Jason Bordoff


Jason Bordoff is a columnist at Foreign Policy, a co-founding dean at the Columbia Climate School, the founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, a professor of professional practice in international and public affairs, and a former senior director on the staff of the U.S. National Security Council and special assistant to former U.S. President Barack Obama.

Articles by Jason Bordoff
Workers are busy at the construction site of a lithium battery plant in Meishan City, China on April 6.
Workers are busy at the construction site of a lithium battery plant in Meishan City, China on April 6.
Visitors stand on a salt mound at an Albemarle Corporation lithium mine in the Atacama Desert, Chile, on Aug. 24, 2022.
Visitors stand on a salt mound at an Albemarle Corporation lithium mine in the Atacama Desert, Chile, on Aug. 24, 2022.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are seen during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 16, 2022.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are seen during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 16, 2022.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi poses with lawmakers after signing the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 12.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi poses with lawmakers after signing the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 12.
People hold up signs saying "#Build Back Better" and "JOE MANCHIN IS BURNING OUR FUTURE FOR PROFIT"
People hold up signs saying "#Build Back Better" and "JOE MANCHIN IS BURNING OUR FUTURE FOR PROFIT"
A view of high-voltage transmission towers in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 21, 2021.
A view of high-voltage transmission towers in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 21, 2021.
Several gas station signs displaying current prices are shown along a street.
Several gas station signs displaying current prices are shown along a street.
Protesters hold placards calling for help with rising energy bills outside 10 Downing Street in London on Dec. 31, 2021.
Protesters hold placards calling for help with rising energy bills outside 10 Downing Street in London on Dec. 31, 2021.
Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Grohnde nuclear power in Germany.
Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Grohnde nuclear power in Germany.
A Zimbabwean boy does his homework by candlelight in Harare, Zimbabwe, on June 26, 2019.
A Zimbabwean boy does his homework by candlelight in Harare, Zimbabwe, on June 26, 2019.
Demonstrators protest against electricity tariffs in Madrid
Demonstrators protest against electricity tariffs in Madrid
Climate activists hold placards as they march from the offices of Royal Dutch Shell towards Parliament Square in London on Sept. 8, 2020.
Climate activists hold placards as they march from the offices of Royal Dutch Shell towards Parliament Square in London on Sept. 8, 2020.
A gasoline pump is out of service near Charlotte, North Carolina following a ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, on May 11.
A gasoline pump is out of service near Charlotte, North Carolina following a ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, on May 11.
Steam rises from German coal-fired power plant.
Steam rises from German coal-fired power plant.
U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive orders, including a decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement, at the White House in Washington on Jan. 20.
U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive orders, including a decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement, at the White House in Washington on Jan. 20.