The Future of Petronas: Pemex or Petrobras?
June 13th, 2008
As reported by Stratfor (subscription required), Malaysia’s energy giant Petronas could go broke within a decade if the government takes all of its profits under a new tax scheme, the [...]
Private Equity Funds Turn Toward Cambodia
June 10th, 2008 Via The Wall Street Journal, an interesting look at how, as Vietnam’s overheated economy teeters on the brink of crisis, its neighbor Cambodia is being labeled the next frontier market for [...]
June 10th, 2008 Via The Wall Street Journal, an interesting look at how, as Vietnam’s overheated economy teeters on the brink of crisis, its neighbor Cambodia is being labeled the next frontier market for [...]
Resource Nationalism and The New Seven Sisters
June 8th, 2008 A very interesting Reuters article on how resource nationalism — countries nationalizing and controlling their domestic oil industries — is changing the way global oil markets respond to [...]
June 8th, 2008 A very interesting Reuters article on how resource nationalism — countries nationalizing and controlling their domestic oil industries — is changing the way global oil markets respond to [...]
Iran’s Oil: Bounty & Curse
June 8th, 2008 Via AFP, an interesting brief examination of a century of oil in Iran, with a particular focus on how subsidies & mismanagement is preventing the country from realizing the potential of either [...]
June 8th, 2008 Via AFP, an interesting brief examination of a century of oil in Iran, with a particular focus on how subsidies & mismanagement is preventing the country from realizing the potential of either [...]
A Knot of Pipeline Projects/Proposals: The Caspian Conundrum
June 6th, 2008 Via Radio Free Europe, an insightful look at the multitude of Caspian pipeline projects that leaders of the Caspian Sea littoral states — Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran [...]
June 6th, 2008 Via Radio Free Europe, an insightful look at the multitude of Caspian pipeline projects that leaders of the Caspian Sea littoral states — Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran [...]
India and Central Asia
June 3rd, 2008 As recently presented by the Foreign Policy Association, India has recently increased its diplomatic and strategic movements in Central Asia. Given that we examined China’s interest in Central [...]
June 3rd, 2008 As recently presented by the Foreign Policy Association, India has recently increased its diplomatic and strategic movements in Central Asia. Given that we examined China’s interest in Central [...]