Egypt’s Gas Pains
February 21st, 2014
Via Foreign Policy, an article on why energy – not terrorism – could be Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s undoing: Egypt faces plenty of threats, from a growing insurgency in the Sinai to a [...]
Bolivia’s Economy Rises From Instability
February 18th, 2014 Via the New York Times, an interesting look at Bolivia: A large market in El Alto, a working-class city in Bolivia. From colorful mansions to a proliferation of bakeries, there are signs that many [...]
February 18th, 2014 Via the New York Times, an interesting look at Bolivia: A large market in El Alto, a working-class city in Bolivia. From colorful mansions to a proliferation of bakeries, there are signs that many [...]
China Pursues New Central Asian Gas Route
February 16th, 2014 Via Eurasia Review, a report on China’s plans for a new Central Asian gas route: China appears to be buying an expensive insurance policy for natural gas imports from Central Asia with its [...]
February 16th, 2014 Via Eurasia Review, a report on China’s plans for a new Central Asian gas route: China appears to be buying an expensive insurance policy for natural gas imports from Central Asia with its [...]
Kazakhstan: Connecting East And West
February 14th, 2014 Courtesy of Ozy, a detailed look at Kazakhstan: It doesn’t take more than a few minutes in Astana — Kazakhstan’s futuristic new capital — to make you forget what little you may have assumed [...]
February 14th, 2014 Courtesy of Ozy, a detailed look at Kazakhstan: It doesn’t take more than a few minutes in Astana — Kazakhstan’s futuristic new capital — to make you forget what little you may have assumed [...]
Investing In A Country That Doesn’t Exist: Somaliland’s Hard Sell
February 10th, 2014 Via the Daily Maverick, an interesting article on investment in Somalialand, the self-declared republic which is desperate for someone to find vast mineral reserves under its soil: At the recently [...]
February 10th, 2014 Via the Daily Maverick, an interesting article on investment in Somalialand, the self-declared republic which is desperate for someone to find vast mineral reserves under its soil: At the recently [...]
The Great Venezuelan Oil Bust
February 10th, 2014 Via the Globe and Mail, an interesting look at Venezuela’s petroleum industry: When Venezuelan oil minister Rafael Ramirez recently announced an ambitious new target of six million barrels per [...]
February 10th, 2014 Via the Globe and Mail, an interesting look at Venezuela’s petroleum industry: When Venezuelan oil minister Rafael Ramirez recently announced an ambitious new target of six million barrels per [...]