Europe’s Gas Alliance With Russia Is a Match Made in Heaven

Europe’s Gas Alliance With Russia Is a Match Made in Heaven

Amidst the excitement over the killing of the ISIS chief Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, a development of much impact on international security passed by when Denmark made the innocuous announcement on October 30 that it would permit the proposed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to pass through its exclusive economic zone. Copenhagen modestly explained that it…

The Truth on How Natural Gas & Oil Fit into US Foreign Policy Agenda

The Truth on How Natural Gas & Oil Fit into US Foreign Policy Agenda

The US has apparently learned it can use its leverage over natural resources to pursue a geopolitical chess game which sees it heavily countering Russia’s influence over the future of the energy markets. If you look closely enough, the ulterior motives driving Washington’s foreign policy agenda are readily apparent even in the mainstream media. “Our…

Turkey Heading for a Cold War with the EU Over Offshore Cyprus Gas?

Turkey Heading for a Cold War with the EU Over Offshore Cyprus Gas?

Just as Turkey braces itself for possible sanctions from the United States over its purchase of S-400 anti-aircraft missiles from Russia, news has broken that it is facing another set of sanctions, on an entirely different, but at least equally intractable issue, from the European Union. Though they have so far received relatively little attention…

Russia Should Take the US’ “European Energy Security Act” More Seriously

Russia Should Take the US’ “European Energy Security Act” More Seriously

Underestimating the potential of one’s adversaries and expressing excessive self-confidence in one’s own abilities oftentimes leads to the said party being unpleasantly surprised if events don’t go exactly according to how they expect them to. Russia would well to reconsider its position towards the US’ proposed “European Energy Security And Diversification Act of 2019” because…