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May 15, 2013

Security Interests in the New US Strategy for the Arctic

By White House

From White House:  While the Arctic region has experienced warming and cooling cycles over millennia, the current warming trend is unlike anything previously recorded.

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

May 14, 2013

Forging a Trilateral Bond: Solving the Transatlantic Problem by Expanding It

By James Joyner

“If the United States and Europe are to remain competitive—economically, politically, and strategically—in this increasingly multipolar world, they must reach out to partners who share their values and can contribute to a stronger transatlantic economy. That partner is Latin America.”

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

NATOSource

May 7, 2013

Video: The changing Arctic: how involved should NATO be?

By NATO

From NATO:  A global challenge requires a global approach. And the melting of the Arctic ice is certainly an issue whose effects will be felt around the world.

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 24, 2013

NATO remains vital

By Xenia Dormandy, New York Times

From Xenia Dormandy, New York Times:  What are the security challenges NATO members face today and in the coming decades, and do we have sufficient commonalities to harness the interests, will and capacity to address them through NATO?

Cybersecurity Energy & Environment

MENASource

Apr 23, 2013

Reform of Energy Subsidies in the Arab Countries

By Svetlana Milbert

Energy subsidies have been an integral part of domestic pricing policies in most Arab countries for decades, but are increasingly unsustainable because of their economic, social, and environmental impact. Out of twenty Middle East and North African (MENA) countries, twelve have energy subsidies amounting to at least 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). A […]

Energy & Environment Middle East

New Atlanticist

Apr 2, 2013

Do Russia and America Have a Future Together?

By Joshua Foust

Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has been something of a mystery to the West. Two competing instincts, incorporating Russia into international institutions and “finishing the job” of marginalizing Moscow, have never coexisted peacefully. As a result, Western relations with Moscow have steadily declined over the last fifteen years. Leaders in the West […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

NATOSource

Apr 2, 2013

European industry flocks to U.S. to take advantage of cheaper gas

By Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post

From Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post:  The sprawling chemical plant in this city along the Rhine River has been a jewel of Germany’s manufacturing-led economy for more than a century. But the plunging price of natural gas in the United States has European companies setting sail across the Atlantic to stay competitive.

Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Apr 1, 2013

Methane Hydrates: A Second Gas Revolution?

By Robert Manning

Speculation is rampant that a new gas cornucopia is coming. After a successful Japanese experiment to extract natural gas from methane hydrates 1,000 meters below the surface and 50 miles off its shores, some are beginning to wonder if the “shale revolution” was just the beginning. But don’t hold your breath. There is no question […]

Energy & Environment Japan

New Atlanticist

Apr 1, 2013

Trans-Adriatic Pipeline Project Surging Ahead of Rival Nabucco-West: Part II

By Vladimir Socor

The gas producers’ consortium at Shah Deniz in Azerbaijan is holding parallel negotiations with the pipeline project companies, Nabucco and Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), to select one of these routes to Europe. March 31 is the deadline for submission of Nabucco-West’s and TAP’s competing offers to the Shah Deniz consortium. The producer consortium’s decision on pipeline […]

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

NATOSource

Mar 29, 2013

Is Russia becoming China’s junior partner?

By Georgy Bovt, Moscow Times

From Georgy Bovt, Moscow Times:  Whenever high-level talks are held between Russia and China, it seems the media always says  Moscow’s foreign policy is focusing on the East. There is some basis for that, but it is also becoming increasingly evident that Russia is taking on the role as China’s junior partner. . . . Russian oil accounts for only 8 […]

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