. Robert C. McFarlane, Former National Security Advisor, Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn, Professor George Olah, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Hon. William Perry, Former Sec. of Defense, Hon. Mary Peters, Former Sec. of Transportation, Hon. James Roche, Former Sec. of the Air Force, Hon. George Shultz, Former Sec. of State, Hon. R. James Woolsey, Former Director of Central Intelligence

Mobility Choice Coalition

The Mobility Choice Coalition, established in 2009, advocates fiscally responsible, free market oriented approach to expanding competition among transportation modes for the purpose of reducing oil's strategic value.

TREM Center

Technology & Rare Earth Metals (TREM) are essential parts of the clean technology and defense industries. The mission of the IAGS TREM Center, established in 2009, is to create a forum where policymakers and companies from the minerals, defense technology, cleantech, automotive and finance sectors can advance policies that ensure secure and diverse supply chains for technology metals.

Set America Free Coalition

The Set America Free Coalition is an alliance established in 2004 of prominent individuals and non-profit organizations from across the political spectrum all of them concerned about the security and economic implications of America's growing dependence on foreign oil. Set America Free promotes a Blueprint for Energy Security, which spells out practical ways in which real progress toward energy security and fuel choice can be made over the next several years. Additionally, the Set America Free Coilition has published an Open Letter to the American People.

Journal of Energy Security

The Journal of Energy Security, published by IAGS, is a bi-monthly magazine that includes articles on a variety of energy security matters.