Christian Downie

Christian Downie
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Dr Christian Downie is an Associate Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University, where he was also an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow (2018-2021). He was previously a Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New South Wales. Christian has worked as a foreign policy advisor to the Australian Government’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and a climate policy advisor to the Department of Climate Change. Christian holds a PhD in international relations and political science from the Australian National University, having graduated from the University of Sydney with first class honours in economics. He has spent time teaching or researching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Balsillie School of International Affairs among others, and he has worked in policy think tanks in Canberra and Washington, DC. Christian is the author of more than 20 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters including publications in Global Environmental PoliticsEnergy Policy, Global Governance, International Affairs, and Third World Quarterly. His latest book is Business Battles in the U.S. Energy Sector (Routledge, 2019).

 

 

When the tank’s empty: Australia’s impoverished energy security
When the tank’s empty: Australia’s impoverished energy security
Reliance on foreign oil and fuel-hungry cars puts the country in a vulnerable position, even when there’s no crisis.
The complex consequences of a plunging oil price
The complex consequences of a plunging oil price
The cost of planes on runways and cars in garages looks very different with an economics, security, or governance lens.
The future ain’t what it used to be
The future ain’t what it used to be
If Covid-19 teaches us anything, obviously we need to plan, but let’s not pretend the future is actually predictable.
It’s time for Australia to scale up its energy diplomacy
It’s time for Australia to scale up its energy diplomacy
A huge transformation of global energy production and consumption is underway but sorely needs international governance.
Australian energy diplomacy
Australian energy diplomacy
Implemented correctly, Australia could achieve some of its foreign policy goals through its energy exports.
Putting energy into foreign policy
Putting energy into foreign policy
The IEA treaty needs to be amended to allow large energy consumers, such as Brazil, Russia, India and China, to become full members.
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