Dr. Paul Jerome Sullivan
Drsullivenergy@gmail.com
5712176009 (USA cell)

Education:

BA, Summa Cum Laude, Junior Phi Beta Kappa, Brandeis University 1979.

M.A., Economics, Yale University, 1981

M.Phil, Economics, Yale University, 1982

Ph.D. (with highest honors), Economics, Yale University, 1986

Graduate of the prestigious Seminar XXI program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006

Present Employment:

Professor of economics at the National Defense University (NDU) (Since July 1999)

Adjunct Professor of Security Studies, Georgetown University (since Fall 2005)

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Future Global Resource Threats, Federation of American Scientists (since December 2012)

Columnist for Turkiye Gazetesi of Istanbul, Turkey (since September 2011)

Columnist for the UB Times of Ulan Baator, Mongolia (since May 2012)

Past Employment:

Adjunct Professor, Science, Technology and International Affairs, Georgetown University (2007- 2011)

Vice President, Programs, United Nations Association, National Capitol Area (June 2010 to June 2011)

Adviser to the Sudan project at the United States Institute of Peace for (March 2009-July 2010) -- Still advise USIP on these and other issues. Was co-author of major work on resource management in The Sudan.

Senior Fellow at the East West Institute (EWI) (2007)

Columnist, Middle East Times (1994-1999)

Assistant Professor, Economics American University in Cairo, Egypt (1993-1999)

Consultant to law firms and others on energy, environment and due diligence issues (1990-1993)

International energy economist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1986-1990)

Acting Instructor, Microeconomics (1983-1986) and Research Assistant to a multinational project on technological change and choice in Asia (1981-1986), Yale University,

Commercial and Charter Fisherman (summers of 1975-1979)

Publication Efforts:

Published extensively on many issues including the following:

The economics of war and peace, the political economy of oil and gas, energy security, water security, resources and development, piracy, US-Islamic and US-Arab relations, US-Iran relations, Iraq, extremism, the economy and politics of Egypt, energy in Libya, security implications of Middle East economies, water stress and conflict in South Asia and China, the US economy, the future of energy, Pakistan, Afghanistan, African energy, US national security, energy and environment connections, energy in future cities, potential water conflicts in the MENA region, the energy-water-food security nexus, the Psychology of leadership, environmental issues in economic development, the economics and environment of Mongolia, China, the “Asia Pivot” of the US, and much more.


Published in venues as widely diverse as:

The Arab Studies Quarterly, The New Republic, World Policy Journal, The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, The Jordan Journal of International Affairs, ABC-CLIO, The United States Institute of Peace, The International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Affairs, Middle East Online, UPI, The Middle East Times, The Daily Star (Beirut), Daily News (Egypt), The Independent Institute, Ashgate (book chapter), Routledge (Encyclopedia Chapter), Cairo Papers in Social Science, Comment Visions (EuroNews), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, The U.S. Congress, Oil and Gas Journal, Circle of Blue, History News Network, The Review of International Affairs, Review of Middle East Economics, Business Monthly (Egypt), El Wekelah (Egypt), Al Jadid, The National Review, The National Journal, Middle East Insight, The Turkish Studies Association Bulletin, Al Arabiya, Middle East Policy, The Energy Journal, MEES. MEED, Oil and Gas North Africa, The Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, East West Institute, MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies, Future Directions International (Australia),
UB Post (Mongolia), Turkiye Gazetesi, Gulf Times, The National (UAE), The Lobe Log, PBS Frontline Tehran Bureau, The U.S. Congress, and many more (A partial list of publications can be found at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/drsullivenergy)


Media Outreach:

Some of the many TV, radio, press, and other media quoted or interviewed by on five continents:

