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• Revolution in Central Asia: Who's Next?

  Published 21 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  On April 7, 2010 the President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev fled the capital city of Bishkek that was under a state of emergency after antigovernment…

• Moscow Ascending: How Turkey's New Axis With Russia Affects US Interests

  Published 19 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  We have, in the past year, entered an entirely new dynamic in Eastern Mediterranean and South-East European strategic affairs. We are in a period and…

• The Search for a Reserve Currency

  Published 19 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Currency, like all forms of abstract value, is based on trust. And trust itself is based - except among the most naïve - on experience,…

• Floating Alternative to Nabucco Pipeline Moving Toward Implementation

  Published 17 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Romania, Azerbaijan, and Georgia on April 13, 2010, took a major step toward the implementation of a substitute energy distribution network to substitute for the…

• SEC Charge Against Goldman has Volcanic Impact on Energy Markets

  Published 16 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Oil Market Summary for 04/12/2010 to 04/16/2010 Oil prices plunged on Friday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman Sachs with fraud in…

• The Aftermath of the Kyrgyz Revolution

  Published 14 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Part 2 in a three-part series The recent unrest in Kyrgyzstan has largely been portrayed as an epic clash between U.S. and Russian interests. That…

• The Truth Behind The Recent Unrest in Kyrgyzstan

  Published 13 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The following article is the first of three examining the recent unrest in Kyrgyzstan and its implications. Part 2 tomorrow will deal with the regional…

• High Inventories Keep Crude Oil Prices from Advancing on Week

  Published 10 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Oil Market Summary for 04/05/2010 to 04/09/2010 Crude oil prices ended the week virtually unchanged from a week ago as optimism about demand warred with…

• Offshore Grid Linking Wind Generators Could Power U.S. East Coast, Study Says

  Published 09 April 2010 | viewed 1,863 times

  Offshore wind power can power the entire U.S. East Coast in a viable manner if the offshore turbines are spread over a wide area and…

• Alaska Pipeline Project May Cost as Much as $40 Billion

  Published 09 April 2010 | viewed 1,396 times

  Two competing projects for a natural gas pipeline from Alaska to the lower 48 states put the cost somewhere between $32 billion and $40 billion,…

• Gas Producers Go to the Dark Side

  Published 08 April 2010 | viewed 1,185 times

  It's finally happening. Gas producers are starting to crack. With the natural gas to oil price ratio running at a nearly-unprecedented 21-to-1 ($86.80 per barrel…

• A Floating Alternative to Nabucco Undercuts Potential Disruptions to EU Energy Supplies

  Published 08 April 2010 | viewed 1,513 times

  In late February 2010, Romania, Azerbaijan, and Georgia finalized an agreement on the direct export of Azerbaijani natural gas to Romania. This has profound ramifications…

• The Moscow Bombing - A Classic Chechen "Black Widow" Operation

  Published 06 April 2010 | viewed 1,673 times

  The March 29, 2010, martyr-bombings in the two Moscow Metro stations served as a reminder of the escalating and evolving jihadist surge into Russia's soft…

• Tension Builds in the Gulf of Guinea as Competition for Economic Resources Increases

  Published 02 April 2010 | viewed 1,307 times

  The strategic framework and the correlation of forces in the Gulf of Guinea -- one of the most significant and growing energy resource regions of…

• The Hydropower Solution in Central Asia: Yes But...

  Published 01 April 2010 | viewed 1,418 times

  Surfing the wave of the hype for renewable energy such as hydropower and the invitation by the United States to many regional countries to get…

• The True Causes Underlying the Moscow Metro Bombings

  Published 30 March 2010 | viewed 1,617 times

  The tragic news of the 29 March twin suicide bombings of two Moscow Metro stations during the morning rush hour has produced outrage worldwide, with…

• Argentina Running Out Of Options In Falklands Oil Fight

  Published 29 March 2010 | viewed 1,362 times

  As Argentina's oil battle with the United Kingdom rages on, the only other obstacle the South American country can throw at oil companies planning to…

• Crude Oil Still Stuck at $80; Natural Gas Falls Below $4

  Published 28 March 2010 | viewed 1,492 times

  Oil Market Summary for 03/22/2010 to 03/26/2010 Crude oil prices still found stubborn resistance above the $80-a-barrel level amid concerns about demand while natural gas…

• Acting Nigerian President Moves Quickly, Decisively to Get Country Back on Track

  Published 24 March 2010 | viewed 1,021 times

  Acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has moved decisively and rapidly to unify the Government under him, dismissing -- on March 17, 2010 -- the entire…

• Fate of Foreign Oil Investors In Limbo Amid Ghana-Cote d'Ivoire Border Dispute

  Published 24 March 2010 | viewed 2,137 times

  A maritime boundary dispute between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire that erupted this month casts doubt on future international oil claims near the contested area and…