Michael A. Levi

Michael A. Levi is the David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and Director of the CFR Program on Energy Security and Climate Change. An expert on climate change, energy security, arms control and nuclear terrorism, Michael is the author of The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America’s Future (Oxford University Press), published in 2013. The Power Surge tells the story of two ongoing revolutions in American energy and the clash between them, evaluating their consequences and explaining how the United States should take advantage of its new opportunities. Michael is also at work on a book that explores the causes and consequences of China's global quest for natural resources. Michael’s previous book, On Nuclear Terrorism (Harvard University Press), was published in 2007. He is a member of the Advisory Board to Princeton University's Carbon Mitigation Initiative and the Strategic Advisory Board for NewWorld Capital LLC. Previously a fellow at the Brookings Institution, Michael holds a Bachelors of Science in mathematical physics from Queen’s University, an MA in physics from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in war studies from the University of London.