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°

South Korea and Japan: Divergent Paths to Energy Security

This week, Dr. Seong-ik Oh, Director General of the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, joins Jane Nakano, senior fellow with the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program, to look at the differences between South Korea and Japan's energy policies and the factors that developed these different strategies. 

Podcast Episode by Jane Nakano and Seong-ik Oh — October 31, 2023

CSIS Energy 360

Experts React: The IRA One Year On

The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law one year ago today, has initiated a new era of federal investment in the energy and climate sectors. Experts weigh in on the domestic and international impact so far and the political challenges that remain.  

Commentary by Kevin Book Cy McGeady Jane Nakano Kartikeya Singh and Janet M. Whittaker — August 16, 2023

Building Larger and More Diverse Supply Chains for Energy Minerals

Challenges abound in the global race to secure minerals for the energy transition, but some opportunities are ripe for politically durable and economically sound policy prescriptions for U.S. leadership in growing and diversifying the global supply chains.  

Report by Joseph Majkut Jane Nakano Maria J. Krol-Sinclair Thomas Hale and Sophie Coste — July 19, 2023