LEADERSHIP

Brian Blankenship is the Associate Director for North India and International Relations for the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP). His work for the initiative covers areas that include energy policy, energy access, and the geopolitics of energy. He is co-leading ISEP’s work in Jharkhand, India, and is launching ISEP’s international relations research program. His current interests include the geopolitics of the renewable energy transition, as well as the political determinants and consequences of China’s overseas investments under the Belt and Road Initiative.

Brian is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University in 2018. His work has been published in The Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Review of Policy Research, and Energy Policy, among others.