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November 4, 2009
| Author: | Jeffrey Mankoff, Adjunct Fellow for Russia Studies |
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This academic module features teaching notes by Jeffrey Mankoff, author of the Council Special Report Eurasian Energy Security, along with additional resources to supplement the text. In this report, Dr. Mankoff examines Russia's rise as an energy power and suggests that Europe can increase its energy security by working with--not against--Russia going forward.
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February 2009
Council Special Report No. 43
This report looks at Russia’s rise as an energy power, analyzing its control of supplies and delivery systems and its investments in energy infrastructure across Europe, as well as questions about the potential of its production, recognizing that European dependence on Russian energy will be a reality well into the future and that Europe can increase its energy security only by working with—not against—Russia.
Updated: January 5, 2009
With oil supplies tighter than ever, regions most vulnerable to oil supply disruptions present a significant concern.
December 8, 2008
Natural gas seems an obvious alternative to coal and oil for new energy production, but its transportation remains expensive, technically challenging, and politically difficult.
Updated: November 10, 2008
Non-OPEC oil producers, which turn out most of the world’s oil, are operating near capacity.
Updated: October 18, 2007
Political volatility among the world's leading oil producers suggests deeper causes for recent price spikes.
January 3, 2007
Buoyed by high oil prices, Russia finds itself embroiled in a number of disputes with foreign firms looking to tap its underdeveloped oil fields and with its neighbors that grew used to subsidized gas.
Updated: July 13, 2006
Russia's hosting of the G8 summit in St. Petersburg was meant to symbolize the country's integration into the club of the world's richest industrialized democracies. But with Russia moving in an increasingly illiberal direction, any agreements made on the issues topping the G8 agenda—energy security, Iran, and trade—may be more symbolic than tangible.
April 5, 2006
Russia's vast supply of energy and China's insatiable demand are making the two countries natural partners. Their shared goal of checking U.S. regional influence has also drawn their foreign policies closer.
July 2009
This Center for Preventive Action Contingency Planning Memorandum examines how crisis scenarios between Ukraine and Russia could unfold, the implications for the United States, and the steps the U.S. government might take both to reduce the prospects of a crisis and manage it should it occur.
March 2009
This thoughtful and balanced text examines the development of Russian foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. Presenting an even-handed treatment of controversial issues, Jeffrey Mankoff analyzes Russia’s interactions with major global actors and convincingly demonstrates that today’s Russia is more interested in restoring what its leaders consider to be its rightful place among the world’s major powers than in directly challenging the West.
March 2006
Task Force Report No. 57
This report asserts a U.S.-Russia “partnership” is the right long-term goal, but not a realistic prospect over the next few years. This report is also available in Russian.
July 1997
Task Force Report No. 13
NATO’s decision to enlarge comes at a time of historic opportunity. With this growth, NATO will issue invitations to additional European states, thereby extending and reinforcing the zone of stability that Western Europe has enjoyed for 50 years to some of the continent’s most fought-over territory. However, Russian leaders see the enlargement of NATO as a threat not only to Russian security but also to the success of Russia’s transformation since the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the face of continued Russian opposition to enlargement, it is imperative that the Unites States strive to improve NATO-Russian relations and to assure the country of its security and role in the face of a new Europe.
May/June 2009
Summary
The recent deterioration in relations between Russia and Ukraine should be of great concern to the West.
March/April 2009
Summary
Germany is a bridge between Russia and the West, and how Berlin chooses to deal with Moscow will set the tone for how the United States and the rest of Europe manage their own relationships with Russia.
May/June 2007
Summary
Russia's imperial ambitions did not end with the fall of the Soviet Union. The Kremlin has returned to expansionism, trying to recapture great-power status at the expense of its neighbors, warns one of Ukraine's most prominent politicians. The United States and Europe must counter with a strong response -- one that keeps Russia in check without sparking a new Cold War.
May 6, 2009
Russia's position as a major energy supplier has great significance not only for its foreign policy but for its relationships with major energy consuming countries. The nature of Russia's future geopolitical role in world energy markets has become a major concern of international energy security with important implications for Europe, Japan and the United States. Given a range of economic and geopolitical uncertainties, the fate of Russian and Caspian natural gas exports remains a major risk factor in global energy supply. In this study, researchers examine several scenarios for Russian and Caspian oil and natural gas production, possible export routes, and the geopolitics involved.
