New Atlanticist

Feb 26, 2010

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy

By James Joyner

Alexandros Petersen, a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Energy Center, was interviewed by Azerbaijan’s News.Az’s Aliyah Fridman. Three Azerbaijani soldiers were killed and one was wounded when Armenians broke the cease-fire on 18 February. May the incident lead to a new war between Azerbaijan and Armenia? Unfortunately, cease-fire violations are common in the […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 8, 2010

U.S. and Kazakhstan Need a Truly Strategic Partnership

By Boyko Nitzov

The omens are good, the stars in a benign juxtaposition: during recent hearings on the hill, Kazakhstan’s foreign minister Kanat Saudabaev and hearing participants struck a common note on a number of strategic issues. We may be witnessing the birth of a much needed strategic partnership.

New Atlanticist

Jan 5, 2010

Progress on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

By Alexandros Petersen

Alexandros Petersen, a nonresident senior fellow at the Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, was interviewed by Azerbaijan’s Today.az on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

New Atlanticist

Dec 18, 2009

European Energy Policy Needed

By Borut Grgic

Late to the Caspian energy game, China is the first to plug in in a big way.  This weekend, only two years after the project was announced, Chinese President Hu Jintao opened the 1140-mile long pipeline that will carry up to 40 bcm of gas from Turkmenistan to China. This is a huge boon for […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 17, 2009

Yet More Delays for Nabucco

By Alexandros Petersen

The latest act in the opera that is Eurasian pipeline geopolitics was a so-called informal Caspian summit outside the Kazakh port city of Aktau.

Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Dec 16, 2009

Turkey’s Role in Resolving Nagorno-Karabakh

By Alexandros Petersen

Alexandros Petersen, nonresident senior fellow at the Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, was interviewed by Leyla Tagiyeva of Azerbaijan’s News.Az on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

New Atlanticist

Dec 10, 2009

Azerbaijan Key Energy Player with Limited Options

By Alexandros Petersen

Azerbaijan’s ongoing dispute with Turkey about transit terms and revenues for natural gas heading to Europe across Anatolia, as well as uncertainties about the Nabucco pipeline project, have compelled highest-level officials at Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR) to publicly consider the option of exporting hydrocarbons eastward, potentially to China and other East Asian markets.

New Atlanticist

Dec 8, 2009

Role of the Caucasus in European Energy Security

By Boyko Nitzov

Boyko Nitzov, director of programs at the Council’s Patriciu Eurasia Center, was interviewed by Leyla Tagiyeva of Azerbaijan’s News.Az on energy security in Europe.

Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Nov 24, 2009

Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Needs a New Security Conference

By Alexandros Petersen

Alexandros Petersen, Dinu Patriciu Fellow for Transatlantic Energy Security and associate director of the Eurasia Energy Center at the Atlantic Council, was interviewed by Leyla Tagiyeva of Azerbaijan’s News.Az on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Steven Everts, Personal Representative, Secretary-General, High Representative for Energy and Foreign Policy, Council of the EU

New Atlanticist

Oct 7, 2009

The Caspian Comes to Europe

By Alexandros Petersen

If EU policymakers and companies won’t go to Caspian energy producers with serious offers for their hydrocarbons, Caspian producers will just have to go to the EU.  This seems to be the message sent by Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan as their state energy companies partner to build an oil pipeline heading to the West.

Energy & Environment
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