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Geostrategy Channel: Latest Posts
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Geostrategy
New Wyoming Lithium Deposit Could Meet All U.S. Demand
The U.S. currently imports more than 80% of the lithium it uses, with the silvery metal winding up in batteries from cell phones to electric cars. According to a United States Geological Survey publication on lithium, “The only commercially active lithium mine in the United States was a brine operation in Nevada. The mine’s production capacity [...]
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Emerging Markets
Growing After the Crisis: Boosting Productivity in Developing Countries
Spring in DC draws more than just tourists. Last week, government officials, policy makers, civil society representatives and other thought leaders converged to take stock of the global economy during the IMF-World Bank spring meetings. The tone in the hallways was optimistic, but cautious. Growth in advanced economies still remains tepid, weighed down by lingering [...]
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Geostrategy
A Multipolar Front Against Terrorism: Toward Multipolar Counter-Terrorism
The concern over terrorism is the least common denominator among advanced and emerging economies. Unipolar responses are no longer effective, as evidenced by the Boston marathon bombings. Therefore, multipolar counter-terrorist cooperation is essential to peaceful global order. On Monday, April 15, 2013, the crowded finish line of the Boston Marathon turned into a nightmare as [...]
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Geostrategy
Saudi Arabia’s Shale Gas Hopes Dashed Due to Lack of Water
Much of Saudi Arabia’s conventional natural gas is produced as a by-product of the crude oil extraction. Nearly all is then re-injected back into the well in order to maintain the reservoir pressure. What little may remain is allocated to industrial projects such as petrochemical expansion. The result of all of this is that there [...]
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Geostrategy
Michael T. Klare: Entering a Resource-Shock World: How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion
By Michael T. Klare, professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College and the author of The Race for What’s Left. Brace yourself. You may not be able to tell yet, but according to global experts and the U.S. intelligence community, the earth is already shifting under you. Whether you know it or not, [...]
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Geostrategy
This Week in Energy: Clean Energy Investment Woes
Clean energy investment woes; talk of the end days of fossil fuel subsidies; the death knell for Europe’s carbon market; a new (hydrocarbons) theory on the Syria end game; and a few teasers from this week’s premium newsletter …. The first quarter of 2013 has been a rather depressing one for clean energy and climate [...]
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The Kapali Carsi
Open Letter to Ilham Aliyev
For a change, I am not writing about Turkey. I have an open letter to Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan: “Your Excellency; I visited Azerbaijan for the first time last week to participate in a conference. The presentations were great, and I learned a lot about the Azeri economy. But I was most impressed that [...]
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Geostrategy
Syria: When is Enough, Enough? When the Oil becomes ‘Islamized!’
The “cruelty and carnage” in Syria, is how the situation in that country has been described in a rare joint statement by the chiefs of five UN organizations. The statement came accompanied by a plea to the international community to take concrete action and stop the bloodshed. “Enough!” It cried out as fierce fighting continues [...]
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Finance & Markets
Another Energy Boom is on the Way
Trading energy and energy stocks this week have been a dangerous experience, as oil markets sloughed off more than $3 a barrel on little more than a whim. DOE reports showed a certain stockpile increase, but those reports have been rather irrelevant for years, so pointing to this particular report as a reason for the [...]
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Geostrategy
Is Tunisia the New Hot Spot for Energy Investors? Interview with John Nelson
Until recently Tunisia was considered to be a minor league and relatively underexplored venue in Africa’s rapidly expanding oil & gas scene. This situation has quickly changed with new bid rounds and forced relinquishments creating an opportunity for new companies to come in. Major American E & P companies like Shell have jumped at the [...]
