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des old energy megaproject that would connect russian gas and the trans siberian railroad to seoul via north korea as concerning as it may seem for washington reinvigorated ties between moscow and seoul may prove a strong bargaining chip for donald trump in his forthcoming talks with vladimir putin rumored to take place in vienna this july in historic russia china nuclear power cooperation u s loses big the record setting nuclear deal inked between china and russia earlier this month is the latest blow to america s declining influence in commercial nuclear power across the globe james grant presents the issues shifting the paradigm synthetic liquid fuels offer vehicle for monetizing wind and solar energy the steady decrease in the cost of wind and solar energy technologies in recent years has greatly intensified the market penetration of renewable energy the ongoing renewable energy discussion assumes almost by default that wind and solar energy is converted to electricity and supplied into the existing electricity grid to be delivered to the consumers this leaves aside nearly 80 of total energy demand that is currently satisfied by natural gas and petroleum fuels integration of wind and solar electricity generation with water electrolysis co2 capture and liquid hydrocarbon synthesis all developed commercial technologies would allow converting renewable wind and solar energy into liquid fuels compatible with existing infrastructure systems producing and accumulating renewable liquid fuel independent of the electrical grid can be located in remote areas where cheap and reliable wind or solar resources are available cost estimates of renewable fuel production suggest that the cost for renewable methanol produced from wind electricity can be in the range of market prices for methanol made from natural gas and coal maxim lyubovsky orise fellow at the fuel cell technologies office of the us department of energy explains keep opec out of wall street for the past several months two of the world s leading stock exchanges the new york stock exchange nyse and the london stock exchange lse have been competing over the listing of saudi aramco saudi arabia s national oil company in what would be the largest ipo in history with an estimated valuation of 2 trillion the five percent aramco will be offering the public are valued at 100 billion more than the combined value of the top five largest ipos ever floated in new york city with such a bonanza every crumb is a mountain of cash but from the broader public s perspective things look vastly different the aramco ipo is a test of the integrity of our financial system and under the current structure no democratic government which believes in free and open markets should expose its investors to such an offering gal luft explains report calls for proactive us response to china s belt road initiative china s multi trillion dollar belt and road initiative bri is the most ambitious and all encompassing economic development project in the history of humanity it aims to connect scores of asian countries in a web of roads high speed rail power lines ports pipelines fiber optic lines and other infrastructure with the goal of stimulating growth in the scores of developing countries in asia the middle east and europe as such it is poised to impact almost every region in which the united states has strategic interests yet washington has largely ignored the bri and in some cases it even took active measures to undermine it according to a new report by dr gal luft co director of the institute for the analysis of global security iags this course of action needs to be revisited by the new administration the sooner washington begins to engage with the bri the sooner it can begin to leave its mark on it to the benefit of the u s economy as well as that of two thirds of humanity luft wrote like it or not china is currently offering a meaningful remedy to global economic stagnation and as such beijing s program deserves serious consideration the iags report titled it takes a road china s one belt one road initiative an american response to the new silk road provides detailed analysis of the bri and its implications for u s foreign and economic policies the report analyzes several potential responses by the u s arguing that the best course of action for the trump administration would be a selective by in in which the u s will publicly embrace the overall bri vision of regional connectivity and energy security but will only actively participate in cherry picked projects that correspond with its geopolitical rationale while staying away from those bri elements that undermine its strategic interests such as projects that benefit russia and iran or stir acrimony in southeast asia more specifically the report offers ten concrete recommendations enabling the us to be an active participant in the effort to address asia s infrastructure deficit and slowing growth while protecting u s vital interests in the region it calls for the trump administration to adjust the government bureaucracy to be able to address a project of such magnitude to establish mechanism of coordination between the u s and china on matters related to bri to carve out a role for the u s in stimulating asia s development to strengthen u s coordination with eu china s infrastructure play writing about the united states mix of resistance and apathy toward china s ambitious infrastructure investments gal luft explains how washington should instead cautiously back the many aspects of the belt and road initiative that advance u s interests and oppose those that don t the united states does not have to choose between securing its global position and supporting economic growth in asia selectively backing the b r would help achieve both goals click for the full article united states and canada must jointly develop north american energy market with canada s complex and costly extraction and high transportation costs the enduring low oil prices have hit the country particularly hard furthermore possible alleviative measures such as pipeline and lng terminal expansion face not only domestic but also u s opposition transcanada s recent acquisition of the us based columbia pipeline group ltd however should allow it to export more easily to the u s and hopefully represents a step towards further cooperation between the u s and canada in the north american energy market opec s strategies in an expanding energy market according to the us energy information administration 35 percent of gross us oil imports in 2014 came from opec countries opec s role in supplying us oil consumption as well as the organization s history of taking collective action to manipulate the price and supply of oil make it a prime subject for study given opec s relevance to us energy security how can we begin to predict how opec may interact with the oil markets of the future as well as respond to shifting production and consumption trends within those markets this article studies past opec production strategies synthesizes a theory of opec production tendencies from past market interactions and then applies these derived principles of opec production strategies to the contemporary global market isis libya foothold threatens eu international attention has been focused on the military confrontation in syria and iraq where a western arab coalition and the russian led syria iran coalition are cutting down