Jane Nakano

Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
Jane Nakano

Jane Nakano is a senior fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Her research interests include U.S. energy policy; global market and policy developments concerning natural gas, nuclear energy, and critical minerals; and energy security and climate issues in the Asia-Pacific region. She frequently writes and speaks on these issues at domestic and international conferences and to media around the world. She has also testified before Congress on China's competitiveness in energy technology manufacturing and exports as well as U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports and before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on U.S.-China nuclear energy cooperation. Prior to joining CSIS in 2010, Nakano worked in the Office of International Affairs in the U.S. Department of Energy, where she covered a host of energy, economic, and political issues in Asia. From 2001 to 2002, she served at the U.S. embassy in Tokyo as a special assistant to the energy attaché. Nakano graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

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Energy 360°

G7 Addresses Energy and Climate Change

This week, Tatsuya Terazawa joins Jane Nakano to look at key energy and climate issues on the G7 agenda.

Podcast Episode by Jane Nakano and Lisa Hyland — May 15, 2023

CSIS Energy 360
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U.S. EV Battery Outlook

This week, Steve LeVine joins Jane Nakano to discuss recent developments in the U.S. electric vehicle market and battery supply chain. 

Podcast Episode by Jane Nakano — March 6, 2023

CSIS Energy 360

U.S. Push to Secure EV Battery Supply Chains and the Role of China

The U.S. campaign to expand the domestic electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chains has underscored the complex nature of U.S.-China rivalry in the EV battery value chains. What role, if any, should China play in U.S. efforts to expand its EV battery supply chains?  

Commentary by Jane Nakano and Chen Huang — February 6, 2023

IRA and the EV Tax Credits—Can We Kill Multiple Birds with One Stone?

The Inflation Reduction Act’s tax credits for electric vehicles seek to advance both decarbonization and industrial competitiveness concurrently. It has a multitude of implications for U.S. EV market growth, supply chain security, and trading ties.

Commentary by Jane Nakano — September 15, 2022

Making Hydrogen Hubs a Success

The Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs initiative offers an opportunity of an unprecedented scale to decarbonize the U.S. economy. How should the hubs be designed and administered for maximum benefits? What tools and institutional practices could help their success?

Report by Joseph Majkut , Jane Nakano , and Mathias Zacarias — July 29, 2022

The Battery Minerals Supply Challenge

You are invited to a discussion on the upstream end of the electric vehicle battery supply chain, hosted by the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program.

Event by Jane Nakano , Isabelle Huber , Jessica Roberts , Scott Yarham , and Kwasi Ampofo — July 26, 2022

The Geopolitics of Hydrogen in the Indo-Pacific Region

The hydrogen strategies of key Asian governments could affect inter-fuel competition and international energy relations. Thus, understanding their strategies, motivations, and plans is of strategic importance to the United States, which itself is an Indo-Pacific economy.

Report by Jane Nakano — June 29, 2022