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New Atlanticist

Dec 3, 2015

Today’s Energy Security Risks: Complacency, Uncertainty, and Ideology

By David L. Goldwyn

At the 2015 Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit in Istanbul, twenty-one Ministers and senior officials from Europe, Asia, North America, and the Middle East met to assess the changing geopolitics of energy security. The assembly was a reminder that energy security — the ability of a nation to secure affordable, reliable, and sustainable supplies […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Nov 20, 2015

Russian Intervention Has Improved Prospects of Political Transition in Syria, says US Official

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Deputy Secretary of State Blinken says Moscow realizes it cannot sustain costs and risks of intervention Russian intervention in Syria has improved the prospects of a political transition in Damascus because Moscow “cannot risk the growing costs of its actions,” US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Istanbul on Nov. 20. Differences between […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Nov 19, 2015

EU Wants ‘Ambitious’ Deal at Paris Climate Summit

By Ashish Kumar Sen

European Commission’s Miguel Arias Cañete says decisive action is needed to fight climate change The European Union wants an “ambitious, robust, and binding global agreement that is fit for the future” at the United Nations’ climate summit in Paris this December, the European Commission’s top climate official said on Nov. 19. More specifically, the EU […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

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Nov 16, 2015

Iran’s energy policy after the nuclear deal

By Sara Vakhshouri

Following the lifting of sanctions on Iran's all-important gas and oil sector, Tehran will seek to develop an "economy of resistance" by building out commercial relationships that increase other states' reliance on it.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

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Nov 13, 2015

Koranyi: Building a Europe Whole, Free, and Secure

By David Koranyi

Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative Director David Koranyi cowrites for Natural Gas Europe on why infrastructure integration is at the heart of the European project:

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Oct 8, 2015

A Three-Pronged Strategy to Deal with Putin

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s James L. Jones, Jr. recommends a toolkit that includes economic, political, and security components The United States must develop a three-pronged approach that includes economic, political, and security components to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “retrograde ambitions in favor of the peaceful and progressive order the transatlantic community and the world had envisioned […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Oct 7, 2015

Hungary’s Gazprom Renegotiation and the Decline of Traditional Contracts

By Nolan Theisen

Since it was signed in 1996, the Panrusgáz contract with Russia has dictated the structure of Hungary’s natural gas market. While this contract’s expiration will be delayed until closer to 2018, it is clear that a new agreement will be negotiated on entirely different terms than before. Like other Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

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Sep 25, 2015

A post-sanctions Iran and the Eurasian energy architecture: Challenges and opportunities for the Euro-Atlantic community

By Micha'el Tanchum

With the removal of international sanctions on Iran, different markets will have a great interest in importing Iranian gas, but which market will benefit the most? Lifting the sanctions carries the potential to radically restructure the Eurasian energy architecture and, as a consequence, reshape Eurasian geopolitics.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Sep 15, 2015

Russia’s Gazprom Unable to Do Without Europe

By John M. Roberts

Russia has confirmed the primacy of Nord Stream—a natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea—in its efforts to replace Ukrainian transit routes for gas exports to Europe, diminishing the likely role to be played by its southern counterpart, Turkish Stream. The agreement, signed September 4 in Vladivostok, sets out the shareholding arrangements for the project […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Sep 15, 2015

What Europe Needs to Do to Solve its Energy Security Problem

By Ilona Dózsa

Over the past few years, the European Union (EU) has sought to enhance its energy security by implementing the Third Energy Package, proposing an Energy Union, holding Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom to competition rules, and actively pursuing the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

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