The Hoover Institution invites you to attend Powering Global Cooperation: Innovation, Security, & Geopolitics in a Changing Energy Landscape on Monday, May 11, 2026 from 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. PT.
In today’s world, energy is a driver of security, prosperity, and strategic influence. As geopolitical shocks, market volatility, and technological change transform the global energy landscape, trusted partnerships are becoming essential to resilience and long-term stability.
Join Condoleezza Rice and Arun Majumdar, in conversation, moderated by Šumit Ganguly, on how energy is reshaping international cooperation. Drawing on lessons from the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Accord and the challenges of today’s security environment, the discussion will explore how the United States and its partners can strengthen energy security, advance innovation, and build a more stable global future.
This timely discussion will examine the intersection of energy, trust, and geopolitics—and what it will take to power cooperation in a rapidly changing world.
About the Speakers
Arun Majumdar is the inaugural Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and the Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor at Stanford University. He holds faculty appointments across engineering and energy disciplines at Stanford and SLAC and is a Senior Fellow (courtesy) at the Hoover Institution. Dr. Majumdar was the Founding Director of ARPA-E and served as Acting Under Secretary of Energy and Senior Advisor to Secretary Steven Chu, leading key initiatives including SunShot. He later led the Department of Energy review team during the Biden-Harris transition and chaired the DOE Advisory Board. Prior to Stanford, he was Vice President for Energy at Google.
Condoleezza Rice is the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy. She is also the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC. From 2005 to 2009, she served as the 66th US Secretary of State, the second woman and first Black woman to hold the position. She previously served as National Security Advisor from 2001 to 2005, the first woman to hold that role.
David C. Mulford is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, focusing on global economic integration, trade policy, and growth in the Indian subcontinent. He served as US ambassador to India from 2004 to 2009, where he played a key role in strengthening bilateral ties, including negotiating the US–India Civil Nuclear Initiative and founding the US-India CEO Forum. Mulford also held senior roles at Credit Suisse and served in the US Treasury as undersecretary for International Affairs, coordinating economic policy with G-7 nations and leading international financial initiatives.
Šumit Ganguly is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and director of its Huntington Program on Strengthening US-India Relations. He is also the Rabindranath Tagore Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, where he specialized in Indian politics and international security. He has taught at numerous institutions, including the University of Texas at Austin, Columbia University, and Sciences Po, and has contributed extensively to scholarship on South Asia and global security. He also serves on the board of the American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