VOA, VOA-Turkish, VOA-Azerbaijani, Al-Hurra, Nile TV, NHK-TV (Japan), NPR, PRI, CNN, CBC, BBC, CBS, Stern (Germany), Veja (Brazil), Epoca (Brazil), Correio Brasilense (Brazil), Radio Australia, Deutsche Welle, Die Zeit, Die Welt, Le Point, The Middle East Times, The Egyptian Gazette, Daily News Egypt, The Jordan Times, The ,Daily Star, The Straits Times, The Daily Mail, Bloomberg, Colombian National Radio, Semana (Colombia), Politico, Zee News (India), USA Today, Al Jazeera, Time Magazine, The New York Times, LA Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Toronto Star and numerous other Canadian Newspapers,
C-Span, Oregon Public Radio, Fox News, ABC(Australia), The Media Line,
The Wall Street Journal, UPI, The Telegraph (UK), Euronews, Scotland on Sunday, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, Asia Times, The Scotsman, The Independent (UK), Reuters, AP, The Globe and Mail, Oil and Gas Journal, Energy Intelligence, The New Republic, Al Arabiya, Le Point (France), MENA News Service, Circle of Blue, Gulf News, The National (UAE), Al Ittihad (UAE), Huffington Post, Houston Chronicle, The Statesman (UK), Arabian Business, Marketwire, Financial Post, CQ, The National Journal, Petroleum Economist, The Jerusalem Post, Slate, Scripps Howard, Sanlian Life (China), Berliner Morganpost, Europa, Welt Am Samtag, El Diario Yucatan, Life Week (China), BusinessWeek, O Popular (Brazil), Le Figaro , Taipei Times, The Age (Australia), The Namibian, Ha’aretz. Economic Times (India), Financial Times (Germany), Dagen Nyheter (Sweden), ADR (Germany), The Straits Times, The Egyptian Gazette, Al Ahram Hebdo, International Business Times, Chinese National Radio, and many more

Other Selected Efforts:

Was on the editorial board of The Cairo Papers in Social Sciences (1994-1999)

Taught classes on “The Economics of Egypt”, “The Economic Development of the Middle East”, “The Economic History of the Middle East”, and “Energy and Environment in the Middle East and Central Asia” while at the American University in Cairo in the 1990s

Led or helped lead delegations of senior officials on international field studies to various parts of the world as part of NDU duties, including trips to the UAE, Qatar, China, Morocco, Egypt, Tanzania, Greece, Turkey, Norway, France, Belgium, Australia, China, Mongolia and many more

Led or Assisted in the Energy Industry Study for 8 years at NDU

Assisted in the Agribusiness Industry Study for 3 years at NDU

Assisted in the Environment Industry Study for 2 years at NDU

Led North Africa and Levant Regional Security Study at NDU for many years

Lead of Gulf/Turkey Regional Security Study (Spring 2013)

Led or helped lead National Security Strategy and Crisis Decision exercises at NDU for many years

Organized an Ambassadors’ series at NDU for many years

Taught a class on “The Islamic World” at NDU for many years

Teaching (for over 8 years) a very popular class on “Energy and Security” at Georgetown University

Taught for classes on “Energy and Security in the Middle East” and “Natural Resources and Security in the Middle East and Africa” at Georgetown University for 5 years

Contributor to “Expert group meeting on Assessments of Economic and Social Developments in the ESCWA Region During the Last 25 Year and Priorities for the Rest of the Decade (2000-2009)”, Beirut, Lebanon, 4 to 6 May, 1999

Part of numerous working groups on Iran, Iraq, Libya, the Tigris-Euphrates issues, Sudan, etc. at the Atlantic Council of the United States, PILPG, and others over the years (2000-2009)

Was significant participant in meetings on energy and Africa for UNCTAD in Geneva and Nairobi, Kenya in 2006 and 2007

Spoke on the concept of environmentalism in The Koran at a mosque in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania in 2007

Was part of the EWI Trialogue (US-EU-China); Spoke on Energy Security for EWI conference in Berlin in 2007; was part of team of 3 to engage very high-level Jordanians for EWI-lead issues in 2007

Was speaker at breakout session at a EWI UN-related conference on non-proliferation issues in 2008

Was in Egypt and Jordan meeting with high-level officials, members of the Jordanian Royal Family, academics, military officials, diplomats from the EU and the Arab world, business persons, and more; gave talks to high-level audiences in Jordan during the summer of 2008

Speaker at and exclusive oil conference at St. Andrews University in Scotland in May 2009

Participant on panels with the Crown Prince of Iran, The Prime Minister of Mongolia and other notables at the Creative Leadership Summits in 2009 and 2010

Was 8 weeks in Egypt meeting with senior military, diplomatic, political, academic and business leaders; also met with some senior UN people and leadership at the GCSP in Geneva during the summer of 2010

Presented well over 200 public lectures, often to rather large and high-level audiences, since 1986.

