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Mailing address
One Brattle Square 514
Mailbox#134
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA, 02138
Justin Dargin
Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
Contact:
Telephone: 617-495-8039
Fax: 617-496-0606
Email: justin_dargin@ksg.harvard.edu
Experience
Justin Dargin is a Research Fellow with The Dubai Initiative, a specialist in International Law and Energy Law, and is a prolific author on energy affairs. He has worked at Owens Corning Global Headquarters in the international legal department, an integral part of the compliance team for adherence to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and for compliance with the Patriot Act provisions. During his graduate legal studies, he interned in the legal department at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), where he advised senior staff as to the implications of EU and American Law in multilateral relations.
Justin was also a researcher at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, where he studied Middle Eastern Gas Issues, and pioneered the first major substantive work on transnational gas trade in the form of the Dolphin Project.
Drawing heavily upon his recognized expertise in Middle Eastern and Russian energy issues, he is the author of "Emerging State Centralism in the Russian Energy Sector: Precedents from the Gulf?" featured in the forthcoming Russian and CIS Relations with the Gulf Region (Gulf Research Centre June, 2008).
Knowledgeable in oil and gas issues, he is a frequent presenter on the lecture circuit in matters relating to oil and energy. Justin is also member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
October 16, 2008
"A Carbon Market for the Gulf"
Magazine or Newspaper Article
By Justin Dargin, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
DI Fellow Justin Dargin, explores carbon finance in the Gulf in this recent article in Italy's Nuova Energia (New Energy) News Magazine. For the full text, click here.
October 8, 2008
"Rebuilding the Iraqi Oil Industry: Legal and Constitutional Strategies for Sustainable Post-Saddam Development"
Book Chapter
By Justin Dargin, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
In Chapter 5 of Rebuilding Sustainable Communities in Iraq: Policies, Programs and International Perspectives, DI Fellow Justin Dargin argues that "without a viable legal framework, Iraq will find it difficult to attract the investment capital necessary for sustainable nationwide development and petroleum production."
Click here to access the full text.
September 29, 2008
"Trouble In Paradise – The Widening Gulf Gas Deficit"
Op-Ed, Middle East Economic Survey
By Justin Dargin, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
DI Fellow Justin Dargin addresses the gas shortage in the Gulf in this op-ed.



