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Turkish unrest and the threats to energy security in the Turko-Caspian region
Turkey has long been the most stable regime in the Middle East (with the possible exception of Israel, which is relatively stable internally but under constant external pressure). However, the ongoing...
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Solar powered geopolitics
Caroline Freund of the Peterson Institute makes some glaring errors in this piece – when you take into account unconventional resources, oil is not really in short supply; the US gets most of its oil...
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Rationalizing the US pipeline infrastructure
Terrific article from Forbes on how a convergence of factors is about to create a period of low cost for steel, earthmoving equipment and construction workers. This, in turn, will provide a window of...
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What are America’s core geopolitical interests?
Robert Kaplan takes a stab at that question his National Interest piece The Tragedy of US Foreign Policy. The tragedy, Kaplan asserts, is that the US cannot – and arguably must not – always and...
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How will development of new natgas fields impact the Middle East?
Not much, argues Paul Rivlin of Israel’s Dayan Center (pdf): ” . . . even if Cyprus and Israel (and later perhaps Lebanon and Syria) decide to export gas it will not be a game-changer. Much of the...
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CFR Identifies the Top Security Threats in 2014
The Council on Foreign Relations’ Center for Preventative Action has conducted a survey of over 1,200 experts to identify the most dangerous potential security threats facing the world in 2014. The...
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Important Oil Shale test to begin in Utah
After years of delay, British oil firm TomCo has finally received all the necessary permits from the state of Utah to begin the test of the EcoShale method of extracting crude oil from shale deposits....
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Saudi options for filling strategic vacuum left by US disengagement #geopolitics
The energy rich Persian Gulf has long been held in balance between two local powers, Iran and Saudi Arabia. The much more populous Iran has been held in check by the House of Saud through the deft...
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Can the US energy bounty defeat Russia’s energy weapon?
Russia’s energy weapon is the presumed ability of Russia to bully European governments into acquiescing to its policies by threatening to withhold natural gas deliveries, on which most of Europe is...
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US energy sanctions on Russia must thread the needle
Russia’s resurgent geopolitical power is dependent on it’s vast energy wealth. That makes the Russian energy sector a juicy target for policies aimed at punishing Russian machinations in Ukraine....
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