--- title: Suriya Jayanti | TIME description: Jayanti is an Eastern Europe and Middle Eastern policy expert. She served for 10 years as a U.S. diplomat, including in Kuwait and Iraq, and as the Energy Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. She currently runs several clean energy companies, sits on the Board of the Institute for Security and Technology, and is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. canonical: https://time.com/author/suriya-jayanti/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/suriya-jayanti/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Suriya Jayanti ## Suriya Jayanti Jayanti is an Eastern Europe and Middle Eastern policy expert. She served for 10 years as a U.S. diplomat, including in Kuwait and Iraq, and as the Energy Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. She currently runs several clean energy companies, sits on the Board of the Institute for Security and Technology, and is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. ## Suriya Jayanti *  Nov 10, 2025 ### [Ukraine Can Win the Energy War](https://time.com/7332398/ukraine-russia-energy-war-oil-gas/) A few more targeted hits could cripple Russia's military supply chains and its war economy. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 20, 2024 ### [The World Is Still Hooked on Russian Energy](https://time.com/7095298/europe-hooked-russian-oil-gas-ukraine/) Two and a half years into the war in Ukraine, the effort to wean Europe off Russian oil and gas has ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 21, 2024 ### [How Kamala Harris Can Craft a Fair Middle East Strategy](https://time.com/7022935/kamala-harris-israel-gaza-west-bank/) She can change U.S. policy on Israel in ways that would improve Washington's standing globally and p... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 10, 2024 ### [Ukraine’s Energy Sector Faces Its Biggest Crisis Yet](https://time.com/7008613/ukraine-russia-power-sector-frontline/) Some 60% of Ukraine's power generation has been knocked out, as Russian bombs, drones, and rockets h... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 25, 2024 ### [Ukraine's Lose-Lose Energy War](https://time.com/6960377/russia-ukraine-energy-war/) Here's why tit-for-tat attacks on Russian and Ukrainian energy infrastructure pose a bigger dilemma ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 16, 2024 ### [How Ukraine Is Really Doing](https://time.com/6694661/how-ukraine-is-really-faring/) The country's remarkable refusal to give up the fight is extraordinary in itself. But it desperately... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 4, 2023 ### [Nuclear Power Is the Only Solution](https://time.com/6342343/nuclear-energy-climate-change/) Despite recent setbacks, the world has to embrace nuclear power in order to solve the climate crisis... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 5, 2023 ### [How Europe’s Poorest Country Could Win the Green Energy Race](https://time.com/6310923/moldova-green-promise-europe/) Moldova is one of the least energy self-sufficient countries on Earth, but that could drastically ch... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 8, 2023 ### [The Bombing of Ukraine’s Kakhovka Dam Affects All of Us](https://time.com/6285811/ukraine-kakhovka-dam-bombing-impact-essay/) Suriya Jayanti explains the devastating global impacts of the Kakhovka Dam bombing. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 15, 2023 ### [Russia Is Vital to the Clean Energy Transition. That's a Problem](https://time.com/6262116/russia-vital-to-the-clean-energy-transition/) The uncomfortable truth is that Russia is essential to the same energy transition that will reduce d... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 7, 2023 ### [Climate Change Saved Europe From Putin This Winter](https://time.com/6253276/climate-change-saved-europe-energy-crisis/) A mild winter saved Europe this winter from the energy crisis but the coming hotter summer will wrea... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 12, 2022 ### [It’s Going to Be a Grim Winter for Ukraine](https://time.com/6240354/ukraines-grim-outlook-this-winter/) As temperatures drop, Ukraine faces a major crisis with Russia targeting vital infrastructure. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 31, 2022 ### [Think the Energy Crisis Is Bad? Wait Until Next Winter](https://time.com/6226587/energy-crisis-next-winter/) Europe and the world will make it through this winter but next winter is shaping up to be an energy ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 29, 2022 ### [Russia Blows Up Gas Pipelines, Declaring an All-Out Energy War It May Already Have Lost](https://time.com/6218125/russia-gas-pipelines-energy-war/) Russia's likely sabotage of natural gas pipelines spells an escalation of Putin's energy war—and inc... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 30, 2022 ### [Europe's Energy Crisis Is Going to Get Worse. The World Will Bear the Cost](https://time.com/6209272/europes-energy-crisis-getting-worse/) As prices rise and Russia threatens to cut off gas supplies, the Europe's energy crisis threatens to... 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