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Category Archives: Russia
May 19, 2013
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US Shale Spreading Joy Across Pacific
The US shale boom, as Polemarchus might have said, is helping friends and harming enemies. Shale gas from America has become an important asset for Japan’s economic recovery; the country is an ally poor in natural resources and struggling with soaring fuel … Continue reading
May 17, 2013
ESSAY
How Not to Deal with the Russians
Secretary Kerry’s announcement of a peace conference on Syria only ten days ago has been met with a series of remarkable provocations from the Russians: First, they refused to halt the sale of a sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons system to Assad, … Continue reading
May 15, 2013
ESSAY
Russia Kicks More Dirt in Kerry’s Face
The story of the amateur-seeming American spy caught by Russian agents in Moscow continues to bewilder the media today. Why, for example, was the American “spy,” identified as Ryan C. Fogle, outfitted with a map, compass, two ill-fitting wigs, dark sunglasses, … Continue reading
May 13, 2013
ESSAY
Cameron Bullish on Syria, Russia
David Cameron is in Washington this week, and Syria is among the things he is most keen to talk about with President Obama. Cameron, who spoke at length with Vladimir Putin about the Syrian crisis this weekend in Sochi, walked … Continue reading
May 11, 2013
ESSAY
Is Russia Kicking Dirt in John Kerry’s Face?
Here’s an early sign of how successful the Obama administration’s plan to get Russia on board vis-à-vis Syria: Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, told the press today that Moscow will send air defense missiles to Syria after all. Moscow plans … Continue reading
May 10, 2013
ESSAY
Are Israel and Turkey Trying to Scuttle US-Russia Plan on Syria?
The dust is still settling after a hectic week in the Middle East, but it’s worth taking a look at an interesting chain of events. First, John Kerry traveled to Moscow and agreed with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to hold … Continue reading
May 8, 2013
ESSAY
Putin Shoots the Messenger
A lot of politicians around the world would probably enjoy doing this: if a pollster is reporting that your popularity is sinking, you sic the prosecutors onto the pollsters. That’s just what Russia’s Vladimir Putin has been doing. Brandishing a … Continue reading
May 6, 2013
ESSAY
Obama Likes the Sound of Natural Gas Exports
Over the weekend, President Obama acknowledged that the US would likely become a net exporter of natural gas by 2020. This is a remarkable admission; only five years ago, the government was predicting natural gas imports were set to quadruple. … Continue reading
May 3, 2013
ESSAY
Game of Thrones: Russia & Japan Make Nice Over Disputed Islands
Fact: Russia and Japan never formally signed a peace treaty ending World War II. The two countries still dispute the ownership of the Kuril islands, an archipelago north of Japan which Russia annexed after the war. Well, earlier this week, … Continue reading
May 1, 2013
ESSAY
US Shale Gas Boom Undermining Putin’s Gazprom
The Russian energy firm Gazprom is increasingly off its stride in Europe, its largest export market. Bulgaria has managed to negotiate a 20 percent price cut in its new ten-year contract with the gas giant, an unprecedented reversal of fortune … Continue reading
April 28, 2013
ESSAY
In Russia, It’s Just Like the Old Times
Russia is regressing to the good old Soviet days. Under Putin’s watch, Moscow continues to tighten the screws, often quite arbitrarily, on contacts between Russian NGOs and foreigners of any kind. Paranoia, meet Xenophobia. The Washington Post reports that a recent visit by … Continue reading
April 13, 2013
ESSAY
Russian Economy On The Ropes
Russia’s economy looks to be running down to a crawl. The FT noted yesterday that Andrei Klepach, the deputy economy minister, has slashed growth forecasts to 2.5%, down from the previously expected rate of 3.6%. Earlier in the year, Prime Minister Medvedev had … Continue reading
April 1, 2013
ESSAY
Shale Oil Steadies Russia’s Future
Guess who else has shale oil? The FT has the answer: Leonid Fedun, vice-president of Lukoil, said Russia, the world’s second-largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia, will be able to maintain crude output of 10m barrels a day for years to come as output … Continue reading
March 26, 2013
ESSAY
Pipelines and Dragons and Bears, Oh My!
Xi Jinping’s first foreign trip as China’s head of state was to Moscow, where he signed a number of energy agreements last Friday. We didn’t make much of it at the time. The two countries have a history of making … Continue reading
March 23, 2013
ESSAY
Will China and Russia’s New ‘Strategic Partnership’ Work?
Xi Jinping accomplished what he set out to do when he made Moscow his first destination abroad as China’s president: He got the press corps to run stories about how the two outsider powers are set to more explicitly cooperate … Continue reading
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