Suriya Jayanti

Jayanti is an Eastern Europe energy policy expert. She served for ten years as a U.S. diplomat, including as the Energy Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine (2018-2020), and as international energy counsel at the U.S. Department of Commerce (2020-2021). She is currently the Managing Director of Eney, a U.S.-Ukrainian decarbonization company.

Russia Blows Up Gas Pipelines, Declaring an All-Out Energy War It May Already Have Lost

Russia's likely sabotage of natural gas pipelines spells an escalation of Putin's energy war—and increases chance of him losing it

By Suriya Jayanti September 29, 2022

Europe's Energy Crisis Is Going to Get Worse. The World Will Bear the Cost

As prices rise and Russia threatens to cut off gas supplies, the Europe's energy crisis threatens to spiral out of control this winter

By Suriya Jayanti August 30, 2022

We Can't Fix Inflation Without Saving Ukraine

If President Biden really wanted to escape his political morass he might consider saving Ukraine. His approval ratings—31%—are worse even than former President Trump’s. Americans are unhappy about the worst inflation in forty years. At...

By Suriya Jayanti July 25, 2022

Putin Still Holds the Cards When It Comes to Global Energy

The much lauded Transatlantic unity against Russia’s war in Ukraine has failed either to save Ukraine or hobble Russia. Judging by the rhetoric coming out of the Kremlin, however, it has fed Russia’s delusions of...

By Suriya Jayanti June 18, 2022

Ukraine Is in Worse Shape than You Think

It has been said that, given how massively Ukrainian troops were believed be outmatched early in Russia’s invasion, not losing the war is itself a form of victory for Ukraine. The difference between expectations and...

By Suriya Jayanti May 14, 2022

Russia Is Still Winning the Energy War

Russia has always used energy as a weapon to influence, coerce, and terrorize its neighbors and perceived enemies to the West. Now, cornered but far from crippled by sanctions that initially did not include energy...

By Suriya Jayanti April 29, 2022

Ukraine’s Growing Fuel Crisis Will Cause Global Hunger and Worsen Inflation

Farmers in Ukraine, the breadbasket of Europe, have run out of fuel. Two weeks into Russia’s assault on Ukraine supply chains are disrupted and a critical shortage of fuel for tractors and trucks is pushing...

By Suriya Jayanti March 15, 2022

Ukraine's Electrical Grid Shows How Hard It Is to Escape from Russia's Grasp

Ukraine has been invaded because it tried to break from Russia’s orbit and lean westward. Its effort to join the western world was most visibly on display during the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, also known...

By Suriya Jayanti March 1, 2022

The Vital Missing Link in the U.S. Sanctions Against Russia

The sanctions package the White House has implemented against Russia in the last 48 hours is remarkable. It is broad, deep, and targeted all at once. It is also almost certainly going to be more...

By Suriya Jayanti February 26, 2022