Posted by Matt in July 21st, 2008 |
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China,
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Middle East,
Oil,
China Wars,
Chinese Strategy,
Control,
Energy Demands,
Energy Resources,
Governments,
Great Leap,
Imperialist,
iranian,
Lenin,
Middle East Policy,
Natural Resource,
Oil Imports,
Oil Producing Nations,
Peter Navarro,
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rivalry,
Verge,
West China,
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As China’s energy demands grow at a rate much faster than any other country in the world, so too have its relationships with the oil-producing nations in the Middle East. With half its oil imports from the region, China’s Middle East policy is on the verge of a “great leap forward.” Chinese strategy for securing [...]
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Posted by Matt in July 2nd, 2008 |
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Energy,
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gazprom,
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June 27,
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Russian Energy,
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At the height of the Cold War, the West feared the Soviet military. Now, it fears Russian energy companies, and the 800-pound gorilla of them all is Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas monopoly, currently the world’s third-largest company by capitalization.
Having absorbed capitalism with a rapacity that would make Lenin blush, Gazprom does not intend to rest [...]
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