Bo Kong
Assistant Research Professor and Research Director Bo Kong is Assistant Research Professor of the Energy, Resources, and Environment (ERE) program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and he directs the ERE’s research on East Asia. Until recently, he was director of the Schools’ Global Energy and Environment Initiative (GEEI). Prior to GEEI, he served a number of positions in the analytical community, including Energy and Mining Associate at Ayrlie Partners, Chief Energy Economist for ChinaStakes.com, Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) in South Africa, Research Fellow at the Center for Global Security of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and Research Associate at the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center. He is the author of China’s International Petroleum Policy (Santa Barbra, California: Praeger Security International, 2010) and many articles that appear in both English and Chinese publications on Chinese energy policy. He has also appeared on BBC, Clean Skies TV, VOA, and Phoenix television shows. Additionally, he sits on the Advisory Board of the Revenue Watch Institute, the Mitigation Board of the Global Network for Climate Solutions of the Columbia University’s Earth Institute, and the International Editorial Board for the Universiti of Kebangsaan Malaysia’ journal—JEBAT: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics, and Strategic Studies. He is also a senior associate in the Energy and National Security Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a member of the ChinaFAQs Expert Group. Born and raised in Xinjiang, China, he received his B.A. in International Trade from Nankai University in Tianjin, China. After graduate studies at the Foreign Affairs University in Beijing and the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, he earned from SAIS his M.A. in American Foreign Policy and International Economics and Ph.D. in China Studies and International Energy Policy. Current Research Project China’s civil nuclear energy program and nuclear governance U.S.-China nuclear cooperation Northeast Asian energy security cooperation Upcoming publications: Book chapter, “China’s quest for oil in Africa Revisited”, upcoming Research paper on China’s nuclear governance after Fukushima, upcoming Edited volume on Northeast Asian Energy Security Cooperation, upcoming Collaborative research paper comparing the foreign energy policy of China and India, upcoming Selected Publications Book Bo Kong. China’s International Petroleum Policy (Santa Barbra, California: Praeger Security International, 2010) Report Bo Kong. “The Geopolitics of the Myanmar-China Oil and Gas Pipelines,” NBR Special Report #23, PP.55-65 (Seattle, Washington: The National Bureau of Asian Research, September 2010) Bo Kong. “Chinese Minerals Investment in Two River Basins—the Congo River Basin and the Mekong River Basin” (unpublished, 2009) Bo Kong. “An Anatomy of China’s Energy Insecurity and Its Strategies.” Seattle, Washington: Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security, 2005. Journal article Bo Kong, “Governing China’s Energy in the Context of Global Governance,” Global Policy, Volume 2, Special Issue, September 2011, pp.51-65. Bo Kong, Book Reviews: Oil in China: From Self-Reliance to Internationalization & Oil and Gas in China: The New Energy Superpower's Relations with its Region. Lim Tai Wei. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2009. The China Quarterly, Volume 23, pp.731-733. Bo Kong. “China’s Energy Decision-Making—Becoming More Like the United States?” Journal of Contemporary China, Vol.18, No.62, November 2009, pp.798-812. Bo Kong. “An Anatomy of China’s Energy Insecurity and Its Strategies,” Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence, Vol.6, Issue 1, pp.1- 69. (Reprint) Kong, Bo. “Institutional Insecurity,” Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence, Vol.6, Issue 1, pp.64-88. (Reprint) Bo Kong. “China’s Long March toward Energy Security,” Global Dialogue, Vol. 13, Issue 1, March2008, pp.11-17 and 51-52. Kong, Bo. "Institutional Insecurity," China Security, summer 2006, pp.65-89. Lampton, David and Bo Kong. “China Comes in from the Cold,” SAISPhere 2005, pp.34-37. Commentaries Bo Kong and David Lampton, “How Safely Will China Go Nuclear?” China-U.S. Focus, April 6, 2011. Kong, Bo. “Can China Have the Iranian Energy Cake and Eat It Too?” Chinastakes.com, March 8, 2008. Kong, Bo. “Sino-Vietnamese Energy Cooperation: Promises and Pitfalls,” Chinastakes.com, January 30, 2008. Kong, Bo. “What Does China Have To Do with $100 Oil?” Chinastakes.com, January 8, 2008. Kong, Bo. “Ending Oil Subsidies Serves China’s Oil Security,” Chinastakes.com, December 26, 2007 Kong, Bo. “Energy Policy Mess,” Chinastakes.com, November 26, 2007.
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