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TRANS-BLACK SEA PIPELINE CAN BRING CASPIAN GAS TO EUROPE

A New York-based consortium of several independent parties is completing the pre-feasibility study for a Georgia-Ukraine-European Union (GUEU) gas pipeline project. Led by the London-based Pipeline Systems Engineering (PSE) and the New-York-based Radon-Ishizumi consulting and engineering firms, the project envisages bringing Caspian gas to EU... MORE

THE POLONIUM TRAIL LEADS TO MOSCOW

Officials investigating the lethal poisoning of former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officer Alexander Litvinenko in London have widened their inquiry to Moscow. U.K. Home Secretary John Reid told reporters, "British police will be going to Russia to continue their inquiries," and he vowed that... MORE

OSCE: END OF YEAR BRINGS END OF ROAD AS SECURITY ACTOR

The OSCE’s year-end conference, which opened on December 4 in Brussels, foundered again as it has every year since 2001 on the main unresolved European security problem: Russian forces in Georgia and Moldova and the related status of the treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe... MORE

RUSSIA SEES SCO AS POTENTIAL ENERGY CARTEL

Facing mounting Western accusations of aggressive behavior in the energy sector, Moscow is turning eastward in search of more friendly energy partners. One potential source is the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Alexander Lukin, director of the Center of East Asian and SCO Studies of the... MORE

The Evolution of the PKK: New Faces, New Challenges

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was founded in 1974 to mobilize Turkish Kurds to fight for independence from Turkey. During the 1980s and 1990s, the PKK fought a guerrilla campaign against Turkey that claimed over 30,000 lives on both sides. After calling off a five-year-old... MORE

LUGAR URGES ACTIVE ROLE FOR NATO IN ENERGY SECURITY POLICY

In a keynote speech during NATO's summit in Riga, Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for updating NATO's basic role to include protection of allied countries' energy security. Addressing a summit event sponsored by the German Marshall Fund... MORE

MOSCOW OFFERS ANKARA EXPANDED COOPERATION IN ENERGY SPHERE

As both Russia and Turkey are increasingly dissatisfied with the nature of their relations with the West, the two Eurasian countries appear intent to further develop their bilateral cooperation. Continuing to build energy ties seems to be the surest way to enhance Moscow and Ankara’s... MORE