http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/ en Copyright 2010 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:43:31 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss President Nursultan Nazarbaev of Kazakhstan publicly endorsed the Nabucco natural gas pipeline earlier this month, then criticized Europe for putting too much talk into the project and not enough action. http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/nazarbaev_faults_europe_on_nab.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/nazarbaev_faults_europe_on_nab.html Caspian Sea (region) Central Asia China Domestic & Reform Economy & Finance Energy & Policy European Union Plan/Strategy Overview Policy Review Russia Situation Report South Caucasus Turkey Aqtau Austria Azerbaijan Baumgarten BTC [pipeline] Bulgaria France Hungary Italy Kashagan Kazakhstan KCTS Kuryk Kyapaz/Serdar Medvedev Merkel Merkel. Germany Nabucco [pipeline] Nazarbaev Romania South Stream [pipeline] Tengiz Total(FinaElf) Turkmenistan United States Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:43:31 -0500 Political friction over economic issues between the US and China has faded for the time being, but its sources remain and may reappear at any time. http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/uschina_economic_conflict_not.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/uschina_economic_conflict_not.html China Domestic & Reform Economy & Finance Energy & Policy Policy Review Situation Report United States Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:33:02 -0500 Investors are pouring money back into China's stock markets, helping to reverse a plunge of more than 27% this year, on signs that the government's efforts to cool the economy are having their effect and on the hope that policy tightening measures may thus be relaxed. http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/china_on_a_razors_edge.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/china_on_a_razors_edge.html China Economy & Finance Energy & Policy Policy Review Situation Report IEA Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:22:37 -0500 Embattled oil giant BP, which is looking for ways to meet bills arising from the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, has numerous assets it could sell to meet its obligations, but reports that these could include Caspian Sea projects appear to be unfounded. http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/bp_set_to_remain_in_the_caspia.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/bp_set_to_remain_in_the_caspia.html Caspian Sea (region) China Economy & Finance Energy & Policy Plan/Strategy Overview Policy Review Russia South Caucasus United States Abu Dhabi Algeria Aliev (Vagif) AMEC Azerbaijan Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli BP(-Amoco) BTC Chevron Chirag Oil [project] Deepwater Horizon Egypt Exxon Gazprom Gulf of Mexico Jordan Libya Oman Prudhoe Bay Shah Deniz Two SOCAR West Chirag [project] Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:58:45 -0500 Adjusting the arcane rules governing exchange trading execution will not remedy broader financial-system problems and global macroeconomic mismanagement that are producing a new wave of volatility in the world's securities markets. http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/volatility_returns_to_world_st.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/volatility_returns_to_world_st.html Economy & Finance European Union Policy Review Situation Report United States Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:26:04 -0500 Turkmenistan has broken Russia’s stranglehold on its gas exports by opening a pipeline through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to China. The country’s president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has just made his first trip to New Delhi where the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline project was discussed. Earlier this year a short pipeline was opened in order to increase exports to Iran, and gas is in the process of being identified for eventual export to Europe via a Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline and the EU’s Southern Corridor. The era of Russian control over the country’s exports is over, and Ashgabat is taking care to make certain that it is not squeezed between Moscow and Beijing. http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/turkmenistan_diversifies_gas_e.