Sought after as an adviser to senior officials and others

Testified before Congress at the Western Hemisphere Sub-Committee of the Foreign Affairs Committee on the importance of Canadian oil to the US in a time of global political stress in March 2011

Regularly brief staffers and others on The Hill and others on various issues related to the Middle East, energy security and other issues

Presented on US energy policies to a group of senior energy officials from around the world for a State Department visitors' program run by Meridian House in February 2011

Active part of a very high-level discussion on US-China issues at the Aspen Washington Ideas Forum in April 2011.

Spoke on water, land and energy issues in Sudan at the Carnegie Institute of Peace, December 2011

Actively involved in round tables at the Council on Foreign Relations on energy and related issues during the spring of 2012

Led an effort to give advice and aid a GCC country on an important educational mission in December 2011.

Presented on the situation in Iraq to about 500 policy makers at a conference on US-Arab relations run by NCUSAR in October 2011

Was 6 weeks in Egypt in the summer of 2012 meeting with leaders in business, academia, diplomacy, the military and with people of all walks of life

Spoke on energy and economic issues during a conference call with a major investment bank

Spoke at the NCUSAR Policymaker’s Conference on Egypt and on Syria/Iraq in October 2012

Spoke at USIP on threats to energy infrastructure in October 2012

Was part of a very high level, all-day meeting at The Federation of American Scientists considering Iran issues and the potential costs of war

Spoke at the Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania on the energy-water-food nexus in November 2012

Spoke at a very high-level DOD meeting on futures on the energy-water-food security nexus in November 2012

Spoke to a group of retired Marine Generals, including a former Commandant of the Marine Corps, on the diplomatic, economic, energy and other issues related to the “Pivot to Asia” on December 2012

Spoke at a very high-level DOD meeting on Egypt in January 2013

Spoke at the Wharton School on energy issues in the MENA region

Interviewed for documentary on water wars

Continuously advising staffers on The Hill, senior officials in The State Department and others on Middle East, North Africa and Energy issues

Spoke on energy and security issues related to Algeria and Mali at the Center for National Policy in March 2013

Was on panel related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership at the National Defense University

Spoke on geostrategic and business strategic aspects of the natural gas trade in the Asia Pacific region at the CERI Natural Gas Conference in Calgary, CA in March 2013

Was part of a brainstorming session at a very high level on US energy security in April 2013

Presented on U.S. energy security perspective for the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in April 2013

Presented on energy security in the MENA region at Johns Hopkins SAIS in April 2013

Presented on issues of economies and the energy-water-food nexus in the revolutionary states in the MENA region to the Russell 2020 Association in April 2013

Was a very active participant in a major, multiday track II event regarding Egypt run by CSIS, The Williamsburg Foundation and The College of William and Mary in April 2013


Other Skills, Experience, and More:

Lived for 6 years in Egypt

Been involved with the Middle East and North Africa region for 20 years

Did Ph.D. field work in India (1981 and 1983)

Widely traveled and exposed to numerous cultures, including have to work and get things done in many different cultures in the EU, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, etc.

Internationally recognized expert on energy security, energy markets, international security issues related to resources (energy, water, land, and non-energy minerals), international economic development (or lack of it), and Middle East and North African economic, political and military issues and more

Recognized expert on natural gas markets and strategies in the Asia-Pacific region

Sought after expert on strategic thinking on a wide variety of economic, political, and technical issues

Knowledge of the workings of various governments

Willing and able to work within many cultural and social environments

Willing and able to work under pressure with tight timelines

A quick study on many issues, including some very complex ones

Known for skills in public speaking and dealing with the press and other media

Able and willing to work with very high-level leadership from many countries

Known for time management skills and ability and willingness to work on many projects simultaneously

Known for common sense and practical approaches to complex issues

Known to be able to explain complex issues in everyday language

Known as a team player

Known as a mentor to younger students and practitioners, as well as colonels, generals, sheikhs, business people, journalists and more

Known for discretion and effectiveness as a member of Track II meetings and other high-level efforts