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Category Archives: Geopolitics

Ukraine’s tax hike will strangle the domestic oil and gas sector

Articles & Blogs, Energy Security, Geopolitics, Russia & Eurasia
Posted on: March 10, 2015

Natural Gas Europe
March 10, 2015
By Dr. Ariel Cohen

Ukraine is facing existential challenges, and energy security is one of them. The country is dependent on Russia supplying most of its natural gas as well as uranium fuel for its nuclear reactors. Under these very difficult circumstances, a government with a holistic view of its strategic security and energy goals would logically develop a policy aimed at encouraging increased domestic oil and gas production. Unfortunately, Kyiv is doing the opposite.

Argentina the rogue

Geopolitics
Posted on: February 4, 2015

The Hill
February 04, 2015
By Dr. Ariel Cohen

This week Argentina appealed to the UN General Assembly to push through the Multilateral Legal Framework for Sovereign Debt Restructuring, which is being touted as a means to allow poor countries to avoid creditors and establish an international mechanism for paying off their default loans.

A GLIMPSE AT ENERGY POLITICS IN ‘THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH’

Articles & Blogs, Energy Security, Geopolitics, Russia & Eurasia
Posted on: November 28, 2014

The Wall Street Journal
November 28, 2014
By Dr. Ariel Cohen
Michael Apted’s 1999 film “The World Is Not Enough” portrays the iconic James Bond and his fight against an international conspiracy involving a Caspian oil pipeline, a mysterious oil heiress, and an anarchic nemesis bent on chaos. Themes that haunt the energy industry appear frequently: oil terrorism, catastrophic damage during energy transport, and environmental protests.

The Case for Keystone XL

Articles & Blogs, Energy Security, Geopolitics
Posted on: November 27, 2014

Wall Street Journal
November 27, 2014
By Dr. Ariel Cohen

The most important change needed for transporting crude throughout North America is the approval and construction of the fourth phase of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. Keystone XL is an existing transnational network segmented into phases that cross Canada and the U.S. The first phase travels through the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba before traveling to Steele City from north to south and from Alberta to Nebraska and continue to Illinois, Oklahoma, and Texas.