
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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China Is Crushing US in Battle Over Electric Car Battery Technology
Jane Nakano in Business Insider — May 16, 2023
Why Russia's war is causing blackouts in Asia
Jane Nakano in Politico — February 25, 2023
The unequal toll of Russia’s energy war
Jane Nakano in POLITICO Power Switch — February 21, 2023
The unequal toll of Russia’s energy war
Jane Nakano in POLITICO Power Switch — February 21, 2023
How Russia’s war shattered global energy routes
Jane Nakano in E&E News — February 21, 2023
With EV batteries in demand, some in GOP say ‘no’ to China
Jane Nakano in Roll Call — January 30, 2023
Batteries Are the Battlefield
Jane Nakano and Ilaria Mazzocco in Foreign Policy — January 25, 2023
Another OPEC? Indonesia hopes for a cartel for battery metals
Jane Nakano in CNN — December 5, 2022
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G7 Addresses Energy and Climate Change
Podcast Episode by Jane Nakano and Lisa Hyland — May 15, 2023

Exploring the Hydrogen Midstream: Distribution and Delivery
Commentary by Mathias Zacarias and Jane Nakano — April 28, 2023
Onshoring and Friend-Shoring in U.S. EV Supply Chains: What Are the Boundaries?
Critical Questions by Joseph Majkut , Ilaria Mazzocco , and Jane Nakano — April 5, 2023

U.S. Push to Secure EV Battery Supply Chains and the Role of China
Commentary by Jane Nakano and Chen Huang — February 6, 2023
The Defense Production Act and the U.S. Race to Build Up Clean Energy Industrial Bases
Commentary by Joseph Majkut and Jane Nakano — January 12, 2023
IRA and the EV Tax Credits—Can We Kill Multiple Birds with One Stone?
Commentary by Jane Nakano — September 15, 2022
Making Hydrogen Hubs a Success
Report by Joseph Majkut , Jane Nakano , and Mathias Zacarias — July 29, 2022
The Battery Minerals Supply Challenge
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
Report by Jane Nakano — June 29, 2022