Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Stanford Health Policy
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Forum on Contemporary Europe
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
Program on Food Security and the Environment
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language StudiesPeople of PESD
MagnifyDavid G. Victor
Professor at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and Director of the School’s new Laboratory on International Law and RegulationProfessor, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UC San Diego
Research Interests
Energy policy - the future role of natural gas, electric power market reform, and rural energy development; genetically modified foods/plants and related trade policy; climate change policy; role of technology, innovation and competition in development; and forest policy
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Working Papers
Climate Change and the Energy Challenge: A Pragmatic Approach for India
Varun Rai, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Working Paper #83 (2009)
Carbon Capture and Storage at Scale: Lessons from the Growth of Analogous Energy Technologies
Varun Rai, David G. Victor, Mark C. Thurber
Program on Enegy and Sustainable Development, Working Paper # 81 (2009)
Global Warming Policy After Kyoto: Rethinking Engagement with Developing Countries
David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #82 (2009)
PESD Carbon Storage Project Database
Varun Rai, Ngai-Chi Chung, Mark C. Thurber, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #76 (2008)
Energy and India's Foreign Policy
Jeremy Carl, Varun Rai, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #75 (2008)
A Realistic Policy on International Carbon Offsets
Michael Wara, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #74 (2008)
Natural Gas in India: An Assessment of Demand from the Electricity Sector
P.R. Shukla, Subash Dhar, David G. Victor, Mike Jackson
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #66 (2007)- Rural Electrification in China 1950-2004: Historical processes and key driving forces
Pan Jiahua, Li Meng Li Meng, Wu Xiangyang, Wan Lishuang, Rebecca J. Elias, David G. Victor, Hisham Zerriffi, Chi Zhang, Peng Wuyuan
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #60 (2006) - Greenhouse Gas Implications in Large Scale Infrastructure Investments in Developing Countries: Examples from China and India
Mike Jackson, Sarah Joy, Thomas C. Heller, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #54 (2006) - Beyond Free Electricity: The Cost of Electric Cooking in Poor Households and a Market-friendly Alternative
Mark Howells, David G. Victor, Trevor Gaunt, Rebecca J. Elias, Thomas Alfstad
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #42 (2005) - Energy Transitions in Developing Countries: a Review of Concepts and Literature
Rebecca J. Elias, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #40 (2005) - Geopolitics of Natural Gas Project Summary: Insights to 2040
Amy Jaffe, Mark H. Hayes, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #36 (2005) - Politics, Markets, and the Shift to Gas: Insights from Seven Historical Case Studies
Mark H. Hayes, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #35 (2005) - Baseline for carbon emissions in the Indian and Chinese power sectors: implications for international carbon trading
Chi Zhang, Thomas C. Heller, David G. Victor, P.R. Shukla, Debhashish Biswas, Tirthankar Nag
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #34 (2005) 
Belarus Connection: Exporting Russian Gas to Germany and Poland, The
David G. Victor, Nadejda M. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #26 (2004)- Experience with Independent Power Projects (IPPs) in Developing Countries: Introduction and Case Study Methods, The
David G. Victor, Thomas C. Heller, Joshua C. House, Pei Yee Woo
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #23 (2004) - Captive Power Plants: Case Study of Gujarat, India
P.R. Shukla, Debashish Biswas, Tirthankar Nag, Amee Yajnik, Thomas C. Heller, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #22 (2004) - Impact of Power Sector Reforms on Technology, Efficiency and Emissions: Case Study of Gujarat, India
P.R. Shukla, Debashish Biswas, Tirthankar Nag, Amee Yajnik, Thomas C. Heller, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #21 (2004) - Impact of Power Sector Reforms on Technology, Efficiency and Emissions: Case Study of Andhra Pradesh, India
