Tue Dec 6, 2011 15:51 GMT |
The Nabucco pipeline project, which has long been backed by the EU to reduce the continent’s dependency on Russian gas, has been made redundant by the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline project. The latter is a joint venture (JV) between Azerbaijan’s state oil company Socar and Turkey’s Botas pipeline corporation, and their planned pipeline will carry natural… [Read more]
Tags: Azerbaijan, Botas, ITGI, Nabucco, pipeline, Shah Deniz, Socar, Trans-Anatolian pipeline, Turkey
Posted in: Emerging Europe, General, Geopolitics, infrastructure, oil and gas
Fri Nov 6, 2009 17:59 GMT |
Myanmar (Burma) is a country that deserves more attention. In case you missed it, the US is currently pursuing a diplomatic outreach to Myanmar’s ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) – the military junta headed by Senior General Than Shwe. US State Department officials have just returned from what was the highest-ranking American foray… [Read more]
Tags: Burma, Burma Chronicles, China, economic potential, From The Land of Green Ghosts, geopolitical importance, India, Myanmar, outreach, pipeline, power projection, security, South East Asia, SPDC junta, strategic, Than Shwe, US
Posted in: Asia, General, Geopolitics, Political Risk