Gazprom’s Recent Gas Pains
October 8th, 2011
Via Robert Amsterdam, an interesting article on Gazprom’s travails as of late: Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has had a rather hard time of it recently, with a series of raids on their European offices. The company cannot have been too happy with Turkey’s decision, announced on Monday, that it would not be renewing a 25-year […]
Read more »Economic Outlook: Asia Pacific (October 2011)
October 8th, 2011
Via Emerging Markets Insights, an updated look at economic growth in Southeast Asia: Most Asian countries continue to exhibit strong growth despite the recent turmoil in global markets. However, if there is a full-blown recession in the developed world, some markets will weather the storm better than others. In particular, domestically-oriented countries like India and […]
Read more »The Not-So-Great Game: Afghanistan and China
October 4th, 2011
Via Foreign Policy, a very interesting article on the Pentagon’s recent handling of Afghanistan’s natural resources. As the article notes: In about a week, the Afghan Ministry of Mines will announce that the China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) — the largest state-owned Chinese company — has won the rights to develop and explore several oil […]
Read more »Dragon On The Savannah: China’s Closer Ties With South Africa
October 4th, 2011
Via The Financial Times, an interesting article on another raft of multi-billion dollar commercial deals between China and an African country. As the article notes: “…According to Reuters, China has agreed to $2.5bn in investment projects with South Africa. While details of the investments are sketchy, the move is the latest illustration of China’s ambitions in the continent. […]
Read more »Could Russia pipe gas to Seoul via North Korea?
September 27th, 2011
Via The BBC, a report on the possibility of Russia piping gas to Seoul via North Korea. As the article notes: “…Looking at the map, it is a no-brainer. Less than 700km (435 miles) separate one of the world’s biggest energy producers and one of its neediest consumers. Russia sells natural gas; South Korea wants […]
Read more »Nigeria: Cooking (Without) Gas
September 27th, 2011
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on Nigeria’s growing middle class and the likely impact it will have on economic growth in that country: Nigeria may be a country plagued by corruption, violence and pockets of deep poverty but it’s also home to the largest middle class in Africa. And that middle class, […]
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