Russia’s hydrocarbon geopolitics
Russia is moving towards building new geopolitical muscle based on its huge oil and gas riches: this week Moscow conceded that its policy, notably in the Middle East, has been strongly connected with energy considerations.
February 2, 2005
Putin’s push for a strategic triangle
Russia is again calling for a Moscow-New Delhi-Beijing axis, an alliance of three nuclear-armed countries of some 2.5 billion people that theoretically would be able to balance US power in coming years.
December 7, 2004
Russia energizes Asian conquest
The Russian government is moving to tighten its grip on the country’s lucrative hydrocarbon and energy sectors, trying to consolidate all of the government’s energy assets under one roof.
October 26, 2004
Russia’s pipeline gambit
Russia has sent signals that it could clear the way for the construction of private oil pipelines as a way to increase petroleum exports to the West.
June 15, 2004