P.R. Shukla, Debashish Biswas, Tirthankar Nag, Amee Yajnik, Thomas C. Heller, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #20 (2004) - Factors that Explain Investment in Cross-Border Natural Gas Transport Infrastructures: A Research Protocol for Historical Case Studies
Mark H. Hayes, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #8 (2004) - Political Economy and the Hydrogen Revolution
David G. Victor, Thomas C. Heller, Nadejda M. Victor
The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #17 (2003) - Electricity Restructuring and the Social Contract
Thomas C. Heller, Henri Tjiong, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #15 (2003) - Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources, The
David G. Victor, Kal Raustiala
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #14 (2003) - Political Economy of Electric Power Market Restructuring: Introduction to Issues and Expectations, A
Thomas C. Heller, David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #1 (2003) - Macro Patterns in the Use of Traditional Biomass Fuels
David G. Victor, Nadejda M. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #10 (2002) - Vision for Global Electrification, A
David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #7 (2002)
Reports
- China's Energy Challenge: Setting the Scene
David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (2009) 
National Security Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency
David G. Victor, John Deutch, James R. Schlesinger
Council on Foreign Relations (2006) 
India Nuclear Deal, the: Implications for Global Climate Change
David G. Victor
PESD (2006)
The Effects of Power Sector Reform on Energy Services for the Poor
David G. Victor
UNDESA (2005) - Natural Gas Research Platform Prospectus
David G. Victor, Mark H. Hayes, Amy Jaffe
(2004) - Forest Plantations and a Vision for Restoring the Forests
David G. Victor
(2003) - Regulation and Pricing in the International Gas Market
David G. Victor
Journal Articles
- Climate Change and the Energy Challenge: A Pragmatic Approach for India
Varun Rai, David G. Victor
Economic and Political Weekly vol. 44, 31 (2009) 
The Geoengineering Option
David G. Victor
Foreign Affairs vol. 88, 2 (2009)
Environment Gridlock
David G. Victor
Newsweek International Edition (2009)
The Future of Natural Gas Consumption in Beijing, Guangdong and Shanghai: An Assessment Utilizing MARKAL
BinBin Jiang, Chen Wenying, Yu Yuefeng Yu Yuefeng, David G. Victor
Energy Policy vol. 36, 9 (2008) 
On the Regulation of Geo-engineering
David G. Victor
Oxford Review of Economic Policy vol. 24, 2 (2008) 
In the Tank: Making the Most of Strategic Oil Reserves
David G. Victor
Foreign Affairs vol. 87, #4 (2008) 
Making Carbon Markets Work
David G. Victor, Danny Cullenward
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What Resource Wars?
David G. Victor
The National Interest vol. 92 (2007)
Can We Stop Global Warming? The only practical approach is to pursue technologies that burn coal more cleanly
David G. Victor, Danny Cullenward
Boston Review vol. 32, 1 (2007)- How to manage our oil addiction
David G. Victor
Houston Chronicle News (2006) 
Beyond free electricity: The costs of electric cooking in poor households and a market-friendly alternative
Mark Howells, David G. Victor, Trevor Grant, Rebecca J. Elias, Thomas Alfstad
Energy Policy vol. 34 (2006)
Gas and oil do not mix in the chaotic world of energy policy
David G. Victor
Financial Times (London) (2006)
The Dam Debate and its Discontents
Danny Cullenward, David G. Victor
Climatic Change vol. 75, 1-2 (2006)
Recovering Sustainable Development
David G. Victor
Foreign Affairs vol. 85, 1 (2006) 
A Madisonian Approach to Climate Policy
David G. Victor, Joshua C. House, Sarah Joy
Science vol. 309, 5742 (2005)
BP's emissions trading system
David G. Victor, Joshua C. House
Energy Policy (2005)
An Energy Model for a Low Income Rural African Village
Mark I. Howells, Thomas Alfstad, David G. Victor, Gary Goldstein, Uwe Remme
Energy Policy vol. 33, 14 (2005)
A Herd Mentality in the Design of International Environmental Agreements?
David G. Victor, Lesley A. Coben
Global Environmental Politics vol. 5, 1 (2005)
The Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources
David G. Victor, Kal Raustiala
International Organization vol. 32, 02 (2004) 
A New Currency: Climate Change and Carbon Credits
David G. Victor, Joshua C. House
Harvard International Review (2004)
Axis of Oil?
