Academic & Policy Writing

Brenda Shaffer's work is often featured in some of the world's most prestigious academic publications, and she has contributed to a number of books on oil and energy policy, energy security, ethnic politics and foreign affairs.

Peer-Reviewed

Journal Articles

Europe’s Natural Gas Security of Supply: Policy Tools for Single Supplied States

Energy Law Journal

Ending the Petroleum Mystique: The Future of the Global Price of Oil

Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

Israel’s Energy Resource Management Policy: Lessons For Small Markets

Energy Law Journal

The Potential of Energy Data: A Guide to the Application of Energy Data for Intelligence Analysis

Studies in Intelligence

New Stage in the Global Oil Price Cycle?

Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

Energy in Conflict: The Case of the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan War

Foundation for Defense of Democracies

How Iran’s Ethnic Divisions Are Fueling the Revolt

Middle East Studies Review

Dis-empowering Africa: How the West’s energy policies fuel poverty in Africa

Center for North American Prosperity and Security

Syria’s Energy Sector and Its Impact on Stability and Regional Developments

Atlantic Council

Blackout: International Energy Policies Threaten U.S. National Security

Foundations for Defense of Democracies

Contributed Chapters

Book Articles

Energy and Security

In: Security and Crossborder Cooperation in the Black Sea region, Amsterdam: IOS Press, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy Since Independence

In: The Geopolitical Scene of the Caucasus: A Decade of Perspectives, 233-245. Istanbul: Toplumsal Katilim ve Gelishim Vakfi

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Policy toward the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

In: The International Politics of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict, ed. Cornell

EU Energy Policy: The Role of the South Caucasus

In: Geo-economics and Security Challenges to EU’s South Caucasus Policy, eds. Kakachia, Meister & Fricke