Drilling Down On the Iran – Pakistan Pipeline
April 5th, 2012
Via Foreign Policy, a report on the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project: The controversial Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline has become an increasingly problematic issue in the vacillating U.S-Pakistan relationship. The United States has strongly condemned the project, but such rhetoric seems only to have made Pakistan more determined to continue with it. An energy agreement between […]
Read more »YPF: Is The End Near?
April 5th, 2012
Via The Financial Times, a look at how Argentina’s turmoil is affecting its largest oil company, YPF: As chess players know, the queen is the most powerful piece, able to advance a number of steps in several directions at any time. It looks like Cristina Fernández, Argentina’s president has been honing her chess skills as […]
Read more »Colombia-Venezuela: Teaming up In Oil
March 31st, 2012
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on recent initiatives between Colombia and Venezuela to team up in the oil sector: “Zero,” said Hugo Chávez firmly, when asked almost three years ago what the chances were of Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol having a hand in developing Venezuela’s oil-rich Orinoco Belt. That was back when […]
Read more »Vietnam And Myanmar: Growing Closer
March 29th, 2012
Via The Diplomat, a look at the relationship between Myanmar and Vietnam: Burma’s President Thein Sein arrived in Hanoi for an official visit on March 20, where he received a warm welcome from Vietnam’s leaders, including President Truong Tan Sang. Thetwo-day visit came at a time when the two countries have increasingly sought to enhance […]
Read more »Tajikistan Eyes Rail, Energy Links With Iran And Afghanistan
March 29th, 2012
Courtesy of Reuters, a report on Iran and Tajikistan plans to construct a railway line through Afghanistan and to improve energy and water supply links between the three countries. As the article notes: “…[Tajik President Imomali] Rakhmon signed a joint declaration with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Hamid Karzai on improving after talks […]
Read more »To The Chinese And Indians: The Spoils Of Afghanistan’s War?
March 25th, 2012
Via The Independent, an article on how countries that did not partake in the Afghan conflict are now well positioned to capitalize on various market opportunities: The money and blood pit that is Afghanistan – where the US and Britain have expended more than 2,100 lives and £302bn – is about to start paying a […]
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