Sharon Burke is the Founder and President of Ecospherics, an environmental research and advisory firm based in Washington, D.C. She most recently served as the lead on climate change, energy, and environment for the Biden-Harris Transition Team. She previously served as the first Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy at the Department of Defense (DoD), where she oversaw the energy security of U.S. military operations. Before her time at DoD, she worked as a Senior Fellow and Vice President at the Center for a New American Security, where she initiated a program called “Natural Security” to examine the intersection of natural resources and national security. She has also worked at the State Department, Amnesty International, and the New America think tank. Sharon holds a bachelor’s degree from Williams College and a master’s degree in international affairs with a focus on energy policy from Columbia University.
Podcasts
Sharon Burke on Environmental Security and the Energy Transition
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Recent Posts
George Chen on CNN on How U.S.-China Tit-for-Tat Sanctions Could Risk the Next Trump-Xi Meeting
August 7, 2026
Media Mentions
“If the US is going to ban Chinese models on the grounds of national security, it will not affect just ...
Amb. Kurt Tong in CNN International on Japan-U.S. Joint Currency Intervention
August 4, 2026
Media Mentions
“This intervention brings things back into alignment closer to where most people think that the exchange rate should be over ...
George Chen in Bloomberg on China’s AI Blitz Creates ‘Death Zone’ for Rival US Model Makers
August 4, 2026
Media Mentions
“A lot of countries are looking at the competition between US and China, and they don’t want to take a ...
David Boling in The Asahi Shimbun on Japan and the U.S. Enter a “New Phase” to Halt Yen Depreciation
August 1, 2026
Media Mentions
In an interview with The Asahi Shimbun (8/1), TAG Managing Director for Japan David Boling says, “because Trump has long argued that yen weakness ...