...Gawdat Bahgat The sharp drop in oil prices since June 2014 has drastically altered the global energy landscape. This essay examines the growing energy cooperation between Iran and Turkey and the strategic and economic implications for Europe. It argues that the emerging energy partnership between...

... the strategic priorities of Greece and China met and describes the turning point that offered the opportunity. Emphasis is given to collaboration in the maritime sector, which is a strong asset of both countries. The essay also studies the strategic implications of such cooperation for the broader region...

... analysis that follows. The strategic power relations between small and middle- size states of the eastern Mediterranean are analyzed in relation to the strategic aims of great powers that have intervened in the region. The case studies of the Syrian crisis, regional energy issues, Israeli- Turkish...

... of international relations to the centre as an actor sitting at the intersection of multiple regions.” Joshua W. Walker, “Learning Strategic Depth: Implications of Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Doctrine,” Insight Turkey 9, no. 3 (2007): 32 – 47. “The ‘String of Pearls’ describes the manifestation of China’s...

... oil and gas sectors. It is followed by an analysis of Tehran’s strategy to build close energy and strategic relations with European and Asian pow- ers. The final section discusses the different forces that are likely to shape US-­Iranian relations under the Trump administration. 2. “We Thank...

... significantly developed, the relations have also blossomed over mutual concern about the energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean. This essay examines the burgeoning relationship between Israel and Greece since 2010 and considers whether this relationship constitutes an important strategic alliance...

... and collapse of stable Arab regimes calls into question the strategic calculations on which Israel has depended since the Camp David Accords. Five new or renewed threats (Egypt, energy sup- plies, nonstate actors, Iran, and Arab democracy) relating to the Arab Spring can be considered as the most...

.... 17. Gawdat, 963 – 4. 18. Keith Smith, Russia-­Europe Energy Relations: Implications for U.S. Policy (Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2010), 5. 110  Mediterranean Quarterly: June 2017 day, equal to 34.71 percent of the EU’s oil consumption. Six member states...

... to secure its strategic sea-lanes to and from the resource-rich Middle East with the use of its military power. Continuing access to energy supplies is of course of great concern to Euro- peans. However, there has been no indication that Europeans have expressed Weinrod: US...

..., accessed 7 December 2006. 10. Domingos Jardo Muekalia, “Africa and China’s Strategic Partnership,” African Security Review 13, no. 1 (2004) www.iss.co.za/pubs/ASR/13No1/F1.pdf, accessed 30 October 2006. 11. Ibid. 96  Mediterranean Quarterly: Fall 2008 China’s Energy Policy...

...Magnus Nordenman While Europe is normally viewed through the prism of the great Eurasian landmass, the continent is absolutely dependent on the global maritime domain for commerce, resources, energy extraction, and security. Today Europe faces a number of maritime challenges, ranging from...

.... The Israeli government has significantly developed the policy and laws necessary to enable the development of offshore gas resources to satisfy domestic needs, but it has not yet finalized a gas export policy — a deci- sion that will have major implications for the development of regional energy...

...-EU Relationship  23 United States, direct strategic engagement with the EU can be equally use- ful. So many issues fall under the competence of the Union (energy, environ- ment, justice and home affairs, economy and trade, and common foreign and security policy, to mention a few) that de facto...

... for normalized, nonhostile strategic relationships may seem possible. In fact, for a short period of time, the Madrid and Oslo summits reinforced this inclination toward optimism. However, two factors make this prospect unrealistic. One is the negative developments that have occurred in the peace process...

... revolution, the international energy market is likely to become a buyer’s mar- ket, which facilitates energy deals and other means of strategic cooperation between China and Russia. Dealing with India could become more intractable for Beijing in the decades to come. New Delhi not only...

... and the Strategic Relationship of Greece, Cyprus and Israel (Washington, DC: Hudson Institute, 2015),16. Cropsey notes, “Israel, Cyprus and Greece’s strengthening of their collective energy security and collabora- tion in exploiting their energy reserves will help significantly in decreasing dependence...

... in world affairs: whether, in the military/strategic realm, it can preserve a reasonable balance between the nation’s perceived defense requirements and the means it possesses to maintain those commit- ments; and whether, as an intimately related point, it can preserve the tech- nological...

... that there might have been an arrangement among 48. Vladimir Socor, “Gazprom One Winner from Nabucco Demise,” Asia Times Online, 3 July 2013, www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-­04-­030713.html. 49. Ilian Idvassiliev, “The Choice—TAP vs. Nabucco West: Strategic Implications for Central and Eastern...

... signs of recovery and assertiveness on the international scene. Its reemergence and the rediscovery of the country’s traditional foreign pol- icy activism is likely to have important implications for North Africa, the Mediterranean region, and the West...

... there between the superpowers. Both sides provided their allies with everything from direct financial support to arms. However, the significance of the MENA lies not only in its strategic place in the East-­West conflict during the Cold War period but also in its extensive energy resources. The EU’s...