Agnia Grigas

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Agnia Grigas
Agnia Grigas at a presentation of her book Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire
Born (1979-11-21) November 21, 1979 (age 44)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
University of Oxford
OrganizationAtlantic Council
Websitegrigas.net

Agnia Grigas (born November 21, 1979) is a Lithuanian-born American political scientist and author writing on security and energy issues of Russia, Europe, and the Post-Soviet states. Grigas is known as the author of The New Geopolitics of Natural Gas (Harvard University Press, 2017), Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire (Yale University Press, 2016) and The Politics of Energy and Memory Between the Baltic States and Russia (Ashgate, 2013). Grigas holds a Doctorate in International Relations from the University of Oxford.[1] She is a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC.[1]

Education and early life

Agnia Grigas (née Baranauskaitė) was born in

DPhil) in International Relations from Brasenose College, Oxford.[3]

Career

In 2002, Grigas started her career as a financial analyst at

In 2008-2009 Grigas served as an advisor on energy security and economy to the

In 2014 Grigas became a nonresident Senior Fellow at the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs at Occidental College in Los Angeles.[5] In 2015, she joined the Truman National Security Project as a Security Fellow.[6] Since 2015 she is a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center in Atlantic Council in Washington, DC.

Books

  • The Politics of Energy and Memory between the Baltic States and Russia (New ed.). Farnham: .
    Grigas’s first book examines the foreign policies of the
    Baltic States towards Russia in respect of the politics of oil and gas, and the Soviet historical legacy.[7] The second edition was released in 2016 by Routledge.[7]
  • Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire. .
    Grigas's second book illustrates how Moscow has consistently used its compatriots in bordering nations for its territorial ambitions and demonstrates how this policy has been implemented in
    Baltic States, and others are also at risk.[8][9]
  • The New Geopolitics of Natural Gas. .
    Grigas's third book demonstrates how the boom in
    LNG trade, and the buildup of gas transport infrastructure worldwide has had a transformative effect on the natural gas industry.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Agnia Grigas". Atlantic Council. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Bookshelf | Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "Former CEELBAS student Agnia Grigas releases her new book" Archived September 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, University of Oxford, Retrieved on June 30, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Vengrovskaja, Ana (September 23, 2009). "Iš geriausių universitetų ir garsių kompanijų – atgal į Lietuvą - Tęsinys - Anglija.lt". Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  5. ^ "People: Agnia Grigas" Archived July 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Occidental College Retrieved on June 30, 2016.
  6. ^ "Team view: Agnia Grigas", Truman National Security Project Retrieved on June 30, 2016.
  7. ^ a b Robert Mundell "Energy security and pipeline politics: the achilles heel of Eastern Europe" Archived December 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Harriman Institute, Retrieved on June 30, 2016.
  8. ^ "Krievijas manipulatīvie instrumenti A. Grigas jaunajā grāmatā", CEEPS, Retrieved on June 30, 2016.
  9. ^ Robert Legvold "Capsule Review: Beyond Crimea", Foreign Affairs, Retrieved on June 30, 2016.
  10. ^ HUP "The New Geopolitics of Natural Gas", Harvard University Press, Retrieved on October 17, 2016.