Kunro Irié

Visiting Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
Kunro Irié

Kunro Irié is a visiting fellow with the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. His research interests include energy security and supply chains, engagement policies on decarbonization, and the effect of decarbonization on geopolitics. Kunro has a wide range of experience in the private and public sectors. His private sector experiences include commercial and project management of LNG projects in the Asia-Pacific region, leading strategy for customer and partner engagements and managing equity positions, and power generation project management, trading, and upstream investment. Kunro also worked on a variety of trade and economic policy issues at the Japanese embassy in Canberra, Australia.

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Experts React: Senators Manchin and Barrasso Announce Permitting Reform Bill

An audio version of “Experts React: Senators Manchin and Barrasso Announce Permitting Reform Bill,” a new commentary by CSIS’s Quill Robinson, Kunro Irié, Ray Cai, and Cy McGeady. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Quill Robinson, Kunro Irié, Ray Cai, and Cy McGeady — July 26, 2024

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Experts React: Senators Manchin and Barrasso Announce Permitting Reform Bill

The federal permitting process is hindering progress on the United States' energy security and climate change goals. A recently announced bill from Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) could help address this issue. 

Commentary by Quill Robinson, Kunro Irié, Ray Cai, and Cy McGeady — July 25, 2024

How Japan Thinks about Energy Security

Resource scarcity and import dependence raise the stakes in Japan’s energy transition planning. The country must meet its decarbonization pledges while also maintaining a safety net in case its efforts fall short. 

Brief by Ben Cahill, Jane Nakano, and Kunro Irié — May 22, 2024

Geopolitical Significance of U.S. LNG

The Biden administration has announced a temporary pause on new export authorizations for proposed LNG projects. In this commentary, some of the geopolitical considerations facing policymakers are considered now that U.S. LNG exports are under question.

Commentary by Kunro Irié, Ben Cahill, Joseph Majkut, and Leslie Palti-Guzman — February 7, 2024

The Global Role of U.S. LNG

Please join the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program for a conversation on the economic, geopolitical, climate, and market implications of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.

Event — January 31, 2024

European Gas Storage Is Nearly Full. Now What?

The European Union met a key target 10 weeks early by filling its natural gas storage to 90 percent of capacity. This will relieve pressure on European and Asian gas buyers in the coming months, but it is too early to be complacent heading into this winter.

Commentary by Ben Cahill and Kunro Irié — September 5, 2023