Joseph Stanislaw is a financial adviser

Financial adviser

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 on international markets and politics

Politics

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. He is also the co-founder and former president

President

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 of Cambridge Energy Research Associates

Cambridge Energy Research Associates

Cambridge Energy Research Associates is a consulting company in the United States that specializes in advising governments and private companies on energy markets, geopolitics, industry trends, and strategy...

, an energy

Energy

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 research

Research

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 consultancy that was acquired in 2004 by IHS Energy.

Stanislaw advises companies

Company

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 and countries

Country

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 on strategies

Strategy

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 to deal with the risk

Risk

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s and opportunities in the evolving marketplace. He holds a B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 from Harvard University

Harvard University

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 and a Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

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 from Edinburgh University. He was once a professor

Professor

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 at Cambridge University, and has served as senior economist

Economist

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 at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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's International Energy Agency

International Energy Agency

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, located in Paris

Paris

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. He currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

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.

He co-author

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ed The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy

Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy

The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy is a book by Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, first published as The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World in 1998...

a book which became the subject of a six-hour documentary

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 that aired on PBS in 2002.

Stanislaw is married to Augusta Perkins and father of Katrina, Louis and Henry Stanislaw.