Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy

In this interview, Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs Jeff Colgan discusses how the United States plans to help Europe diminish its reliance on Russian natural gas.

Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs Jeff Colgan comments on Russia as a "petrostate" and the implications this has on the Ukraine crisis.

Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Jeff Colgan co-wrote this piece on how "Russia’s personalist domestic politics and its oil and gas wealth also contributed to [the country's recent] aggression."

Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs Jeff Colgan in Politico, "Energy crises — whether their causes are natural or geopolitical — shouldn’t become excuses to backpedal on climate goals."

Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs and Director of Climate Solutions Lab Jeff Colgan's “Asset Revaluation and the Existential Politics of Climate Change," co-written with Jessica Green and Thomas Hale, is honored as one of the best works on political economy in 2021.

Director of Climate Solutions Lab and Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Jeff Colgan, offered commentary in this article on the recent news that the U.S. will release 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.