Energy in Turkey’s International Affairs and the Race for Southern Corridor avril 19, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Moyen Orient, Turquie, Turquie-UE, UE.Tags: energy, Israël, Middle East, Taner Yildiz, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Turkey, Şaban Kardaş
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, April 19, 2013
Saban Kardas *
Energy issues are leaving an imprint on Turkey’s foreign policy agenda in surrounding regions. Energy Minister Taner Yildiz has been handling a heavy portfolio filled with projects that are by no means related to energy alone. (en savoir plus…)
Turkey’s Kurdish Gamble avril 16, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Moyen Orient, Turquie, Turquie-UE.Tags: energy, EU, Iraq, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kurdish regional government, Middle East, Nathalie Tocci, Syria, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 13/10, April 2013, 8 p.
by Nathalie Tocci *
Turkish policies are currently bolstering the Kurdish Regional Government’s drift towards independence, a prospect thought unthinkable in Ankara only a few years ago. (en savoir plus…)
To Cash In on Gas, Cyprus May Need to Sell to Turkey mars 28, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Moyen Orient, Turquie, UE.Tags: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, energy, EU, gas, Israël, Middle East, Turkey
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The New York Times (USA) March 28, 2013, p. B4
By James Kanter, Brussels
With its economy in tatters, Cyprus urgently needs to tap its natural gas deposits. But opening the spigot will force the easternmost member of the European Union to make the tough choices it has long been loath to confront. (en savoir plus…)
Israel, Turkey Explore Energy Links mars 27, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Eastern Mediterranean, energy, Israël, Turkey
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The Wall Street Journal (USA) March 27, 2013, p. A12
By Joshua Mitnick, Tel Aviv
Israel’s apology to Turkey over a deadly 2010 raid will boost cooperation over Syria’s civil war, but it also has a compelling economic incentive: the possible export of billions of dollars of Israeli natural gas to Turkey and beyond, say analysts and officials. (en savoir plus…)
What Is So Special About Russian–Turkish Economic Relations mars 25, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economie, Energie, Europe du Sud-Est, Russie, Turquie.Tags: bilateral relations, Bulgaria, economy, energy, foreign policy, gas pipeline, Nabucco, Natalia Ulchenko, Romania, Russia, Russian Analytical Digest, South Stream, Turkey
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Russian Analytical Digest (RAD), No.125, 25 March 2013, pages 5-10
Russia’s Relations with Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania
By Natalia Ulchenko *, Moscow
This article analyses contemporary Russian–Turkish economic relations. It considers the problems that the two sides are faced with, in spite of their steadily increasing bilateral trade volume and investment flows (en savoir plus…)
Turkey dares to dream again of greater sway in oil-rich lands mars 20, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: energy, Iraq, Kurds, oil, PKK, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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Financial Times (UK) Wednesday, March 20, 2013, p. 2
By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul
President Lyndon Baines Johnson used to say he had one great skill: an understanding of power, "where to look for it and how to use it". As events this week are likely to demonstrate, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, believes he has the same gift. (en savoir plus…)
Iraq, 10 years on: The US won the war, Iran won the peace and Turkey won the contracts mars 13, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economie, Energie, Etats-Unis, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: energy, Iraq, Iraq war, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds, Turkey, USA
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Financial Times (UK) Wednesday, March 13, 2013, p.1
By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul and Funja Guler in Ankara
A new candidate has emerged as the true victor of the Iraq war. A decade after Turkey infuriated Washington by blocking the deployment of US troops through its territory for the 2003 invasion, its businessmen are proving the champions in the battle for the Iraqi market. (en savoir plus…)
Davutoglu optimistic about future of bilateral relations with Greece mars 12, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Europe du Sud-Est, Istanbul, Religion, Turquie.Tags: Aegean Sea, Ahmet Davutoglu, bilateral relations, Cyprus, energy, foreign policy, Greece, interview, minority, Turkey
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Ekathimerini.com (Greece) Tuesday March 12, 2013
By Tom Ellis
Although accepting international law as the ‘backbone’ of any bid to tackle outstanding issues between Greece and Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stops short of endorsing the International Law of the Sea as a basis for a solution, opting instead for bilateral talks. (en savoir plus…)
Muddy Water: Greece, Turkey Spar Over Sea mars 8, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Europe du Sud-Est, Turquie, Turquie-UE.Tags: Aegean Sea, energy, Greece, Mediterranean, Turkey
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) March 8, 2013, p. 1
By Alkman Granitsas and Stelios Bouras, Athens
Greece has renewed its territorial claims over a broad swath of disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean where the indebted country hopes to find vast oil and gas deposits— a plan that risks sparking a confrontation with Turkey. (en savoir plus…)
Turkey can be game-maker in Iraq’s north, eastern Med février 26, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Etats-Unis, Moyen Orient, Russie, Turquie.Tags: China, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, energy, Iraq, Mehmet Ögütçü, Russia, USA
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Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey) February 25, 2013, p. 6
Barçın Yinanç
Iraq’s north and the eastern Mediterranean are the two regions where Turkey can be a game-changer in the world’s energy outlook, a prominent expert says. ‘Turkey can contribute to the rewriting of the rules of the game,’ says Mehmet Ögütçü, noting that it will otherwise be playing a game written by others (en savoir plus…)
