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Geopolitics / International

Global Energy Advisory – 20th March 2015

Mar 20, 2015 at 14:36 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Iraqi forces (backed by Shi’ite militias) have retaken most of the towns and the area surrounding Tikrit, in central Iraq, but…

Global Energy Advisory – 13th March 2015

Mar 13, 2015 at 17:09 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictYemen’s oil-rich Marib province is the likely next target for takeover by Houthi militants…

Global Energy Advisory – 6th March 2015

Mar 06, 2015 at 13:53 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Anxious Times For Kurdistan Producers It’s not an easy time to be a producer in Iraqi Kurdistan, where there is much promise,…

Global Energy Advisory – 27th February 2015

Feb 27, 2015 at 13:31 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Al-Shabaab Reaches for Stature The Somali militant group Al-Shabaab—pushed back in Somalia largely by African Union (AU) forces and forced to regroup—has…

Global Energy Advisory – 20th February 2015

Feb 20, 2015 at 13:55 | Editorial Dept

International Oil & Gas Spotlight • After making massive finds offshore Israel, in the Levant Basin, Texas-based Noble Energy and its Israeli partner, Delek Group, are…

Global Energy Advisory – 13th February 2015

Feb 16, 2015 at 12:12 | Editorial Dept

Deals, Mergers, Acquisitions, Withdrawals • China’s Yantai Xinchao Industry Co Ltd is reportedly in talks to acquire Zhejiang investment firm, which has plans to acquire oil…

Strategic Thinking: How To Think About The Future

Feb 09, 2015 at 16:10 | Gregory R. Copley

Long-range planning — or at least a superficial view of it — is back in vogue, but modern societies are paying the price for their inattention…

Global Energy Advisory – 6th February 2015

Feb 08, 2015 at 18:12 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Somalia in 2015 Major joint offensives launched through the past year by the Somali National Army (SNA) athe African Union Mission in…

Global Energy Advisory – 30th January 2015

Jan 30, 2015 at 16:21 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Focus: Saudi Arabia What has happened in Saudi Arabia with the passing of King Abdullah should be viewed as no less than…

Global Energy Advisory – 22nd January 2015

Jan 23, 2015 at 16:32 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictYemen Shi’ite Houthi rebels in Yemen have taken over the presidential palace in the capital Sana’a after negotiations over a power-sharing deal with the government…

The 8 Major Geopolitical Catalysts Of 2015

Jan 22, 2015 at 16:48 | Defense and Foreign Affairs

Uncertainty about the immediate future seems to permeate most societies around the world. Few look far beyond the immediate. But what is now being put in place with the current…

The Paris Jihad, Ready or Not, Has Begun, and Will Widen

Jan 09, 2015 at 12:39 | Defense and Foreign Affairs

“The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam.”— Barack Hussein Obama (address to the United Nations General Assembly, September 2012) The jihadist murders at…

Five Geopolitical Predictions for 2015

Jan 02, 2015 at 16:09 | Global Risk Insights

One year ago today, the world mulled over the global ramifications of Turkish anti-government protests, Chinese escalation in the East China Sea, and…

Global Energy Advisory - 19th December 2014

Dec 19, 2014 at 13:47 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The Sudans: Where Oil Fits in A year ago this week, South Sudan became embroiled in a civil war that has so far killed tens of…

China’s Pivot Toward Europe May Cut USA Out Of Deal

Dec 17, 2014 at 13:40 | Tom Dispatch

November 18, 2014: it’s a day that should live forever in history. On that day, in the city of Yiwu in China’s Zhejiang province, 300 kilometers south of Shanghai, the…

The Russian Empire - Is Kazakhstan Next?

Dec 17, 2014 at 12:52 | The Jamestown Foundation

Astana’s language and nationality policies have put Kazakhstan at risk of becoming a second Ukraine in 2015, according to Ilya Namovir, a Russian linguist who edits the “Russians in Kazakhstan”…

Global Energy Advisory – 21st November 2014

Nov 20, 2014 at 16:43 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics and Conflict Under fire from the Islamic State (IS), Baghdad has cut a deal with the Iraqi Kurds, ending a long-running and intensifying dispute over unilateral Kurdish oil…

Global Energy Advisory – 7th November 2014

Nov 07, 2014 at 10:50 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict We are closely monitoring oil developments in Somaliland, which threaten to cause instability in northern Somalia. Somaliland’s separatist administration is proposing an Oil Protection Unit (OPU),…

Global Energy Advisory – 24th October 2014

Oct 24, 2014 at 10:23 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictYemen Chaos on All FrontsYemen is by far our biggest oil and gas red flag this year, and the past month has seen…

Global Energy Advisory – 17th October 2014

Oct 17, 2014 at 08:58 | Editorial Dept

Geopolitical HighlightsKurdish CrudeBaghdad has banned three foreign oil tankers from entering Iraqi ports. United Carrier, United Dynamic and Nautilus—all of which have transported Kurdish crude and…

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