... authors sought to include the views of experts from Europe, Russia, China, and the US.
The sociological survey included expert polls,... ... increased their share in the world fruit and vegetable markets. The oil-rich Gulf countries continue to invest in food sectors abroad ... ... Dividends and Costs of the Big Game
Up to the year 2025, the overall energy demand is expected to increase in MENA countries (plus 15 ... ... disputed territories in Israel or new development projects in Jerusalem);
Persistent political instability in the region may hinder ...
... that foreign technology and expertise reach 23 African countries in order to provide them with 30 gigawatts of clean power generation.
“Fake it till you make it”
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Dmitry Borisov:
The Dragon in Djibouti: the Shifting Tides of
China’s Strategy
The current plummeted oil price presents a window of opportunity for the USA to build an extensive National Energy Strategy previously elaborated by the Bush administration and engage African producers in governance reforms in order to help them avoid reliance on lending from developed countries that in turn curbs their expenditures. For this reason, expansion ...
... of shale gas. Christof Ruehl does caution that we must not see this shale sale as the US Holy Grail, as at the end the American consumers may just spend more on Chinese goods. That said it will at least act as a cap on the US huge trade deficit with China.
Trouble Brewing – Do Not Boil
The energy renaissance of USA from one perspective will benefit its inhabitants and wider North American security, but such gains could also become inadvertently and indirectly undermined if the knock-on effects are too severe. For instance, the Middle East relies heavily on exporting ...
... Islands (Raine, 2011), it cannot do so all over. The Strait of Hormuz will just take the place as the next dilemma. Joseph Braml of the German Council on Foreign Relations said the basis why USA’s 5th fleet is staying in the Middle East (even though oil shale may make USA independent from the area) is because it allows the Chinese energy tap to be shut off if needed (Spiegel, 2013). So in all China will need to play its pieces in advance, but some moves may well be forced upon it.
In the discussion above we have focused predominantly on the great powers play, but lesser powers will also influence the distribution of power and possible ...
... footing gives a lot momentum for those that believe exporting gas will damage the domestic economy via high prices. Interestingly, USA’s natural conventional gas production will actually fall steadily, which may raise worries if the unconventional gas ... ... Also, even Russia, traditionally a pipeline supplier will enter the game with about a 1/10th share by 2025.
No section about energy is complete without China, which is why LUKoil highlights that the Asian dragon has the most favourable conditions to establish shale production and it has already begun ...
... that by giving someone a finger, they will take your whole hand. USA follows the same principle, perhaps even more stringently, ... ... Quest", describes that the proposition for a Chinese takeover of US energy businesses is equivalent to throwing a lit match into a ... ... always remain the reason why Central Asian will be the priority for China. On the other hand, as a result Central Asia is now under ... ... projects (hospitals) and virtually all manufacturing alongside oil and gas. No great power, which Russia sees itself as, will ...
... whole eurozone, fuelled credit and real estate bubbles in the USA and Europe, which burst in 2008-9 amid the global ‘credit ... ... continuous capitalist crisis differs from previous times of turmoil because global finance capitalism has eroded the moral economy ... ... West and instead go East – as soaring trade levels with China already foreshadow.
However, Russia remains a European ... ... and authoritarian consolidation, on the other hand.
Energy Calamity
It is argued by some that the Russo-European ...
... article it looked like Russia had several options, like supplying China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and even as far as India. Then ... ... made good progress by shifting 9% of Japanese LNG and 7% of its oil in 2011 to Asia. Vladivostok LNG terminal, due for launch in ... ... It was always very optimistic to even consider this option, but energy companies and academics nevertheless did not abandon the ... ... delegate to DPRK is not Denis Rodman and it does not want to destroy USA, both South and North could cooperate in all fields, including ...
... From Russia With Love:
Xi Jinping visit to Russia was highly symbolic, as is the case with first foreign visits (See: NTS). Energy was at the forefront of the visit with two different outcomes for the oil and gas talks. The other issue was geopolitics as the visit signalled that the world is changing by shifting West to East ... ... dispel some peoples worry that Russia's Chinese neighbour could be a threat, while also calling for the final end of USA's hegemony (See: SCMP). Albeit, it is hard to see China not taking the lead regionally and globally in the future as it clearly dominates, particularly in the BRICs (economically ...
Alongside my typical journalistic duties at ‘Oil & Gas Eurasia Magazine’, I tend to daily scan both Russian ... ... major news, interesting articles and possible leads within the energy industry. Today, I want to share with you some of the findings ... ... – lets make these blogs interactive!
Shale Gas History (USA):
The New Times – a Russian weekly – reports ... ... the home market.
Non-US Shale Progress (Europe and Asia):
China is eager to jump on the Shale Revolution and aims to produce ...