Andreas Goldthau is a researcher interested in energy policy. He is Associate Professor at the Department of Public Policy, Central European University, a private American university in Budapest, and a Fellow with the Global Public Policy Institute (Berlin/ Geneva). Prior to joining the CEU, he has been a fellow with the RAND Corporation and CTR at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. He holds degrees in Political Science from Sciences Po Paris and Freie University Berlin (PhD).
By the way, the pipeline picture in the header is taken from http://www.flickr.com/photos/loopkid/359144645/ thanks to loopkid.