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Oil's Monopoly: A Strategic Challenge - R. James Woolsey

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Partner:: AJC
Location:: AJC Washington Office
Washington, D.C.
Event Date:: 04.25.12
Speaker:: Robert James Woolsey
Tags:: oil; alternative energy; energy efficiency; opec; energy grid

Summary: Oil’s monopoly: a strategic challenge, presented by R. James Woolsey. Our dependence on oil from hostile nations threatens our national security and the security of our allies, particularly Israel. Join AJC and R. James Woolsey, chair of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for a dialogue on “The Electric Grid, Oil’s Monopoly, and OPEC’s Cartel: 3 Serious Strategic Problems in Search of Solutions”."

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Robert James Woolsey

R. James Woolsey is chairman of Woolsey Partners LLC and former United States Director of Central Intelligence, heading the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Intelligence Community.

Specializing in a range of alternative energy and security issues, Woolsey serves in various capacities at VantagePoint Venture Partners, Paladin Capital Group and the law firm Goodwin Procter. Previously, he was a vice president and officer of Booz Allen Hamilton, and a partner at the law firm Shea & Gardner (now Goodwin Procter) in Washington, D.C., where he practiced for 22 years in the fields of civil litigation, arbitration and mediation.

Including his Central Intelligence tenure, Woolsey served in the U.S. government on five different occasions, holding presidential appointments in two Republican and two Democratic administrations. He was ambassador to the Negotiation on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, under secretary of the Navy, general counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and part-time delegate at large to the U.S.–Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) and Nuclear and Space Arms Talks (NST). As an officer in the U.S. Army, he was an adviser on the U.S. delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I).

Woolsey serves on a range of government, corporate, and nonprofit advisory boards, chairing several, and has served in the past as a member of boards of directors of a number of publicly and privately held companies, generally in fields related to technology and security. He is a frequent contributor of articles to major publications, and gives public speeches and media interviews on the subjects of foreign affairs, defense, energy, and intelligence. Having received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University, Woolsey earned a master's degree at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and a law degree from Yale Law School.

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01.: Introduction

03 min 35 sec

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02.: James Woosley's Introduction

01 min 01 sec

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03.: James Woosley's Opening Remarks

00 min 29 sec

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04.: The Principles of Energy and Security

03 min 07 sec

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05.: Judging the Security and Vulnerability of the Electric Grid

09 min 16 sec

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06.: The Demands of Transporation: Oil Products

05 min 33 sec

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07.: The Consequences of America's Dependence on Foriegn Oil

06 min 21 sec

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08.: The Cultural Impact of Sustaining Oil Supplying Dictatorships

04 min 24 sec

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09.: Possible Solutions to the Oil Dilemma

06 min 08 sec

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10.: Audience Questions

20 min 00 sec

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11.: Conclusion

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R. James Woolsey: OPEC's Cartel and Its Oil Monopoly

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R. James Woolsey, a foreign policy expert and former head of the CIA, discusses the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and it's grip on global oil prices. Woolsey argues that any oil initiatives in the U.S. can't overcomes OPEC control.
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