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The Geo-economics of Energy Resources
Contents1 The Geo-economics of Energy Resources: How Natural Gas Opens Potentials for the European Union’s Cooperation with Central Asia2 Outline of Seminar2.1 Introduction2.2 A Few Ideas2.2.1 What is a Complex System?2.2.2 What is a Hydrocarbon Energy Complex (HEC)?2.2.3 Complex-scientific HEC … Continue reading →
Central Asia China Russia: Energy Triangle Geo-economics and Geopolitics
In the configuration of Central Asia, China, Russia energy, China is increasing its geo-economic Influence but Russia remains the main military-strategic power.
Continue reading →Perspective on Turkish-Israeli Relations
This entry is part 2 of 1 in the series Turkish Foreign Affairs, 2015-16The new Turkish and Israeli ambassadors arrived in each other’s capitals within the last days to jumpstart Turkey-Israeli relations. This is a very good thing for both … Continue reading →
The Turkish Stream Agreement and What It Means
On October 10, in the margins of the 23rd World Energy Congress being held in Ankara, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a Turkish Stream agreement confirming common intentions to proceed with construction of … Continue reading →
Cyprus Can Help Turkey’s Energy Security
The reopening of Turkey’s relations with Israel and Russia also opens the competition between Israeli natural gas and Russian natural gas for Turkey’s energy security. All diplomats and heads of state say that they welcome the improvement of relations among … Continue reading →
Challenges Facing Turkish Foreign Policy
What does it mean for Turkish foreign policy, that the Obama Administration’s conscious policy of diminishing American power and prestige in Western Asia continues to yield benefits to Russia and Iran? The Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, looking mainly at … Continue reading →
What Future for Turkish-Russian Relations?
The renewal of Turkish-Russian relations represents an invigoration of its already existing “Eurasian direction” in foreign policy, including outreach to Central Asia, India and China. It is a substitute for the failed “Zero Problems with Neighbors” policy of former foreign … Continue reading →
Angela Merkel: Gravedigger of the EU?
Is it possible that Angela Merkel, the gifted German chancellor whose management of European affairs has been so praised over the last decade, will figure in the history books as the person whose decisions led to the EU’s downfall? It … Continue reading →