Energy Security & Resource Economics Expert; Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council; International Energy Advisor
Dr. Paul Sullivan Biography
Dr. Paul Sullivan is a leading authority on energy security and resource economics, with a career spanning nearly four decades. Sullivan is recognized for his expertise in energy security, energy markets, international security issues related to resources—including energy, water, land, and non-energy minerals—international economic development, and economic, political, and military issues in the Middle East and North Africa. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University and Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Yale University. Sullivan also participated in MIT's Seminar XXI program.
Sullivan served as a full professor at National Defense University for more than 22 years, where he led the Energy Industry Study and taught courses such as Industry Analytics and Economics of National Security, as well as electives and regional studies focused on the MENA region and the Islamic world. He advised senior military officers from regions including the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and East Asia. As part of his responsibilities, Sullivan conducted energy field studies in the United States, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and the European Union. Prior to his tenure at National Defense University, he worked as a consultant on energy, environmental, and due diligence issues and served as an international energy economist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He also contributed to the establishment of a National Defense College in the United Arab Emirates.
Sullivan is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, a nonresident senior research associate at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, a distinguished international fellow at the National Council on US-Arab Relations, and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Windsor Energy Group in the United Kingdom. He teaches courses on energy and environmental security at Johns Hopkins University and has taught at Georgetown University, the American University in Cairo, and Yale University. He also teaches "Climate Change and Energy Transitions" and "Middle East Today" for Yale Alumni College. Sullivan is a member of Chatham House, the Royal Economic Society, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Sullivan has published extensively on topics including the economics of war and peace, the political economy of oil and gas, energy security, water security, resource development, piracy, US-Islamic and US-Arab relations, US-Iran relations, Iraq, extremism, the economy and military of Egypt, labor markets in Egypt and Sudan, energy in Libya, security implications of Middle East economies, water stress and conflict in South Asia and China, the US economy, energy futures, and oil and gas markets. He has testified before Congress on issues related to the XL Pipeline, the Nile River Basin, and water security. Sullivan advises a multinational energy company on natural gas, oil, energy security, nuclear power, environmental issues, energy transition, regulations, trade, regional energy markets, and investment.
Sullivan is frequently quoted and interviewed by media outlets worldwide and has provided analysis to media organizations on five continents. He has delivered talks at venues including Windsor Castle, Ditchley Park, the Institute of Energy Economics Japan, the diplomatic academies of Malta and Jordan, the Swedish Food and Agriculture Organization, the Chilean Defense College, and the Defense College of Mongolia. His research interests include the energy-resilience nexus, economic and resource aspects of human security, energy transitions, US-MENA relations, European Union energy security, EU-Russian energy relations, Arctic energy issues, US-MENA-Japan relations, the energy-water-food nexus, and the connections between inflation and poverty.
Dr. Paul Sullivan Videos
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