Eastern Mediterranean history: Coasts and coalitions 23 mai 2015
Posted by Acturca in Books / Livres, History / Histoire, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est.Tags: Albanian, Balkans, Book Review, Eastern Mediterranean, Noel Malcolm, Ottoman Empire
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The Economist (UK) no. 950
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Politics in the 16th-century Mediterranean and its relevance to the modern Balkans. (suite…)
Gas Discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean: Implications for Regional Maritime Security 11 mars 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Eric V. Thompson, Israël, Lebanon, policy brief, Sarah Vogler, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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Policy Brief (German Marshall Fund of the United States) March 2015
Foreign and Security Policy Program ~ Eastern Mediterranean Energy Project
by Sarah Vogler and Eric V. Thompson *
Offshore gas discoveries in the eastern Mediterranean could have a profound impact on the region’s energy, economic, and geopolitical future. (suite…)
Turkey’s Policy towards Egypt and Its Deepening Isolation in the East Mediterranean 7 mars 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, Pinar Elman, PISM, Polish Institute of International Affairs
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Bulletin PISM, no 25 (757), 3 March 2015
The Polish Institute of International Affairs
Pinar Elman *
In denouncing the current Egyptian government, Turkey has become further isolated in the regional arena, especially after Qatar started shifting its position on Egypt towards one more favourable. (suite…)
Turkey, Greece to Tackle Energy Dispute 4 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Greece
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Voice of America News (USA) Thursday, December 4, 2014
Dorian Jones, Istanbul
Turkey’s prime minister is set to visit Greece on Friday as tensions swell among regional neighbors over energy deposits in the Mediterranean Sea. (suite…)
If Rent-Seeking Stopped, Unemployment Will Double 28 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: AKP, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, foreign policy, Syria
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BBC Monitoring European (UK) November 26, 2014 Türkçe
Text of report by website of Turkish liberal daily newspaper Taraf on 24 November
Interview with Prof. Ersin Kalaycioglu by Tunca Ogreten. Prof. Ersin Kalaycioglu [of Political Sciences at Sabanci University] said that the government was behaving like a bully of the region in terms of its foreign policy and warned the government. (suite…)
The US and Turkey in Search of Regional Strategy: Towards Asymptomatic Trajectories 31 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Eastern Mediterranean, Ioannis Galariotis, Israël, Kostas Ifantis, regional security, Syria, UNISCI, US-Turkish relations
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UNISCI Discussion Papers, Nº 36, October 2014
UNISCI – Research Unit on International Security and Cooperation
Kostas Ifantis & Ioannis Galariotis *
Security relations with the US have been critical f or Turkey. Cold War strategic imperatives dictated typical bandwagoning policies, although disagreements and frictions were present at times. (suite…)
In the eastern Mediterranean, energy alone cannot improve security relationships 2 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient.Tags: Allison Good, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, Greece, Israël, Jordan
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Jerusalem Post (Israel) Thursday, October 2, 2014, p. 16
By Allison Good *
Recent developments indicate that a new Eastern Mediterranean framework including Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Egypt is forming. (suite…)
Energy in the Eastern Mediterranean: promise or peril? 18 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Atlantic Council, Cyprus, David Koranyi, Eastern Mediterranean, Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations, Greece, Israël, Lebanon, Sami Andoura
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Egmont Paper (EGMONT) No. 65, May 2014
Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations
By David Koranyi & Sami Andoura (Eds) *
The Egmont Institute and the Atlantic Council publish their Joint Report on « Energy in the Mediterranean: Promise or Peril ? », edited by Sami Andoura and David Koranyi. In order to address the different challenges and opportunities for energy cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and Levant (suite…)
Greece and the energy geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean 18 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, gas pipeline, geopolitics, Greece, Israël, LSE IDEAS, Theodoros Tsakiris
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LSE IDEAS – Strategic Updates, SU14.1., June 2014
London School of Economics and Political Science
Theodoros Tsakiris *
Energy cooperation that would alleviate EU gas dependence on Russian imports and (prospectively) Turkish transit could constitute such a core interest not only for Israel, Cyprus and Greece but for several leading EU member states with important interests in the Eastern Mediterranean, including Italy and more importantly France and Britain. (suite…)
Turkey and Mediterranean Gas: What does it mean for Europe and the world? 12 mars 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Aura Sabadus, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), gas, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, Israël, John Roberts, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
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EUCERS/ISD/KAS Workshop Report
10 March 2014, King’s College, London
In this year’s series of five roundtable discussions, organised by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) in London, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), and the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS),the overall theme will be « Changing Political and Economic Dynamics of Global Energy Flows ». (suite…)
Can New Energy Supplies Bring Peace? 11 mars 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Brenda Shaffer, conflicts, Cyprus, diplomacy, Eastern Mediterranean, Israël, natural gas, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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Policy Brief (German Marshall Fund of the United States) March 11, 2014
Mediterranean Policy Program ~ Eastern Mediterranean Energy Project
Brenda Shaffer *
The discovery of significant reserves of natural gas offshore Israel in 2009 and 2010 and rather smaller volumes of natural gas offshore Cyprus in 2011 has sparked interest in their potential to contribute to regional cooperation and peace. (suite…)
Gas offers opportunity for Cyprus, Turkey 23 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, gas, Hugh Pope, Israël
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The Daily Star (Lebanon) September 23, 2013, p. 7
By Hugh Pope *
Israel is quietly challenging Turkey and Cyprus to make a choice: Move together to develop Israel’s share of the East Mediterranean’s natural gas riches, or stay on the sidelines and perpetuate their decades-old stalemate over Cyprus. (suite…)
To Cash In on Gas, Cyprus May Need to Sell to Turkey 28 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.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. (suite…)
Israel, Turkey Explore Energy Links 27 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / 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. (suite…)
Cyprus: the Mouse That Roared 27 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Greece, Michael Clarke, Royal United Services Institute, RUSI, Turkey
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RUSI Analysis, 27 March 2013
By Professor Michael Clarke *
The eastern Mediterranean has been spring loaded for an international political crisis for many months now. Is the Cypriot Euro crisis the mouse that finally sets off the trap? (suite…)
The Turkey, Russia, Iran Nexus: Driving Forces and Strategies 20 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Andrew C. Kuchins, Bülent Aliriza, Caucasus, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Central Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Iran, Jon B. Alterman, Russia, Stephen Flanagan, Turkey
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Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) March 20, 2013
Abbreviated Edition
By Stephen Flanagan, Bulent Aliriza, Jon B. Alterman, Andrew C. Kuchins
This report presents the key findings of an 18-month CSIS project to assess the forces and interests shaping relations among Turkey, Russia, and Iran (suite…)
Turkey can be game-maker in Iraq’s north, eastern Med 26 février 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.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 (suite…)
Geopolitical Shifts in the Eastern Mediterranean 26 février 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Egmont, Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations, Greece, Israël, Mediterranean, Patrick Nopens, Russia, Turkey
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Security Policy Brief (EGMONT) No. 43, February 2013
Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations
Patrick Nopens *
Three major geopolitical events are putting the stability of the Eastern Mediterranean at risk. Most of the region is in a deep monetary and economic crisis. (suite…)
Israel-Cyprus Deal on Gas as Lebanon Refuses Negotiation: Energy 18 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, gas, Israël, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Bloomberg (USA) April 19, 2012
By Eduard Gismatullin, London
Israel’s biggest gas discovery, potentially turning the fuel importer into an exporter, is prompting a race by nations from Lebanon to Turkey to tap similar deposits in disputed waters of the East Mediterranean. (suite…)
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