energy

As far as I can see, the dominant word on the energy and environment front as 2020 draws to a close is “uncertainty”. The term will likely remain dominant throughout 2021 as well. This uncertainty concerns a variety of different factors and…

Turkey’s relationship with the UN-backed Libyan government continues to worry the West, all the more so as the prospects for peace in the North African country seem to grow brighter. Libya’s two main warring factions, the Government of…

Oil and gas have played a key role in international geopolitics since 1912. The same year, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty of the Royal Navy, decided to convert the fleet from coal to oil to keep pace with the faster German…

The Eastern Mediterranean has become a major hotspot for the natural gas industry and geopolitical competition driven by several offshore discoveries in the last decade. These discoveries have attracted increasing interest among several…

Tensions are running high in the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey disputes Greek and Cypriot maritime boundaries, and argues that Cyprus has no right to exploit its natural gas resources until it reaches a deal to share them with Turkish…