Energy & Environment

Turkey Should Pursue Green, Not Nuclear Energy

By Borut Grgic

Turkey is set to go nuclear. The Erdoğan government has put all the pieces in place for the beginning of the construction of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant. There is nothing wrong with Turkey’s civil nuclear ambition, except there is no need for it.

Will Biden’s Reassurance Trip Succeed?

By Nikolas Gvosdev

Politico’s Laura Rozen is reporting that Vice President Joe Biden will travel later this month to Romania, the Czech Republic and Poland. The vice president is emerging as the administration’s “perestrakhovshchik” – the “reinsurer.”

Nabucco Edging Ahead of South Stream?

By Alexandros Petersen

At the opening of the Atlantic Council’s Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum in Bucharest on September 30, you couldn’t ask for a better mix of commercial and geopolitical interests when it comes to energy development in Eurasia.  But not because the speakers represented a government and the private sector.

BSEEF: Session V — Ministers Roundtable: Policy Responses to Energy Challenges

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Adriean Videanu, Minister of Economy, Romania Yagshygeldi Kakaev, Director, State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Turkmenistan Alexander Khetaguri, Minister of Energy, Greece Traicho Traikov, Minister of Economy, Energy and […]

BSEEF, 10/2: Session VI — Russia’s Role in Global Energy Markets (Transcript)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Ronald Freeman, Chairman of the Board Committee, Volga Gas; Treasurer, Atlantic Council Richard Burt, Managing Director, McLarty Associates Traian Chebeleu, Deputy Secretary General, BSEC Ian Hague, Co-Founder, Firebird Management, LLC Vladimir Likhachev, Deputy Director, Institute of Energy Studies, […]

BSEEF, 10/2: Session VII — Central Asia in World Energy Dynamics (Transcript)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Eric Watkins, Oil Diplomacy Editor, Oil & Gas Journal Vitaliy Baylarbayov, Deputy Vice President, SOCAR Kevin Bortz, Director, Natural Resources, EBRD Jennifer Coolidge, Managing Director, CMX Caspian and Gulf Consultants Limited John Roberts, Energy Security Specialist, Platts October […]

BSEEF: Capstone Session (Transcript)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Metan Kilci, Undersecretary, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey Dinu Patriciu, Chairman, DP Holding SA Tudor Serban, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy, Romania

BSEEF: Opening Remarks (Transcript)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Ambassador Mikail Eriksson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden (Speaking on behalf of Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden; Former Prime Minister, Sweden) Doru Costea, State Secretary for Global Affairs, Ministry of […]