November 7, 2008
Pierre Noël analyzes the political issues surrounding European importation of Russian gas.
April 15, 2008
Nuclear power is too dangerous. Coal is too dirty. Gas involves too much dependence on Russia. And renewables are insufficient. So just where is Germany going to get its power from?
April 3, 2008
An ambitious cross-subsidy scheme has given rise to a new industry in renewable energy.
December 19, 2006
At PINR, Marcel de Haas reports on current geostrategy in the South Caucasus.
January 9, 2009
Jeffrey Mankoff, an expert on Russia, says the dispute that led Russia to cut off natural gas to Ukraine has its origins in differences over pricing as well as Ukraine's interest in closer ties with the West.
December 7, 2007
Peter J. Robertson, the vice chairman of Chevron Corporation, discusses the likelihood of global oil production meeting demand in the decades to come.
April 10, 2007
Philip K. Verleger Jr., an energy policy expert, says meetings of natural gas exporting countries in Qatar are not likely to be very significant in short term, but in time “could be very significant.”
June 19, 2006
Philip Kazin, research director of the Baltic Research Center, a St. Petersburg-based think tank, says the agenda of the G-8 should focus on trade and energy issues, not on Russia's rollback of democracy.
October 2009
Beyond Co-Dependency: European Reliance on Russian Energy
Article
Author: Fiona Hill
May 2008
Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia
Book
Author: Marshall Goldman
January 2008
The Geopolitics of Energy: From Security to Survival
Report
Author: Carlos Pascual
October 2007
The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea
Book
Author: Steve Levine
Septmember 2007
EU Energy Security: Time to End Russian Security
Article
Author: Zenyo Baran
January 2007
Well-Oiled Diplomacy: Strategic Manipulation and Russia's Energy Statecraft in Eurasia
Book
Author: Adam N. Stulberg
A Conversation with Viktor Yushchenko
| Speaker: | Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine |
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| Presider: | Peter Ackerman, Managing Director, Rockport Capital, Inc. |
Transcript: A Conversation with Viktor Yushchenko
Audio: A Conversation with Viktor Yushchenko (Audio)
Video: A Conversation with Viktor Yushchenko (Video)
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A Conversation with T. Boone Pickens
| Speakers: | T. Boone Pickens, Founder, BP Capital |
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| Frank Sesno, Special Correspondent, CNN |
In July 2008, oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens launched a $58 million national campaign to promote the “Pickens Plan,” a U.S. energy policy proposal that calls for increased use of domestic energy products such as wind and natural gas. Mr. Pickens says his plan would lower U.S. dependence on foreign oil by more than fifty percent over the next ten years. Please join T. Boone Pickens to discuss U.S. energy policy and the future of his plan.
Transcript: A Conversation with T. Boone Pickens
Audio: A Conversation with T. Boone Pickens (Audio)
Video: A Conversation with T. Boone Pickens (Video)
This meeting is on the record.
A Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev
| Speaker: | Dmitry Medvedev, President, Russian Federation |
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| Presider: | Madeleine K. Albright, Principal, The Albright Group LLC; Former U.S. Secretary of State |
Following the conclusion of the G20 summit and discussion of mitigating the global financial crisis, Russian President Medvedev will meet with the Council's membership. We hope you can join us for this special opportunity.
Transcript: A Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev
Audio: A Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev (Audio)
Video: A Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev (Video)
The Pursuit of Black Gold: Pipeline Politics on the Caspian Sea
| Speakers: | Steve LeVine, Author, The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea ; Former Foreign Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal |
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| Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State | |
| Carter Page, Chief Operating Officer, Energy and Power, Merill Lynch & Co., Inc. | |
| Presider: | Mary Boies, Managing Partner, Boies & McInnis LLP |
Transcript: The Pursuit of Black Gold: Pipeline Politics on the Caspian Sea [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]
Audio: The Pursuit of Black Gold: Pipeline Politics on the Caspian Sea (Audio)
This meeting is on the record.
A conversation with Simon Kukes
| Presider: | Stephen Sestanovich, Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Simon Kukes, Chief Executive Officer, Yukos Oil |
Transcript: A Conversation with Simon Kukes
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