the infrastructure of isis the russian military operation is strengthening assad s overall position while bringing rebel forces and isis to the point of defeat meanwhile a new islamist extremist front has emerged north africa is on the brink of disaster while the west and russia have focused on syria after initial military successes in iraq it looks as if the world has forgotten to pay attention to the ongoing military build up of extremist forces in libya japan s nuclear trilemma japan fell into the following trilemma after the fukushima accident first without restarting nuclear reactors reprocessing lacks enough justification second without having the reprocessing plant in operation restarting nuclear reactors will only produce more spent fuel that does not have a final destination and third without having the mox fuel plant and reactors using mox fuel in operation reprocessing alone will add more plutonium to the existing stockpile that is already overwhelming technical difficulties that relate to every pillar of the trinity in the japanese national project bogs the central government down to a stalemate eunjung lim analyzes explains the backstory and charts a possible path forward india s energy supply security growing concerns the recently released world energy outlook weo 2015 hints that india is moving to the center stage of global energy system considering that the iea has devoted an entire section of the weo 2015 to india which carries a detailed assessment on india s current energy scenario the outlook for its future demand and supply and a discussion on the implications for india s energy development india s growing importance on the world energy scene is apparent commander kapil narula examines the implications saudi iranian crisis religion power and oil the explosion of diplomatic warfare between saudi arabia and iran caused by the execution of 47 prisoners by riyadh has come for some as a surprise but the writing has been on the wall for some years the current diplomatic row fueled by riyadh s decision to execute saudi shi ite sheikh nimr al nimr together with 46 others and the ransacking by iranian protesters of the saudi embassy in tehran is just a sign of the internal and external conflicts in both countries since the execution of the shi ite sheikh tension between saudi arabia and iran has reached the boiling point cyril widdershoven discusses polish coal at the turning point uneasy past challenging future poland remains the sole defender of coal in the eu arena and is often perceived as a potential obstacle on the way to a green energy europe a close examination of the polish energy industry clarifies the roots of this stance and the likelihood it will be maintained over a long time horizon azerbaijan after the iran deal at the crossroads of the east west and north south transportation corridors baku has succeeded in becoming the eurasian mecca for energy traders nowadays azerbaijan is the sole country in the region that extracts refines transports and negotiates its resources to the european market in this sense national resources have guaranteed not only economic growth and self sufficiency but also political independence how will the iran s deal affect azerbaijan and its oil and gas policy read on plan b for libya reuniting the libyan militias has been the west s only endgame for libya since the oil rich country slid into a civil war following the 2011 removal of muammar qaddafi by a select coalition of nato countries led by britain france and the united states but this outcome does not seem to be getting any closer indeed things have gotten much worse gal luft discusses an alternative russia the eu and the caspian pipeline gambit recent years have witnessed a grave deterioration in energy relations between russia and the european union eu the gas issue is an important one tied up in russia s ongoing attempts at recalibrating eurasian pipeline strategy and eu s own endeavors to open up new supply routes the caspian sea region has hence become the focal point of heated discussions in the face of heavy energy disagreements between russia and the eu while azerbaijan and turkmenistan are considered potentially vital partners for european energy consumers russia engages in greater assertive policies protecting its national interest in the region the continuing eu russian rivalry over alternative gas supply projects not only widens the gap between brussels and moscow but also affects energy strategies of the caspian countries trying to avoid becoming a battle ground between the two key actors elkhan nuriyev assesses risks challenges and prospects will eni s discovery in egypt sink israel s leviathan the discovery of the italian energy company eni of a giant gas field off the coast of egypt has transformed the east mediterranean energy play overnight the newly discovered field called zohr could hold a potential of 30 trillion cubic feet of gas the largest discovery in the region thirty percent larger than the israeli leviathan field which held the title until today zohr s entry into the scene is a true game changer it delivers a painful blow to both the israeli and cypriot economies and more specifically to the gas partners delek drilling and noble energy which until now have held the only discoveries in the region u s gas exports the pipe dream the fracking miracle that flooded the north american market with surplus natural gas also led to a spike in oil production and contributed to the fall in global oil prices since oil and gas prices are linked in asia and elsewhere the collapse in oil prices led to an even sharper decline in lng prices as a result american gas is no longer desired abroad certainly not in asia the fastest growing market for gas no matter how many export permits are granted the u s should therefore consider alternative uses for its gas china s one belt one road mega project will boost eurasian natural gas opportunities china is expanding its influence westward with the new silk road project which will prominently feature natural gas projects and maritime trading if completed the project will connect pacific to atlantic and be the largest infrastructure undertaking ever built this project has the possibility of creating millions of jobs providing security in central and south asia as well as giving a way for energy resources to flow to new consumers in developing regions securing indonesia s energy future indonesia is well endowed with natural resources but similar to other developing countries poor government policies have not utilized this wealth efficiently inefficient government energy policies and rising consumption coincided with indonesia s declining oil industry peter maslanka examines opportunities and challenges facing indonesia s energy sector and evaluates the policies that have been implemented to strengthen its energy sector also examined area the risks that exist to keeping these policies from being successful last provided are a number of policy prescriptions for indonesia to meet its growing energy needs turkey threatens the major prospects for eastern med gas supply with the development of the aphrodite offshore natural gas field and the potentially game changing east med pipeline the eastern mediterranean can and should play a vital role in ensuring european energy security turkey does not recognize cyprus as a sovereign country and is attempting to block cypriot oil and gas exploration claiming the share of turkish cypriots in any...