ESI student founders Jacob Berliner, Tufts '07, Nick Chaset Tufts '05, and Alexandra Wright, Tufts '08, conducting research on energy policies in Germany
Tufts Energy Security Initiative (ESI)
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The Tufts Energy Security Initiative is an undergraduate
student program focused on inquiry, research, and discussion regarding
the military, political, economic, and environmental security aspects
of energy. This endeavor seeks to engage students in both theoretical
and hands- on projects regarding energy. A program supported by the Tufts
Institute for Global Leadership, the ESI has the advantage of a broad
based support structure, partnerships with other groups both in and out
of the IGL such as NIMEP, EPIIC, and TIE and an international security
outlook that is unique to the IGL and Tufts University.
Now more than ever it is imperative to conduct a non-polemical investigation
of energy. Involvement in the Middle East, terrorism, environmental issues, and
an international economy dependent on the readily available supply of energy
necessitates a greater understanding of energy security. This understanding,
especially among students, must go past standard rhetoric regarding high gas
prices, the war in Iraq, and climate change. Energy is too complicated and vast
an issue to limit the discussion in this way. The Tufts ESI will seek to alter
the discussion significantly.
We welcome members from all academic disciplines. The only prerequisite is a
desire to learn more about energy issues. For more information, email us at TuftsESI@gmail.com.