Gazprom’s Big Score

The mammoth Russia state gas firm Gazprom signed an agreement last week in Israel that not only solidly improves its commercial liquefied natural gas (LNG) strategy, but also looks set to shift the geopolitical balance in the strategic Mediterranean region in the company's favor. Under the agreement, Gazprom would have exclusive rights to market about 3 million tons of LNG annually for the next 20 years, equal to about 84 billion cubic meters in total, from the Tamar field. This will be ...

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Intervention in Mali but not Syria

We cannot blame those who are amazed at France’s decision to intervene militarily in Mali after nine months of Islamist militants controlling parts of the country, whilst for the past two years the entire world has turned a blind eye to al-Assad’s terrorism which has killed around 50,000 Syrians so far, not to mention the dire humanitarian situation faced by the rest of the country’s citizens. According to its President, Francois Hollande: “France, at the request of the President of ...

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