Amy Jaffe is the David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and director of the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. She began to cover the Middle East and oil in the 1980s. She predicted the 1986 oil price crash. A leading expert on global energy policy, geopolitical risk, energy, and sustainability, Jaffe serves as an advisor to the government, corporates, and related industry. She is also a renowned author and columnist who writes the Energy Realpolitik column, a publication you should be reading if you have any interest in energy. Jaffe has worked for Secretary Baker for 17 years.