..., Russia and the MENA hydrocarbon exporters face the common challenge of the global energy revolution. Joint preparation for this inevitability in the future may turn out... ... describes the problems of asymmetry in relations between the countries of the MENA and China. Russia could turn out to be quite a good actor, offering its partners in the region... ... leading countries of the region and the EAEU can be accelerated.
Like the members of the European Union, Russia would greatly benefit from expanding the range of its partners...
... all the types of hydrocarbons, coal has been in use the longest. China is known to have extracted coal as early as the 4
th
century ... ... countries trying to lay the foundations for an emissions-free energy future and thus giving up the fuel. The developing world ... ... appears to have been sealed for good.
Although coal has been used in Russia for centuries, industrial mining only truly took off in ... ... past 20 years). Coal is one of the major air pollutants in the European Union. It is no coincidence that almost all the most polluted ...
The European Union (EU) has been active is Central Asia since the breakup of the Soviet Union twenty-five years ago. Despite its geographical ... ... with EU interests and thinking. The region occupies an important place in EU strategic thinking because of its location between China and Russia, and because of its position in the East-West energy trade and developing transport corridors. The following paragraphs will first outline what the EU wants to achieve in Central ...