Russia Is Steered Back Toward Petro-Stagnation
(EDM) The “historic” trip of King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud to Moscow, last week (October 4–7) was an affair long on ceremony, featuring a massive delegation, but rather uncertain regarding…
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“The Great Game over Turkmen gas is thus only beginning”
Drawing on Russian and Western sources as well as fieldwork, PONARS Eurasia member Sebastien Peyrouse in his new book, Turkmenistan: Strategies of Power, Dilemmas of Development (M.E. Sharpe, 2012), examines…
A Cuban Oil Rig Crisis?
The short distance separating Cuba from the United States has once again become the site for growing international intrigue. Yesterday, reports that Cuba is developing a massive new oil-drilling…
Does Oil Lead to International Conflict?
Exploring the connection between energy and international conflict. by Robert Orttung The importance of oil for international politics and markets is obvious to everyone, but political scientists have…
Are Oil Prices Linked to Reform in Russia?
PONARS Eurasia members took a closer look at the periodically-floated theory that oil barrel prices correlate with reform measures in Russia over time. Their comments were sparked by a…