Mikkal Herberg

Director, Asian Energy Security Program,
The National Bureau of Asian Research

Mikkal Herberg is Director of the Asian Energy Security Program at The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) in Seattle, Washington. NBR is a non-partisan research institution devoted to advanced research on U.S. policy in Asia. Prior to working at NBR, Herberg spent 20 years working in various Strategic Planning roles for ARCO. From 1997-2000, he was ARCO’s esteemed Director for Global Energy and Economics and also held positions including Director of Portfolio Risk Manager and Director for Emerging Markets. Following BP’s acquisition of ARCO, in 2000 Herberg became the Director of the Asia-Pacific Energy and Environment Program at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

In addition to his work in worldwide energy and risk analysis, Herberg is also a frequent speaker to the energy industry and U.S. government, most recently including the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, National Intelligence Council, and APEC Energy Research Centre (Tokyo), among many others.

Research Areas

Asian and China energy issues

Affiliations

Pacific Council on International Policy
Council on Foreign Relations (west coast affiliate)
International Association for Energy Economics

Education

Doctoral work, International Political Economy, UCLA
Masters degree, Latin American Studies, UCLA