The London Energy Club - Chair
I generally view with skepticism the memorandums of understanding signed between countries. Often, they possess a seriousness just slightly beyond mere intent declarations: they do not bind the parties, are laden with political messages, and frequently signify little more than “we had a written outcome from our discussions.” Especially during presidential-level visits, if you look
Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar told the Financial Times on April 28 that negotiations were continuing with the US energy giant Exxon Mobil for 2.5 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) worth 1.1 billion dollars. The Minister was talking about Türkiye’s need to diversify its resources to avoid being dependent on “a single supplier”;
Very early this morning, I talked to the Dubai-based Gulf Intelligence, one of the world’s leading energy think tanks, about the latest developments in the world, our region and Turkey. What follows is a succinct summary of what I elaborated. Accelerating the energy transition is a “fantasy” Green energy transformation is, of course, a process
We were chatting with an American diplomat, who held high positions in the US State Department while on duty, during the coffee break of an important meeting in Marrakesh. Stating that in the critical period we are in, the USA has been acting as if it has discarded Türkiye. In contrast, new dynamics have emerged
Why are Turks not loved? What are the roots of the anti-Turkish sentiments? Of course, we can respond to this question by saying “If they don’t like us, we too don’t like them”, thus raising nationalist sentiments in the streets whilst at the same time running the risk of Turkey becoming even more disconnected from
Following the partial construction of the 4GW reactor at the Mersin Akkuyu nuclear power plant, news is circulating that a new tender will be awarded to the Russian Rosatom for the construction of Türkiye’s second nuclear power plant in Sinop. Giving the green light to a new nuclear project, which will cost another 25 billion
Everyone in the West, from NATO to the European Union, from Biden to Scholz, is praising Ukraine’s heroic resistance against Russia as the war enters its third year, adding new ones to the unfulfilled promises of weapons and money. But things are not getting any better on the military front. It is widely expected that
This question has been puzzling me since the day it first emerged. (*) The organization, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), or its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group. Its origins lay in the Cey’ish al-Taifa al-Mansurah organization,
Cyprus is not a serious problem in the eyes of the international community today, but it remains on the agenda as the region around it begins to heat up. It will be under the spotlight again in the coming days. The United Nations’ efforts to take frozen negotiations out of the refrigerator, the Gaza drama,
The energy war, the ethnic war, the religion/sect-based war, the trade war, the technology war, the water war, the war against terrorism, and the war for regional dominance are taking place right next to us. If we cannot read these better in the light of the global struggle and strategic moves and do not take