by Tomáš Vlček and Martin Jirušek
Contrary to the popular view in many European capitals, suppliers of nuclear energy cannot use it as a political tool in the same way as natural…
by Sven Biscop
‘The Germans never make a small mistake, because they are cautioned against all small mistakes in their manuals, without reference to which they seldom do anything whatever. But they can always be relied…
by Sijbren de Jong , Karlijn Jans , Willem Oosterveld
With its recent intervention in Syria, many claim that Russia scored yet another geopolitical coup. With the war in Ukraine stalling and Crimea firmly in…
by Silvia Brugger
The European Commission recently released its vision for the global climate change agreement, which is due to be adopted in Paris in December. It is worth noting that the EU is the first…
by Robert Heslop
Martin Schulz has proposed that the European Parliament and the position of President of the European Parliament be given more powers within the EU polity. If this is achieved Schulz hopes that…
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by Pepe Escobar
So what is the Obama administration really up to in Iran? What sort of strategic calculations have led to…
by Annika Hedberg
In September 2015, Gazprom and major European energy companies (Germany's E.ON and BASF/Wintershall, Austria's OMV, France’s ENGIE and Royal Dutch Shell) signed an agreement to double the Nord Stream gas pipeline’s capacity by…
by Ben McPherson
With the United States adding one of Gazprom's biggest gas fields to its Russian sanctions blacklist, the Russian gas giant’s woes have been aggravated. The future of its numerous global pipeline projects could…
by Marco Giuli
In July 2015 the European Commission, together with the High Representative (HRVP), presented the EU Energy Diplomacy Action Plan. This will be an integral part of the EU’s efforts to build…
by Marc Pierini
Only a few weeks ago, the al-Assad regime seemed in danger of losing the swath of land from Latakia to Damascus to the assaults of the Islamic State of Iraq and the…