Authority on International Politics, Economics, and Energy
Dr. Daniel Yergin is Chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a highly respected authority on energy policy and international politics and economics. He is also a recipient of the United States Energy Award for "lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding."
His new book, The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy has received wide attention for its analysis and narrative of how the "world is changing its mind about markets." It has been translated into 13 languages and made into a six-hour documentary. It is PBS' major television series on globalization.
Yergin received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his work The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power. The book became a national bestseller and was made into an eight-hour PBS/BBC series seen by 20 million people in the United States. It has been translated into 12 languages.
Yergin is also Global Energy Analyst for NBC and CNBC. He is a member of the board of the United States Energy Association and of the U.S.-Russian Business Council. He is also a member of the Secretary of Energy's Advisory Board and the National Petroleum Council, as well as of the Committee of Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a Trustee of the Brookings Institution.
Yergin received his BA from Yale University and his Ph.D. from Cambridge University, where he was a Marshall Scholar. He holds honorary degrees from the University of Houston and the University of Missouri.
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