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New Atlanticist

Jan 6, 2009

Helping Ukraine Help Itself

By Nikolas Gvosdev

We are seeing a familiar pattern repeating itself. A dispute between Naftohaz and Gazprom leads to an interruption in Ukraine’s gas supply. Deliveries to Europe are affected. Russia is criticized for its use of “the energy weapon”. Then, everything is patched up, the gas flows again and the West loses interest in the matter until […]

Energy & Environment
Russia

New Atlanticist

Dec 31, 2008

New Year’s Déjà Vu: Will Russia Cut Off Gas to Ukraine?

By Peter Cassata

Russia is threatening to cut off gas flows to Ukraine on January 1 if Kyiv does not fork over $2 billion in late payments and finalize new gas prices for 2009.  However, a stop in gas supplies now will be different than it was in January 2006; this time around Ukraine has amassed enough reserves […]

Energy & Environment
Ukraine
Planned South Stream and Nabucco Gas Pipelines

New Atlanticist

Dec 29, 2008

Pipeline Politics: Gazprom Seals Serbia Deal

By Peter Cassata

Gazprom has purchased a controlling 51 percent stake in Serbia’s state oil company, NIS.  Equally as significant, Dmitry Medvedev and Serbian president Boris Tadic also signed a declaration of intent to include Serbia in the planned South Stream pipeline that will supply gas to Europe. 

Energy & Environment
European Union

New Atlanticist

Dec 24, 2008

Russia May Cut Off Gas to Ukraine, Europe

By James Joyner

Moscow and Kiev are once again on a collision course over gas supplies. WaPo: Russia and Ukraine appear to be heading for a new collision over natural gas that could disrupt supplies to Europe this winter, with Russia threatening to stop selling the fuel to Ukraine on Jan. 1 if it does not repay more […]

Energy & Environment
Russia

New Atlanticist

Dec 17, 2008

EU Approves Climate Bill

By James Joyner

The EU has approved a sweeping bill to fight climate change. The European Parliament approved on Wednesday a deal on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the final step in a year of talks to secure the world’s broadest agreement yet to battle climate change.

Energy & Environment
European Union

New Atlanticist

Nov 25, 2008

Climate Change Will Be More Severe in 2025

By Erica McCarthy

The National Intelligence Council’s “Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World” report considers likely scenarios for nearly all strategic global issues, including nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and climate change.  Climate change in particular is an issue that we will be faced with on a daily basis two decades from now.

Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Oct 24, 2008

Russia and Iran’s Proposed Gas Cartel

By Neil Leslie

Russia’s Gazprom recently announced plans for the formation of a ‘gas troika’ along with Iran and Qatar. Initially proposed by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in 2007, the development has raised fears in the West that a gas cartel will destabilize energy supplies and pose a security threat to Europe.

Energy & Environment
Iran

New Atlanticist

Oct 21, 2008

Not Quite So Green: Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting for Copenhagen

By Robert Manning

As the world gears up for the UN Climate Change extravaganza (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change or UNFCC) in Copenhagen in December 2009, achieving a serious accord to establish post-2012 commitments that could slow or halt global warming increasingly appears a mirage.

Energy & Environment
European Union

Report

Jan 11, 2008

U.S.-Turkey Relations Require New Focus

A series of expert working papers released today by the Atlantic Council call for Turkey and the United States­ ­to give grea­ter priority to working in a trilatera­l f­ormat with Europe on energy sec­urity, co­unter-terrorism, and building regional stability in the broader Middle East.  The United States and Turkey have drifted apart­ since the end […]

Energy & Environment
Energy Markets & Governance

Report

Jun 1, 2007

Transatlantic cooperation for clean cir

By Atlantic Council

Although the United States and the European Union have for many years pursued different approaches on the issues of air quality and climate change, those strategies are now beginning to intersect. Transatlantic cooperation could be enormously beneficial in developing new technologies and new regulatory frameworks, and in reaching out to developing countries, such as China and India.

Energy & Environment
European Union

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