NS4054 Fall Term 2013
Ideas for Team Project and Briefing
Policy Assignment
• Briefing book
• Teams of 4-6. Minimum of two from NSA dept and two from Energy curriculum on each team.
• Prepare briefing book consisting of briefing (10 slides), 2 page covering policy memo and individual background/policy papers from each team member.
• Audience is fictional Interagency Policy Committee on Energy Security, chaired by NSC.
• Focus on an actionable problem that can be addressed by US interagency process.
Possible Topics I
• China’s growing demand for energy: opportunities and threats for US national security.
• Russia’s energy policy: implications for international and US security.
• Impact of resource nationalism on future global energy supplies.
• What is the future for nuclear energy?
• Limiting fuel consumption by deployed forces through alternative energy sources.
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Possible Topics II
• Iraq: A Future Source of Oil for the U.S.?
• Mexico/U.S. Energy Cooperation – Possibilities and Constraints
• Canadian Keystone XL Pipeline – Costs and Benefits for the U.S. Policy recommendation.
• Should the U.S. Introduce a Carbon Tax?
• Iranian Sanctions – Costs and benefits
• Shale Gas – Changing the world power structures?
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