BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:We watched Venezuela in amazement\, while news broadcasted over whelming happiness by some and dismay by others. Professor Francisco Monal di will be providing a timely analysis of Venezuela's oil and US policy: W hat to expect?             and reponding to your questions on Thursd ay\, January 22\, 2026.  Francisco J. Monaldi\, Ph.D.\, is the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy and director of the Latin A merica Energy Program at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University ’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. He is also a fellow at the Claudio X. González Center for the United States and Mexico\, a lecturer in ene rgy economics at Rice University’s Department of Economics\, and a lectu rer in energy management at the Jones Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the International Faculty at IESA School of Management in Vene zuela and Panama\, where he was a professor and the founding director of t he Center for Energy and the Environment. He is a nonresident fellow at th e Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. He is a member of the International Advisory Council of Global Americans\, the Venezuela So lutions Group of the Atlantic Council\, and the Education Advisory Board o f the Association of International Energy Negotiators.  Monaldi was previ ously a visiting professor at the School of Government at the Tecnológico de Monterrey in México\; an adjunct senior research scholar at the Schoo l of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University\; a visiting professor of energy policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government\; a n associate of the Geopolitics of Energy Project and the Roy Family Fellow of the Environment and Natural Resources Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs\; the Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Profes sor in Latin American Studies at Harvard University\; an adjunct professor of international energy policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomac y at Tufts University\; a visiting professor of political economy at Stanf ord University\; a national fellow at the Hoover Institution\; and a resea rcher and lecturer in political economy at Universidad Católica Andrés B ello in Caracas. He has also been a visiting lecturer at the Graduate Inst itute in Geneva\, the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá\, and the Univer sidad ESAN in Lima. Monaldi is a leading scholar on the politics and econo mics of energy and resource policy in Latin America. He also studies insti tutions and resource wealth management in developing countries. He has con sulted with numerous international institutions\, governments and companie s — including the International Monetary Fund\, World Bank\, Inter-Ameri can Development Bank\, CAF Development Bank of Latin America\, Saudi Aramc o\, Ecopetrol\, PDVSA\, PEMEX\, Chevron\, ExxonMobil\, Shell\, Total Energ ies\, Equinor\, JP Morgan\, Barclays\, Natural Resource Governance Institu te\, Harvard Center for International Development\, S&P\, Rystad\, Wood Ma ckenzie\, Eurasia Group\, Medley Advisors\, and the governments of Norway\ , the U.K.\, the U.S.\, Argentina\, Colombia\, Ecuador\, Mexico\, Venezuel a\, Saudi Arabia\, and Kazakhstan. Monaldi has authored and coauthored num erous academic publications\, including “Shale Renders the Obsolescing B argain Obsolete: Political Risk and Foreign Investment in Argentina’s Va ca Muerta” (Resources Policy\, 2021)\; “The Cyclical Phenomenon of Res ource Nationalism in Latin America” in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia (Oxford University Press\, 2020)\; “The Political Economy of Oil Taxatio n in Latin America” in “The Political Economy of Taxation in Latin Ame rica\,” G. Flores-Macias\, ed. (Cambridge University Press\, 2019)\; “ Institutional Collapse” in “Venezuela Before Chavez: Anatomy of an Eco nomic Collapse\,” R. Hausmann and F. Rodriguez\, eds. (Penn State Univer sity Press\, 2014)\; “Oil Fueled Centralism\,” in “Oil and Gas in Fe deral Systems\,” G. Anderson\, ed. (Oxford University Press\, 2012)\; an d “The Political Economy of Oil Contract Renegotiation in Venezuela\,” in “The Natural Resources Trap: Private Investment without Public Commi tment\,” W. Hogan and F. Struzenegger\, eds. (MIT Press\, 2010). He hold s a Ph.D. and an M.A. in political science (political economy) from Stanfo rd University\, an M.A. in international and development economics from Ya le University\, and a B.A. in economics from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. DTEND:20260122T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260920T124446Z DTSTART:20260122T173000Z LOCATION:Tony’s Restaurant SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Venezuela's Oil and US Policy: What to expect? UID:f783aaf6-fe2f-4722-9517-0654fe79e5b4 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

We watched Venezuela in amazement\, while news broadcasted over whelming happiness by some and dismay by others. Professor Francisco Monal di will be providing a timely analysis of Venezuela'\;s oil and US policy: What to expect?  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \ ; and reponding to your questions on Thursday\, January 22\, 2026.& nbsp\;

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Francisco J. Monaldi\, Ph.D.\, is the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Lat in American Energy Policy and director of the Latin America Energy Program at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University&rsquo\;s Baker Instit ute for Public Policy.

