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The Energy Sector, Competition and Security in the Eastern Mediterranean

... with a capacity of 10 billion cubic metres a year is expected to take approximately seven years. Revitalisation of Ankara’s foreign policy and regional competition in the Eastern Mediterranean While other states in the Eastern Mediterranean (Israel, Egypt, Cyprus, Greece and, to some extent, Lebanon) have attempted to form alliances around the energy sector and gas exports, Turkey has remained on the sidelines. Nevertheless, both the regional reconfiguration and the domestic perturbations that affected Turkey in 2016 after the attempted military coup resulted in Ankara taking more active political steps and shaping its own ...

15.12.2020

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Is the Eastern Mediterranean a New Competitor for Russia on the European Gas Markets?

... power. As regards the potential transit of Levantine gas, Turkish diplomacy has both “entry point” and “exit point” problems: for various reasons, its relations with both producer and consumer countries have been strained. Turkey cannot boast that it has high-quality cooperative ties with Cyprus, Israel or Egypt. Its relations with Nicosia are at a low point due to the Cyprus question. It is telling that Turkey did not participate in the recent summits of the heads of state of the Eastern Mediterranean, where energy was the primary subject of discussion: ...

12.09.2016

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In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)