Levers of Power: Russia’s Domination of the Global Nuclear Reactor Market  with Dr. Emily Holland

In recent years Russia’s state-owned Rosatom has become the undisputed leader in the sale and construction of nuclear power plants, responsible for over 65% of global sales. Recently, Russia signed a historic contract with China worth between $3 and $5 billion to provide for the construction of four third-general nuclear power reactors. How does Rosatom’s participation in the Chinese market support Russia’s larger foreign policy goals and what does a new strategic energy partnership between Russia and China mean for the West? Dr. Holland's presentation will argue that Rosatom’s Chinese partnerships are commercially driven, but that the proceeds from these crucial contracts help Russia finance other less commercially viable yet geopolitically significant projects. Thursday, December 5, 2019  4:00 - 5:00 pm Suite 412, Fourth Floor The Elliot School of International Affairs 1957 E St. NW  REGISTER

Dr. Emily Holland is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at the United States Naval Academy. She received her Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University in May 2017 and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies during the 2017-2018 academic year. She researches energy politics, Russian foreign policy, US-Russia relations, and European politics. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, Lawfare, the Journal of International Affairs, The Christian Science Monitor, Duck of Minerva, The London School of Economics United States Politics Blog, the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs and others.

PONARS Eurasia  is an international network of scholars advancing new approaches to research on security, politics, economics, and society in Russia and Eurasia. The program is based at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies ( IERES ) at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. PONARS Eurasia is supported in part by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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