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THE IMPLICATIONS OF TANAP AND TURKISH STREAM ON THE EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY AFTER THE RECENT UKRAINE CRISIS
Abstract: For any state, whether they are developed or developing, ensuring energy security for the sustainability of their systems is very critical issue. European states cannot be independently considered from this phenomenon as they have
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RESURRECTION OF NABUCCO PIPELINE: REAL OR MYTH?
The energy history of East-West energy corridor has not started with Nabucco, but Nabucco was considered a crown-jewel of the Southern Gas Corridor. Nabucco Consortium was established with Ankara Agreement in 2009 by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria,
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TANAP MI, TÜRK AKIMI MI?
“Enerji terminali olabilme” hedefini dış politikasının en önemli açılım noktalarından biri olarak gören Türkiye için, bu anlamda en fazla üzerinde durulan hususlardan biri de; Azerbaycan ile olan stratejik ortaklığı bir üst basamağa taşıması beklenen
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GAS POLICY OF GREECE UNDER NEW GOVERNMENT: RUSSIA, TURKISH STREAM AND DIVERSIFICATION
Russia and Turkish Stream After the collapse of the USSR, Russia’s new political elite of early 1990s emerged with its liberal orientation, Euro-Atlantic integration aspirations and opposition to supporting anti-western governments. Whereas, Russia after
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WILL THE LNG SAVE THE EUROPE?
As winter comes, the EU concerns about stability of gas supply amidst the Ukrainian crisis. That pushed EU to seek reliable sources to secure domestic gas supply. It is believed that LNG may protect
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A FAREWELL TO SOUTH STREAM: A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR RUSSIA AND TURKEY OR A ZERO-SUM GAME FOR RUSSIA AND EU?
Prior to evaluate how the cancellation of South Stream Natural Gas Pipeline Project will affect the European energy security, the process of South Stream Project should be put forward in order to better understand
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IRAQI GAS IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT GEOPOLITICAL TURBULENCES
Arab Spring, Libyan crisis, Syrian conflict, hostage crisis on Algerian gas field, etc. overall situation in the Middle East were an example that how political situation the neighboring countries may affect energy map of
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HISTORIC EVENT: GROUNDBREAKING OF SECOND LARGE PROJECT OF GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE
For the second time in the last twenty years Azerbaijan has realized the second international project in the field of energy. Groundbreaking ceremony of the Southern Gas Corridor was held. President of Azerbaijan Ilham
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İSRAİL’LE YENİ DÖNEM…
Kendi deyimleriyle “muhafazakar demokrat”, dünyaya göre İslamcı ya da Ilımlı İslamcı olan siyasal iktidar, İsrail’le ilişkilerin normalleşeceği sinyallerini ne zamandan beri veriyor. İsrail’le ilişkilerde normalleşme arayışında, aslında belli bir zamandan beri “gizli bir diplomasi” yürütülüyordu.
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KIBRIS’TA ENERJİ SİYASETİ
11 Şubat 2014’te Kıbrıs’ta Türk ve Rum liderler, BM Güvenlik Konseyi’nin de onayladığı “ortak metin” aracılığıyla Kıbrıs’ta müzakerelerin “yeniden” başlayacağını dünya kamuoyuna ilan ettiler. 29 Mart 2012’den 22 ay sonra bir araya gelen liderler,
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