... maritime commerce Eurasian trade © 2018 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2018 ...

... problem, nor is underconsumption. Moreover, cooperation of any kind between Eurasian powers, all on the same continent, should neither be excluded nor discouraged. Germany and Russia are natural geopolitical and trade partners, particularly on matters related to oil, gas, and pipeline projects...

...Göktürk Tüysüzoğlu The change in Turkish foreign policy in the twenty-first century’s second decade has its origin in the approach referred to by Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu as Strategic Depth. Because it aims to give Turkey status as a Eurasian power, this approach has been described...

... and Eugene K. Lawson, eds., Russian-­Eurasian Renaissance? U.S. Trade and Investment in Russia and Eurasia (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003), 166. 39. Interfax, 14 January 2013, in FBIS-­SOV, 14 January 2013. 72  Mediterranean Quarterly: Spring 2014 Moreover, as Bulgaria, Hungary...

... is firmly embedded in the great Eurasian landmass. While that basic analysis holds true, it unfortunately obscures Europe’s ties to the maritime world and how the continent is absolutely dependent on the seas for prosper- ity, trade, communications, energy, security, and even food. Both near-­term...

... master's degree in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies from Georgetown University and is currently an analyst at International Technology and Trade Associates. Reviews  133 ment experience, and he was not a dominant leader. Instead he...

... Revolution’ Exposes EU’s Defi cient Ukraine Policy,” Eurasia Daily Monitor, 13 December 2004. 38. Isakova, 83–4. 39. Temur Basilia, “Eurasian Commentary,” in Russian-Eurasian Renaissance? US Trade and Investment in Russia and Eurasia, ed. Jan H. Kalicki and Eugene K. Lawson (Stanford, Calif...

..., was before the recent multibillion dollar deals were signed.5 For the moment, though, President Vladimir Putin is having only relatively limited success in his longer term strategy of persuading Central Asian coun- tries to join his proposed Eurasian Union. This broad-­based counterweight...

... at connecting Europe with Asia. Whether a bridge or a buffer zone, the Black Sea has remained during its history a sensitive spot on the larger Eurasian map, an area in which the Great Powers employed their geostrategic con- cepts about the control of the seas. Unlike the Mediterranean area, where...

... Eurasian republics has dropped from a matter of vital interest to a preference. If Ukraine, Georgia, or any other of those countries could be brought into the Western orbit cheaply and without too much trouble, fine — but once a substantial price tag is attached, one that could then take...

..., in light of Europe’s deep-­rooted interests in Eurasian security and prosperity as well as its burgeoning pivot to Asia, it is in the mutual interest of China and the EU to promote cross-­continental trade.38 The Cen- tral and Eastern Europe countries occupy the ends of the Silk Road Eco- nomic Belt...

... Its Real Policy in the CIS,” Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 27 March 2006, in FBIS SOV, 27 March 2006. 35. Tesmur Basilia, “Eurasian Commentary,” in Russian-Eurasian Renaissance? US Trade and Investment in Russia and Eurasia, ed. Jan H, Kalicki and Eugene K. Lawson (Stanford: Stanford University Press...

... government has sought to balance these demands while also exploiting them to elevate Turkey’s importance as a key energy transit route for both Moscow and Brussels. From Ankara’s perspective, serving as an oil and gas conduit between Europe and Asia underscores Turkey’s value as a major Eurasian...

... into Germany; the North Caucasus was a proving ground for the Nazi Islamic Peter Sattler received his master’s degree in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies from Georgetown University and is currently an analyst at International Technology and Trade Associates. ...

... and more by a conflict and trading system that spans the whole navigable southern rimland of the Eurasian supercontinent, with ten- tacles reaching north into Central Asia. The Indian Ocean thus emerges as the global hydrocarbon interstate linking the oil and gas fields of the Persian Gulf...

... is the historical and continuing importance of Eurasia evidenced by Zbigniew Brzezin- ski’s argument that America’s “primacy will whither away” unless Washington possesses “the power strategy to streamline the development of key Eurasian actors according to her [America’s] national interests.” The key...

... that America’s “primacy will whither away” unless Washington possesses “the power strategy to streamline the development of key Eurasian actors according to her [America’s] national interests.” The key component in the strategy of world domina- tion is access to secure sources of energy in the form of oil...

... evidenced by Zbigniew Brzezin- ski’s argument that America’s “primacy will whither away” unless Washington possesses “the power strategy to streamline the development of key Eurasian actors according to her [America’s] national interests.” The key component in the strategy of world domina- tion...

... from the opposite ends of the Eurasian continent — Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, and South Korea above all3 — have also long corroborated a discourse of “con- nectivity,” which eventually emerged as pivotal during the tenth Asia-­Europe Meeting in Milan, Italy, in October 2014. Contrasted...

...Cevdet Yilmaz; Mustafa Şahin Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2006 Cevdet Yilmaz is general director of the European Union Directorate, State Planning Organization, Turkey. Mustafa Şahin is the former head of the European Studies Department, Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies, Turkey...