Question: There’s an opinion, that during the Aqtau summit, the questions concerning Caspian sea were discussed, without Iran. What is your opinion on this? If, for example its true, how would it affect the future talks with all five Caspian … Continue reading →
The South Korean economy continues to show its ability to bounce back rapidly from crisis, this time due mainly to the combined impact of a domestic stimulus and restocking of global inventories. The recovery has been sufficiently strong for central … Continue reading →
In order to understand energy geopolitics in Asia, even in East Asia, it is no longer adequate to look westward to Central and Southwest Asia across the Arabian Peninsula to North Africa. A new, massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) development … Continue reading →
Для мирного разрешения нагорно-карабахского конфликта Азербайджану стоит продолжать придерживаться той же стратегической линии, считает ведущий эксперт по странам Евразии, доктор Роберт Катлер (Robert Cutler). “В мирном процессе по нагорно-карабахскому конфликту Азербайджану следует продолжать придерживаться принципиальной стратегической линии, которой он придерживался … Continue reading →
The appearance of Nabucco financing sources has made possible the signing this week of a transit agreement to govern the natural gas pipeline. The agreement marks an important staging post in bringing to reality the long-touted energy route, which is … Continue reading →
Talk of a Putin Medvedev split is no longer only talk, as the economic crisis already pulls the two further apart regardless of their intentions, but any rumor of the conflict producing an open schism is highly premature. In recent weeks, President Dmitry … Continue reading →
An agreement was announced late last month between Russia and China for China energy FDI to construct a pipeline branch to China from the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline. This is only one aspect of a relatively new strategic … Continue reading →
The global fall in prices of key earners oil and gas is making the Kazakhstan tenge weak. The roiled economy may have to let its currency weaken further following the 18 per cent devaluation earlier last week as the current … Continue reading →
Russia’s foreign currency reserves are being fast eroded as the government tries in vain to brake the Russian ruble decline under tumbling commodity prices. Look for Russia to follow the road to a still more authoritarian state.
Continue reading →The Kazakhstan financial crisis, where the economy has endured a switchback progress since independence from the Kremlin in 1991, is discovering the benefits of salting away wealth in the good times as it seeks to survive the global downturn without … Continue reading →