Can South-Eastern Mediterranean Gas be a Supply for the EU? 26 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cyprus, Elif Burcu Günaydin, IAI Working Papers, Israël, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Mediterranean, natural gas, South-Eastern Mediterranean
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali)14|17, November 2014, 26 p.
by Elif Burcu Günaydın *
South-Eastern Mediterranean gas fields are still under exploration and development. Meanwhile, the question of which route or routes such gas would take into the global markets remains unanswered. (suite…)
A Turkish Perspective on Security Issues in the Mediterranean 10 avril 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: conflicts, Cyprus, GPoT Center, Greece, Mediterranean, Middle East, Turkey, Şadi Ergüvenç
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GPoT Policy Brief (GPoT Center) No. 36, April 2013, 8 p.
by Şadi Ergüvenç *
The Mediterranean is where the atmosphere of mutual distrust, fear and polarization prevail. Arab-Israeli dispute and Turkish-Greek differences over the Aegean and Cyprus impede efforts for developing mutual confidence and co-operation. (suite…)
Muddy Water: Greece, Turkey Spar Over Sea 8 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / 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. (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…)
The Mediterranean Region in a Multipolar World: Evolving Relations with Russia, China, India, and Brazil 19 février 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arlene Clemesha, Brazil, BRIC, China, Daniela Huber, India, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Li Guofu, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Paper Series, Mediterranean Policy Program, MENA, Middle East, P.R. Kumaraswamy, Russia, Vladimir Bakhtin
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Mediterranean Paper Series (German Marshall Fund of the United States) Feb. 2013
Vladimir Bakhtin, Arlene Clemesha, Li Guofu, Daniela Huber, P.R. Kumaraswamy
With the United State’s unipolar moment waning, the global power structure is changing. Nowhere is this felt more acutely than in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). (suite…)
The EU, Turkey, and the Arab Spring: Challenges and Opportunities for Regional Integration 6 novembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Arab Spring, EU, Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, foreign policy, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kemal Kirişci, Mediterranean, Syria, Turkey, Union for the Mediterranean, uropean Neighborhood Policy
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GTE Working Paper (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 1, 6 Nov 2012, 11 p.
by Kemal Kirişci *
Regional integration has long been seen as an effective tool for encouraging regional peace, stability, and prosperity, with the added expectation that economic growth may also facilitate transition to democracy. (suite…)
The Arab Spring and Regional Integration: Can the EU and Turkey Cooperate? 11 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Arab Spring, EU, European Neighborhood Policy, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kemal Kirişci, Mediterranean, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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Op-Med – Opinions on the Mediterranean, October 2012, 3 p.
German Marshall Fund of the United States – Istituto Affari Internazionali
Kemal Kirişci *
Regional integration has long been seen as an effective tool for encouraging regional peace, stability, and prosperity, with the added expectation that economic growth may also facilitate transition to democracy. (suite…)
For Rescue Line, Cyprus Prefers a Russian Loan 19 juin 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cyprus, EU, Mediterranean, Russia, Turkey
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The New York Times (USA) Tuesday, June 19, 2012, p. A 9
By Dan Bilefsky, Limassol (Cyprus)
Caviar and pelmeni line the supermarket shelves in this picturesque seaside Cypriot city, so pervasively Russian that it has been dubbed « Limassolgrad. » (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…)
A Trilateral EU-US-Turkey Strategy for the Neighbourhood: The Urgency of Now 31 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Arab Spring, European Neighbourhood Policy, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Mediterranean, Middle East, Nathalie Tocci, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU, working paper
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 12/8, March 2012, 24 p.
Nathalie Tocci *
Turkey, the European Union and the United States have always shared the same vision for the European neighbourhood. During the Cold War and its immediate aftermath, this shared vision neither necessarily meant agreement on policy means, nor did it call for joint action. (suite…)
Moscow’s new naval partner? 21 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est.Tags: economy, Greece, Ian Bremmer, Mediterranean, Middle East, naval base, Russia, Russia / Russie, Syria
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Financial Times (UK) Wednesday, March 21, 2012
By Ian Bremmer *
Why is Russia so adamant in defence of Bashar al-Assad? Much to the consternation of US and European officials, Moscow has blocked efforts within the UN Security Council to further isolate the Syrian regime. (suite…)
Cleaning up the Bosphorus 6 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Black Sea, Bosphorus, Canal Istanbul, environment, Istanbul, Mediterranean, pollution, Sea of Marmara, sea transport, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkish straits
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BBC (UK) 6 March 2012
The BBC’s correspondent Jonathan Head reports.
Istanbul is one of the world’s oldest cities, and with 15m inhabitants one of the most crowded. That has put immense environmental pressure on the Bosphorus, the narrow strait that divides the city and connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. (suite…)
Stepping on the gas towards a Cyprus partition 25 septembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Cyprus, gas, Huge Pope, Mediterranean, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Sunday’s Zaman (Turkey) 25 September 2011, Sunday
by Huge Pope
Despite eastern Mediterranean states’ new readiness to talk and act tough, navies of the region are unlikely to clash any time soon over oil platforms, aid flotillas, maritime boundaries or exclusive economic zones. (suite…)
The European Neighbourhood Policy and the Southern Mediterranean / Michele Comelli, Atila Eralp, Çiğdem Üstün (eds) 31 mars 2010
Posted by Acturca in Academic / Académique, Books / Livres, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Algeria, Atila Eralp, Çiğdem Üstün, Egypt, EU / UE, EU Neighbourhood Policy, Israël, Mediterranean, Meliha Benli Altunışık, Michele Comelli, Turkey-EU, Union for the Mediterranean
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The International Spectator (Italy), Vol. 45, No. 1, March 2010
Silvia Colombo
The European Neighbourhood Policy and the Southern Mediterranean / Michele Comelli, Atila Eralp, Çiğdem Üstün (eds). – Ankara : Middle East Technical University Press, 2009. – xiv, 181 p. – ISBN 978-9944-344-79-1 (suite…)
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