Our Faculty Member of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of Faculty of Economic, Administrative and Social Sciences, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aylin Ünver Noi, attended the Eastern Mediterranean Energy Leadership Summit held in Athens on October 1-2, 2019, with her presentation entitled “Transatlantic Energy Cooperation; Past, Present, and Future and the place of Turkey in this cooperation” US Ambassador to Greece, Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt, Joshua Volz from the Bureau of Energy Resources of the US Department of State, TLN Senior Specialist and Istinye University Faculty Member, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aylin Ünver Noi and Prof. Dr. Athanasios Platias from The University of Piraeus contributed with their presentations to the panel on the security dimensions of the Transatlantic energy cooperation, which was the first panel of the summit that was jointly organized by the Transatlantic Leadership Network, SGT SA and the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus. Dr. Sasha Toperich was the moderator of the panel. A brief summary of the presentation of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aylin Ünver Noi: “Transatlantic Energy Cooperation; Past, Present, and Future and the place of Turkey in this cooperation” “The lower price of US LNG after the Shale Revolution contributed to the increase of US shares and of the energy diversification efforts for both the EU and Turkey. Despite their positive aim, punitive measures that allow the US Administration to impose sanctions to its allies may hinder future cooperation between the US and its European allies. Not so long ago, the US developed energy diplomacy and policy based on the understanding that energy can and should serve as a tool for cooperation and stability. In this context, the Eastern Mediterrnean Gas Forum, which exclude Turkey and Lebanon, cannot fulfil its economic potential and ambition under shadow of continuing disputable maritime boundary issues and without the settlement of Cyprus issue. Without reaching a compromise or agreement through regional cooperation by putting aside political disputes, extracting gas in the Eastern Mediterranean will be either too costly, unprofitable, or risky. Energy should be an important field of cooperation not cause of risk.”