Engines of Power: Energy, Trade, and Statecraft

Critical chokepoints in global supply chains – such as Black Sea ports and the Strait of Hormuz – concentrate economic power and generate opportunities for state coercion. In this year’s International Politics and Economics Symposium, experts in energy politics and economic statecraft will examine how states use these chokepoints for leverage, how government and private actors respond, and how the Russian war in Ukraine demonstrates these dynamics.

Guest speakers:

Bryan Early, Professor and Associate Dean for Research at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, SUNY

Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Department of History, Criminal Justice, and Political Science Chair at Campbell University, Adjunct Professor at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Margarita Balmaceda, Professor of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University