Mikkal Herberg
Research Director, Energy Security Program, National Bureau of Asian Research
Mikkal Herberg is Research Director of the Energy Security Program at The National Bureau of Asian Research in Seattle, Washington. NBR is a non-partisan, independent research institution devoted to advanced research on U.S. policy in Asia. He is also a Senior Consultant with PFC Energy, an international energy consulting firm located in Washington, D.C., and a Visiting Faculty member at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego.
Previously he spent 20 years in the oil industry in Strategic Planning roles for ARCO, where from 1997-2000 he was Director for Global Energy and Economics, responsible for worldwide energy, economic, and political analysis. He also headed country risk analysis responsible for advising the executive management on risk conditions and investment strategies in countries and regions where ARCO had major investments. His previous positions with ARCO included Director of Portfolio Risk Management and Director for Emerging Markets.
Mikkal Herberg writes and speaks extensively on Asian energy issues to the energy industry and governments in the Asia-Pacific region, including the U.S., China, and Japan. He is cited frequently in the media, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, National Public Radio, Asahi Shimbun, Reuters, NIKKEI News, and Caijing. His recent writings include “China’s Search for Energy Security: Implications for U.S. Policy” (2006), a special study by NBR co-authored with Kenneth Lieberthal; “China’s Search for Energy Security: Implications for Southeast Asia” in China, the United States, and Southeast Asia: Contending Perspectives on Economics, Politics, and Security, Routledge (forthcoming); and “The China, India and United States Strategic Energy Triangle: U.S. Perspectives”, The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi (forthcoming).