This hearing focused on the security of supply and transit of oil and gas and its role in conflict prevention. Those testifying identified important factors for ensuring the reliable and predictable supply and transit of oil and natural gas. This hearing also discussed the United States’ role in its own energy security, and in Eurasian energy security.
Members
Hon. Alcee Hastings
Chairman
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hon. Benjamin Cardin
Co-Chairman
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hon. G.K. Butterfield
Commissioner
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Witnesses
Gregory Manuel
Special Adviser to the Secretary and International Energy Coordinator
Department of State
Matthew Bryza
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Department of State
Ambassador Steven Mann
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
Department of State
Alan Hegberg
Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Energy Policy
Department of Energy
H.E. Yashar Aliyev
Ambassador to the United States
Republic of Azerbaijan
H.E. Mikhail Khvostov
Ambassador to the United States
Republic of Belarus
Ambassador Keith Smith
Senior Advisor
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Pierre Noel
Research Associate
University of Cambridge
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