What John Judis Gets Wrong About Energy Politics
The standard error of those who succumb to the geopolitics of energy meme is to believe that the success or failure of this or that pipeline is nearly as important in its impact on world politics as things that really matter—such as such as whether or not Iran develops nuclear weapons.
A recent post by John Judis on the New Republic’s blog The Plank offers a good example of this, while also getting some of its facts wrong. KEEP READING »
Obama Dissing Putin: What’s the Point?
Generally I try to give the Obama administration the benefit of the doubt, but I was scratching my head over the President’s comments in the AP interview he gave just before his recent trip to Russia:
The “Geopolitics of Energy”: Less Than Meets the Eye
Greetings, Faster Times readers! This is my new blog on international energy. I will be making this up as I go along, so I can’t say precisely what the scope of this blog will be other than that suggested by the words “international” and “energy,” with a lot of politics thrown in.
Gazprom Demonstrates Lack of Familiarity with U.S. Slang
No comment. Interesting to see if this gets changed. I am guessing it wasn’t vetted with Gazprom’s high-priced PR advisors.
A quick look suggests that this has increased Gazprom’s profile in the parts of the blogosphere that do not typically focus on the natural gas sector.
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