Anna GUSSAROVA The paper is devoted to the challenges and perspectives of cooperation among Central Asian states in world geopolitics triangle. Two main integration projects - CAREC and the Eurasian Economic Union, lobbied by the Kremlin and the White House, - reflect the objective to strengthen … [Read more...]
European Union’s Energy Policy and Turkey in the Post-Cold War Era
Veysel AYHAN Growing dependency of the EU to external sources in oil and natural gas consumption, perceives as a security problem within the Union. Currently, about 80 percent of oil, consumed within the EU is exported. Beside, dependency of the EU to the natural gas resources exceeds 55 percent. … [Read more...]
Acordurile energetice dintre Uniunea Europeană şi Irak şi alternativa la gazele ruseşti – studiu de caz: gazoductul NABUCCO
Ionuţ CONSTANTIN EU wants to diversify its energy sources, that is a fact. Nabucco is a priority for Europe in its attempts to reduce the dependence on Russian gas. Therefore, Nabucco needs reliable and consistent supply sources. Iraq has significant natural gas resources and through agreements … [Read more...]
Golful Persic sau expoziţia tablourilor geopolitice
Marius VĂCĂRELU Zona Golfului Persic este una dintre cele mai importante zone din geopolitica secolului al XX-lea. Aici este posibil a satisface interesele din toate economiile importante și din toate statele lumii: energia vorbește în ultimii 100 de ani atât de tare încât era imposibil să nu se … [Read more...]
The Changing Geopolitics of Energy
Zeljko BJELJAC The paper discusses the changes in the global energy balance and the resulting geopolitics, which have in the recent years emerged as a result of the interplay of factors such as the rapidly increasing world’s energy consumption and the shift of the source of consumption eastwards to … [Read more...]
Lithuania plans to continue and even intensify its relations with the neighboring countries with the aim to contribute to creation of a stability and prosperity area in the Baltic Sea region and Central Europe
Interview of H.E. Mr. Vladimir JARMOLENKO, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Romania Your Excellency, Twenty years ago Soviet Union collapsed and the landscape of Eastern and Central Europe dramatically changed. How is now the Lithuanian public opinion regarding this recent past also in … [Read more...]
Energy Security Factor in the Strategic Cooperation Between Azerbaijan and Turkey
Aygun ASGARZADA One of significant components in the strategic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey is energy projects implemented due to associate efforts of both states. In modern period, such projects have importance in provision of regional and energy security. Such fundamental changes … [Read more...]
Uniunea Europeana şi armonizarea interselor în zona pontică
Octavian Alexandru PARASCHIVESCU This articol analizează balanța puterii în regiunea Mării Negre, dar, de asemenea, strategia creată de către UE pentru a aborda principalele probleme și de a găsi un numitor comun. Unul dintre aspectele cheie ale geopoliticii este abilitatea de a pune în balanță … [Read more...]
Ukraine and a new Role in Geopolitics of Energy
Sohrab ASGARI End of the cold war was an important turn point to world’s old order. Main changes happened after the cold war. The bipolar order had overshadowed political structure of the world and also had divided it into two main parts. Two big political clubs (West and East) struggled to expand … [Read more...]
Egypt: Oil & Gas and Energy Between Deposits of Sand Desert and Deepwater
Nicolae GEANTĂ Egypt is a significant oil and gas producer in the Middle East and Africa, and is fast exceeding its own expectations for reserves. The country’s oil production has tapered oil over the past two decades despite the challenges facing crude oil production and also as a result of the … [Read more...]