31 Мая 2025
Risks, Threats and Advisory Briefing: Algeria
A steady stream of terrorist attacks and clashes between authorities and militants has continued to characterise the security landscape in Algeria in the beginning of 2010 and the latter phases of 2009...
Russian Oil & Gas Strategy: What does it mean for the global oil markets?
 (2 Mb) Presentation on "17th MIDDLE EAST PETROLEUM&GAS CONFERENCE"
Briefing: Ukraine Gas Transit
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In this edition specific focus has been given to issues relating to European Energy Security. Inside you will find an article from Marat Terterov on whether another gas crises is looming in Europe this Winter and an exclusive interview with Yuri Fedorov dealing with the problems Europe currently faces with regards energy security, it's relations with Russia and the Central Asia region.
Security as an Interregional Concern: The EU and the Middle East
(688 Kb) Bruges Regional Integration & Global Governance Papers
Russia’s Middle East Policy
Turkey and Russia: stronger partners in regional energy security, business
How can an eight-hour prime ministerial visit possibly transform the basic tenets of the relationship between Turkey and Russia?
This is what happened during the short visit to Ankara on Aug. 6, 2009, by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Stop the old “bridge” metaphor; Turkey has become a new regional “hub”
During Prime Minister Erdogan’s upcoming visit to Washington, his host at the White House is likely to offer him diplomatic niceties on Turkey’s role as a “bridge” between East and West.
Our argument is that this metaphor, however flattering it may have been in the past, no longer fits the reality of contemporary Turkey.
TURKMENISTAN: GAS UNDER PRESSURE
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In October 2008, an audit by the British company Gaffney, Cline and Associates - GCA propelled Turkmenistan to the rank of the world’s second largest gas producer. This revelation confirmed the assertions of Saparmurad Niazov, the grotesque Turkmenbashy – Father of all the Turkmens – who, from 1985 until his death in December 2006, reigned over his country without sharing power. Less than a year later, two publications which appeared this past September, sow confusion among international energy experts and raise many questions. These two papers, one – an article written by Arkady Dubnov for the Russian newspaper Vremya Novosteï and the other – a report by the German NGO, the Eurasian Transition Group (ETG), - cast doubt on the estimations made public in October 2008.
Arkady Dubnov relies on information gleaned from Russian officials, while it is a Turkmen source behind the ETG pieced. In summation, they lead us to understand that the Turkmen authorities misled the managers of GCA by providing them with manipulated and falsified data. Disinformation or truth? At present, it is difficult to say. Nonetheless, one cannot really avoid wondering about a certain number of questions surrounding this polemic over resources, real or supposed, of Turkmenistan. This constitutes a new episode in the struggle in which the great powers are engaging for control and exploitation of the formidable energy resources of Central Asia.
North Caucasus Security Outlook
Russia during the Putin (and now Putin-Medvedev) years has, to a good degree, been successful in casting an image of increasing national wealth, external power and domestic stability...
Russian Relations to the Gulf Region in a Changing Geopolitical Environment
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Scholars of most academic disciplines across the social sciences have a fondness for comparing different regions in order to evaluate :
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