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He is also a fellow at the Claudio X. Gonz&a acute\;lez Center for the United States and Mexico\, \;a lecturer in energy economics at Rice Uni versity&rsquo\;s Department of Economics\, and a lecturer in energy \; management at the Jones Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the International Faculty at IESA School of Management in Venezuela an d Panama\, where he was a professor and the founding director of the Cente r for Energy and the Environment. He is a nonresident fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.

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He is a member of the Inter national Advisory Council of Global Americans\, the Venezuela Solutions Gr oup of the Atlantic Council\, and the Education Advisory Board of the Asso ciation of International Energy Negotiators. \;

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Monaldi was previously a visiting professor at the School of Government at the Tecnoló\;gico de Monterrey in Mé\;xico\; an adjunct senior research scholar at th e School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University\; a vi siting professor of energy policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Governm ent\; an associate of the Geopolitics of Energy Project and the Roy Family Fellow of the Environment and Natural Resources Program at the Belfer Cen ter for Science and International Affairs\; the Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor in Latin American Studies at Harvard University\; an adjunct pr ofessor of international energy policy at the Fletcher School of Law and D iplomacy at Tufts University\; a visiting professor of political economy a t Stanford University\; a national fellow at the Hoover Institution\; and a researcher and lecturer in political economy at Universidad Cató\; lica André\;s Bello in Caracas. He has also been a visiting lecturer at the Graduate Institute in Geneva\, the Universidad de los Andes in Bog otá\;\, and the Universidad ESAN in Lima.

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Monaldi is a leading scholar on the politics and economics of energy and resource policy in Latin Amer ica. He also studies institutions and resource wealth management in develo ping countries. He has consulted with numerous international institutions\ , governments and companies &mdash\; including the International Monetary Fund\, World Bank\, Inter-American Development Bank\, CAF Development Bank of Latin America\, Saudi Aramco\, Ecopetrol\, PDVSA\, PEMEX\, Chevron\, E xxonMobil\, Shell\, Total Energies\, Equinor\, JP Morgan\, Barclays\, Natu ral Resource Governance Institute\, Harvard Center for International Devel opment\, S&\;P\, Rystad\, Wood Mackenzie\, Eurasia Group\, Medley Advis ors\, and the governments of Norway\, the U.K.\, the U.S.\, Argentina\, Co lombia\, Ecuador\, Mexico\, Venezuela\, Saudi Arabia\, and Kazakhstan.

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Monal di has authored and coauthored numerous academic publications\, including &ldquo\;Shale Renders the Obsolescing Bargain Obsolete: Political Risk and Foreign Investment in Argentina&rsquo\;s Vaca Muerta&rdquo\; (Resources P olicy\, 2021)\; &ldquo\;The Cyclical Phenomenon of Resource Nationalism in Latin America&rdquo\; in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia (Oxford Univers ity Press\, 2020)\; &ldquo\;The Political Economy of Oil Taxation in Latin America&rdquo\; in &ldquo\;The Political Economy of Taxation in Latin Ame rica\,&rdquo\; G. Flores-Macias\, ed. (Cambridge University Press\, 2019)\ ; &ldquo\;Institutional Collapse&rdquo\; in &ldquo\;Venezuela Before Chave z: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse\,&rdquo\; R. Hausmann and F. Rodriguez\ , eds. (Penn State University Press\, 2014)\; &ldquo\;Oil Fueled Centralis m\,&rdquo\; in &ldquo\;Oil and Gas in Federal Systems\,&rdquo\; G. Anderso n\, ed. (Oxford University Press\, 2012)\; and &ldquo\;The Political Econo my of Oil Contract Renegotiation in Venezuela\,&rdquo\; in &ldquo\;The Nat ural Resources Trap: Private Investment without Public Commitment\,&rdquo\ ; W. Hogan and F. Struzenegger\, eds. (MIT Press\, 2010).

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He holds a Ph.D. a nd an M.A. in political science (political economy) from Stanford Universi ty\, an M.A. in international and development economics from Yale Universi ty\, and a B.A. in economics from Universidad Cató\;lica André \;s Bello.

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