David G. Victor, Nadejda M. Victor
Foreign Affairs vol. 82, 2 (2003)
Farming the Genetic Frontier
David G. Victor, C. Ford Runge
Foreign Affairs (2002)
Books & Book Chapters
Sources of Alternative Energy and Energy Market Innovations
Kurt Campbell, Jonathon Price, David G. Victor
The Aspen Institute, in "The Global Politics of Energy" (2008)
Political Economy of Power Sector Reform, the: The Experiences of Five Major Developing Countries
Thomas C. Heller, David G. Victor
Cambridge University Press (2007)
Fragmented carbon markets and reluctant nations
Joseph Aldy, Robert Stavins, David G. Victor
Cambridge University Press in "Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World" (2007)
Natural Gas and Geopolitics: From 1970 to 2040
David G. Victor, Amy M. Jaffe, Mark H. Hayes
Cambridge University Press (2006) 
Electricity Reforms in India: Firm Choices and Emerging Generation Markets
P.R. Shukla, Thomas C. Heller, David G. Victor, Debashish Biswas, Tirthankar Nag, Amee Yajnik
Tata McGraw Hill (2004)
Climate Change: Debating America's Policy Options
David G. Victor
The Council on Foreign Relations (2004) 
Technological Innovation & Economic Performance
B. Steil, David G. Victor, R. R. Nelson
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (2002)
Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global Warming, The
David G. Victor
Princeton University Press (2001)
Op-eds & Editorials
- Living with coal
Climate policy’s most inconvenient truth
David G. Victor, Richard K. Morse
Op-ed: The Boston Review on September 9, 2009 - Environment Gridlock
On climate issues America is less a nation than 50 different states, moving at wildly different speeds
David G. Victor
Op-ed: Newsweek International on February 14, 2009 - Dirty Coal is Winning
David G. Victor, Varun Rai
Op-ed: Newsweek on January 12, 2009 - The New Greens Like It Big
The green view based on small sources and market power will give way to one based on scale and subsidies
David G. Victor
Op-ed: Newsweek on December 8, 2008 - OPEC Is Irrelevant
The once all-powerful oil cartel now mostly just rides the waves of supply and demand.
David G. Victor
Op-ed: Newsweek on August 1, 2008 - Blowhard in Chief
When it comes to global warming, it doesn't much matter who is sitting in the White House.
David G. Victor
Op-ed: Newsweek on May 1, 2008 - National Treasure
Mexico's problems with its state-run oil company show why supply is so tight
David G. Victor
Op-ed: Newsweek on April 17, 2008 - The Energy Trap
Why the United States is doomed to be an energy outlaw.
David G. Victor
Op-ed: Newsweek on March 3, 2008 - Asia's Achilles Heel
As China and India lose control of their economies, they are failing to provide reliable power to their citizens. How will they manage to curb carbon emissions?
David G. Victor
Op-ed: Newsweek on February 29, 2008 - The Oil Paradox
A worldwide slowdown won't end the oil price boom anytime soon.
David G. Victor
January 31, 2008 Op-ed: Newsweek - Hot Air
Without the cooperation of China, climate talks in Bali this week won't do much good - and may even harm the fight against global warming.
David G. Victor
Op-ed: Newsweek (Web Exclusive) on December 2, 2007 - Hot Air is Not Enough
As global warming flummoxes politicians, the air engineers will rise.
David G. Victor
Op-ed: Newsweek International on June 25, 2007 - Gas and Oil Do not Mix in the Chaotic World of Energy Policy
David G. Victor
Op-ed: Financial Times (London) on May 9, 2006 - How to manage our oil addiction
(And the answer isn't more ethanol)
David G. Victor
Op-ed: Houston Chronicle News on April 15, 2006 - Nuclear power for India is good for us all
David G. Victor
Op-ed: International Herald Tribune on March 17, 2006 - Recovering Sustainable Development
David G. Victor
Op-ed: Foreign Affairs on January 4, 2006 - Politics Dog the Oil Reserve
An independent panel should be given control of the U.S. stockpile.
David G. Victor, Joshua C. House
Op-ed: Los Angeles Times on August 22, 2004 - A Trade Battle That Will Cost America Dear
David G. Victor, C. Ford Runge
Op-ed: The Financial Times on May 15, 2003 - Genetically Modified and Healthy
David G. Victor, C. Ford Runge
Op-ed: The International Herald Tribune on February 19, 2003 - Nuclear Energy, Not Oil, Should Fuel US-Russian Ties
David G. Victor, Nadejda M. Victor
Op-ed: South China Morning Post on February 19, 2003
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