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The past two years have seen dramatic changes in Europe’s energy security landscape in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. How has the EU’s ban on Russian petroleum imports affected energy security in the EU and globally? How has Europe adjusted its energy resources in response? How is conflict in the Middle East complicating the global outlook for energy security?

Asia Society Hong Kong Center is pleased to present Václav Bartuška, Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechia, to provide the perspective from Europe and answer these important questions, in conversation with ASHK Scholar-in-Residence Professor Christine Loh.

Václav Bartuška is Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechia.  Policies to enhance energy security formed an important component of the Czech Presidency of the European Union which concluded at the end of 2022. Ambassador Bartuška has also served as a plenipotentiary of the Czech Government for the expansion of Temelin Nuclear Power Plant. He teaches security studies and modern history at New York University as well as a course on energy diplomacy at the College of Europe. During the 1989 Revolution, Ambassador Bartuška was a student leader and was subsequently elected by the Czech Parliament to the Commission investigating the secret police, where he played a role in disbanding it.

Professor Christine Loh, SBS, JP, OBE, Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, is Chief Development Strategist at the Institute for the Environment, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), engaging in teaching and research. Her teaching experience includes a course on Non-Market Risks at the Anderson School of Management, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2018-22. Professor Loh was Under Secretary for the Environment in the HKSAR Government (2012-17). Between April 2019 and March 2020, she was the Special Consultant to the Office of the Chief Executive of the HKSAR Government on the ecological civilization aspects of the Greater Bay Area Outline Development Plan. She has also been a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
 

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