John M. Roberts

John M. Roberts is Energy Security Specialist with Platts, the world’s leading independent source of energy information. Platts is part of the McGraw Hill publishing group. He is also a frequent commentator on global energy issues on BBC television and radio and is an acknowledged expert on Caspian and European pipelines. Mr. Roberts has also given testimony to UK parliamentary committees on the Russian and Caspian role in energy security and on Persian Gulf security issues. His recent specialist papers and presentations include: Pipeline Politics: Russian Bypasses and Russia’s Bypasses (London, October 2009), At the Heart of the Triangle: The Ukraine and Energy Security Relations between Russia, the EU and the Caspian (NATO energy security workshop, Kyiv, October), Turkmenistan Changes Direction (CIS Oil & Gas Conference, Paris, May 2009). Win‐Win or Lose-Lose? Тhe Caspian and European Energy Security (Istanbul, June 2008), Energy Security to 2040 (UK Defence Academy, Shrivenham, May 2008), The Southern Caucasus Energy Corridor, French Institute of International Relations, Paris (Chapter in forthcoming book). His books include Caspian Pipelines (1996), and Visions & Mirages: The Middle East in a New Era (1994). He is a graduate of the University of Sussex (UK) with a bachelor’s with honors in International Relations from the School of African & Asian Studies.