Russia – Peace at any Price ?
Against the backdrop of a popular groundswell of free will in Ukraine, Russian adventurism reopens wounds discounted or ignored during the past century...Peaceful coexistence becomes unfathomable
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Russia - a Sense of Possibility
The down-to-earth translation in our title of Möglichkeitssinn, one of those lovely 16-letter German words, signals Russian plans to turn the tables on real or imagined security risks...and crisis management has many shades of grey
Nord Stream 2 - Going Head-to-Head
Dependent on Russia for its natural gas supply, Europe, and especially Germany, had drawn a fine line between commercial interests and geopolitics but it takes two to tango…
Russia - America's LNG contests
A powerful energy sector has turned the US into an aggressive gas exporter, intent to curtail deliveries by traditional gas providers on target markets and American officials are raising the stakes, weighing in with geopolitical influence over US allies
Nord Stream 2 - Cause célèbre ?
The case against the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline which connects Russia to Germany on the bottom of the Baltic Sea has been riding high in the wake of the moral indignation aroused by Russian opponent Alexei Navalny's fate
Gas pipelines - ties that bind...
U.S. interference with European energy policy throws unsparing light on a collective security frameworik inherited from the Cold War and superseded by America's demand of its Western partners to share the defense burden
Nord Stream 2 - the end game
The U.S. attempt to block the final leg of the construction of the new Gazprom pipeline looks dated, fitting oddly in the dynamics of the European energy policy under the Single Market regulations
Russia - Siberia at Eurasia's crossroads
The remodeling of the Eurasian landmass by the dominant powers, Russia, China and Europe will flourish, or collapse, around Siberia's vast emptiness and natural riches, harrowing history and 21st century environmental challenges
LNG - a riling Russian riddle
LNG - liquid natural gas - as alternative to traditional pipeline delivery will be serving growing South Asian markets where large and eager exporters line up. Russia's Gazprom is taking stock of the challenges on its once secure markets and worldwide...
Russia's Rattenfänger
The powerful draw of Russia's energy policy needs to be viewed with clear-eyed realism and a sense of its ambiguity. Interests of the Russian gas supplier and of its European clients converge - American security concerns must be placed in broader context