September 3rd Luncheon

This luncheon will be at Maggiano's!!

Speaker: Gabriel Collins

Gabriel Brian Collins, J.D., is the Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. He leads research spanning energy, water, natural resources, industrial systems, and national security, with particular expertise in China and Russia, energy security, commodity markets, critical infrastructure, water governance, and the geopolitical implications of energy and industrial supply chains.

Collins also co-heads the Baker Institute’s Program on Energy and Geopolitics in Eurasia and serves as Water-Energy Nexus Thrust Leader at Rice University’s WaTER Institute. His research examines issues including desalination and water reuse, AI data center energy and water demand, power-grid resilience, critical minerals, maritime chokepoints, and infrastructure security. He is the founder and author of The Sinews of Civilization: Fire, Food, Water, Force and previously worked as an attorney, commodity-market analyst, and research fellow at the U.S. Naval War College’s Office of Net Assessment, where he advised senior policymakers on China, maritime security, energy, and shipping.

Collins holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and an A.B., cum laude, in Politics from Princeton University. He is a licensed Texas attorney and has produced more than 100 analytical reports through China SignPost, with his research cited by organizations including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Economist, Reuters, and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.