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Item A Perspective on the Department of Energy’s Energy-Water Nexus 2017 Budget Justification(2016) Capuano, Linda A.; Mikulska, Anna; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem A Proposed Shale Ban in Mexico(2019) Duhalt, Adrian; Mikulska, Anna; Maher, Michael D.; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Energy Over the Next 20 Years: It’s Not All About the US(2018) Mikulska, Anna; Maher, Michael D.; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Energy Transition, Energy Security, and Affordable Fuel: How the Energy Crisis Can Help Policymakers 'Thread the Needle'(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2022) Mikulska, Anna; Finley, Mark; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicySpiking prices and the Russia crisis highlight the centrality of energy to our modern economy. No political leader who is seen as failing to deliver affordable, reliable energy today can survive in office long enough to successfully tackle climate change. But the evidence shows that society & policymakers don’t need to approach this as an ‘either-or’ proposition. We need to acknowledge the reality of the energy system today even as we work to change it rapidly. The current crisis gives us an opportunity to have a more realistic conversation about the role of energy in our lives AND the need for change. The failure of integrating climate policy and energy security/affordability in the past in the EU is forcing them now to consider policies going forward to address both simultaneously. The US so far emphasizes the objectives separately (and frequently seemingly in conflict with each other)—although we see early indications that this may be changing. We can set the stage for a successful transition IF we can acknowledge that we need a framework that drives a rapid transition while also providing the secure affordable energy society needs today.Item From the ‘What?’ to the ‘How?’ in the Water-Energy Nexus: Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons Learned(2016) Buono, Regina M.; Mikulska, Anna; Hung, Elsie; Medlock, Kenneth B. III; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Gas Geoeconomics in Europe: Using Strategic Investments to Promote Market Liberalization, Counterbalance Russian Revanchism, and Enhance European Energy Security(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2018) Collins, Gabriel; Mikulska, Anna; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Gas Geoeconomics: A Strategy to Harden European Partners Against Russian Energy Coercion(2021) Collins, Gabriel; Mikulska, Anna; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Molecule-indifferent Gas Geoeconomics, Not Energy Sanctions, are the Best Option to Harden Europe Against Russian Gas Coercion(2020) Collins, Gabriel; Mikulska, Anna; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Molecule-indifferent Gas Geoeconomics, Not Energy Sanctions, are the Best Option to Harden Europe Against Russian Gas Coercion(2020) Collins, Gabriel; Mikulska, Anna; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Poland-Czechia Mining Dispute Highlights Clash of Local Interests, Global Climate Goals(2021) Mikulska, Anna; Kosinski, Eryk; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Send Lawyers, (Gas) And Money: Executive Summary for “Strategic Response Options if Russia Cuts Gas Supplies to Europe”(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2022) Collins, Gabriel; Medlock, Kenneth B. III; Mikulska, Anna; Miles, Steven R.; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Strategic Response Options if Russia Cuts Gas Supplies to Europe(2022) Collins, Gabriel; Medlock, Kenneth B. III; Mikulska, Anna; Miles, Steven R.; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Summary of the 2014-15 Climate Lecture Series(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2015) Buono, Regina M.; Medlock, Kenneth B. III; Mikulska, Anna; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Summary: Water and Energy Workshop—Understanding Impacts and Trade-Offs to Facilitate Transitions(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2015) Capuano, Linda A.; Buono, Regina M.; Mikulska, Anna; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem The Future of Russian Gas: A Tale of Two Cities(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2020) Mikulska, Anna; Jakubowski, Pawel; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem The Process of Minority Incorporation in Local Politics and Government(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2013) Marschall, Melissa; Mikulska, AnnaDespite the fact that more than nine in ten black elected officials represent local rather than federal or state government, the study of minority representation in American local politics and elections has been a relatively unexplored area of inquiry. In this paper take an historical approach and examine the processes of black office-seeking and office-holding in local government. Our study relies on data compiled by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Research and the Southern Regional Council's Voter Education Project as well as Louisiana State Secretary of State election returns and candidate characteristics collected by the Local Elections in America Project (Marschall and Shah 2010). In the first set of analyses, we examine trends in the number and distribution of African American candidates and elected officials across office levels and types so that we can better understand: (1) where African -Americans have made the most progress, (2) what patterns might exist across offices, and (3) where we see little or no progress in black office-holding in Louisiana. From here we conduct a multivariate analysis to understand how the election of black council members in Louisiana occurred over time. Using event history analysis, we examine how municipal electoral arrangements and other institutional factors, as well as the socio-economic and racial context of cities shape the timing of the initial election of a black candidate for city council. This analysis spans the period immediately following passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, when the first African Americans won elected office since Reconstruction, up until 2010.Item US Needs LNG to Fight a Two-Front Gas War(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2022) Miles, Steven R.; Collins, Gabriel; Mikulska, Anna; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem What’s Next for Natural Gas in Ukraine?(2020) Mikulska, Anna; Kosinski, Eryk; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyItem Winning the Long War in Ukraine Requires Gas Geoeconomics(2022) Collins, Gabriel; Mikulska, Anna; Miles, Steven R.; James A. Baker III Institute for Public PolicyProactive U.S. efforts to enhance Europe’s gas security and blunt Russia’s ability to use gas for hybrid warfare would directly support its ability to sustain and upgrade its combat credibility in East and Southeast Asia. By incentivizing upstream gas investments globally through the demand call associated with a broader European move to replace Russian gas with LNG, gas geoeconomics would over the medium term also help increase global LNG supply to the ultimate benefit of U.S. allies in Asia, foremost among them Japan and South Korea. Meanwhile, the sooner Europe can end purchases of Russian gas, the sooner the Kremlin faces a decision between effectively exiting the global gas market or else spending tens of billions to build more gas pipelines to China—obligating financial resources that would otherwise be used to rebuild Russia’s military. Gas geoeconomics is an essential prerequisite for victory in Ukraine, U.S. credibility in Asia, and should be one of Washington’s top national security priorities.Item Winning the Long War in Ukraine Requires Gas Geoeconomics(James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, 2022) Collins, Gabriel; Mikulska, Anna; Miles, Steven R.; James A. 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