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/turkmenistan_diversifies_gas_e.html Caspian Sea (region) Central Asia China Eastern Europe Energy & Policy European Union Foresight Briefing Plan/Strategy Overview Russia South Caucasus Southwest Asia Turkey Afghanistan Aliev (Heydar) Almaty (city) Austria Azerbaijan Bagtiyarlyk Berdimuhamedov Bukhara-Tashkent [pipeline] Caspian Coastal (“Prikaspiiskii”) Pipeline Dragon Oil Dubai East-West Pipeline (TM) Gaffney Cline Gazprom India Iran Kazakhstan Kazakhstan-China [pipeline] Korpeje-Kordkuy [pipeline] Nabucco Niyazov Okarem (TM) OMV Pakistan Putin RWE SCP/BTE [pipeline] Shah Deniz Southern Corridor TAP(I) [pipeline] TCGP [pipeline] Turkmenistan Turkmenistan-China [pipeline] United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan WEGP Xinjiang Yolotan (South) Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:23:40 -0500 В столице Казахстана Астане под несколько приглушенные звуки фанфар было заключено очередное многостороннее соглашение об экономическом сотрудничестве между некоторыми из стран-наследниц Советского Союза. На встрече Евроазиатского экономического сообщества (ЕврАзЭС) три его члена (Белоруссия, Казахстан и Россия) из пяти (остальные — это Таджикистан и Киргизия) подписали договор о вступлении в Таможенный союз. http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/post_14.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/post_14.html Central Asia Domestic & Reform Eastern Europe Economy & Finance Energy & Policy European Union Integration & Cooperation Policy Review Russia Situation Report Русский Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus CAU/CAEC/CACO CIS CMEA/Comecon Eastern Partnership (EU) EurAsEc/G-4/CIS Cust. Union European Neighborhood Policy (EU) Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lukashenka Moldova Nazarbaev Semenby (Peter) Tajikistan Ukraine Uzbekistan WTO Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:36:52 -0500 With moderate fanfare, yet another multilateral economic cooperation agreement was signed among a limited number of the Soviet successor states this month, in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia signed up to a customs union in the margin of a meeting of the EurAsian Economic Community (EurAsEC), which also counts Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan as members. http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/russia_tries_a_menage_a_trois.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/russia_tries_a_menage_a_trois.html Central Asia Domestic & Reform Eastern Europe Economy & Finance Energy & Policy European Union Integration & Cooperation Policy Review Russia Situation Report Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus CAU/CAEC/CACO CIS CMEA/Comecon Eastern Partnership (EU) EurAsEc/G-4/CIS Cust. Union European Neighborhood Policy (EU) Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lukashenka Moldova Nazarbaev Semenby (Peter) Tajikistan Ukraine Uzbekistan WTO Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:16:40 -0500 Despite recent improvements in Turkey's economic performance, political uncertainty is weighing on the country's stock markets, with little prospect of relief until the outcome is known of a September 12 referendum on proposed constitutional amendments. http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/turkeys_markets_on_hold.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/turkeys_markets_on_hold.html Domestic & Reform Economy & Finance Policy Review Situation Report Southwest Asia Turkey AKP Erdogan Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:21:58 -0500 Petroleum Industry Review: Cum evaluaţi evoluţia pieţei internaţionale de energie, având în vedere cererea crescută (în Uniunea Europeană şi în SUA consumul energetic a crescut cu peste 40% din 1970, în Japonia acesta s-a dublat, iar în China este de peste patru ori mai mare), dar şi declinul resurselor mondiale de hidrocarburi? Care este opinia dvs. cu privire la resursele alternative? Reprezintă energia regenerabilă o soluţie pentru economia mondială în perioada de criză? Dar pentru viitor?]]> http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/interviu_cu_petroleum_industry.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/interviu_cu_petroleum_industry.html China Domestic & Reform Eastern Europe Economy & Finance European Union Interview Plan/Strategy Overview Policy Review Română Russia Situation Report EFT Group Romania Ukraine Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:15:34 -0500 Petroleum Industry Review: In your opinion, how will the international energy market change, given the high energy demand (in the EU and the U.S. energy consumption increased by more than 40% since 1970, in Japan it doubled and in China it is more than four times higher) but also the decrease of the world hydrocarbons resources? What is your opinion concerning alternative energy sources? Is renewable energy a solution for the world economy during this time of crisis? Is it a solution for the future?]]> http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/interview_by_petroleum_review.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/07/interview_by_petroleum_review.html China Eastern Europe Economy & Finance Energy & Policy European Union Interview Plan/Strategy Overview Policy Review Russia Situation Report EFT Group Romania Ukraine Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:26:22 -0500 Robert M. Cutler amerikai politológus-tanácsadó szerint a közép-európai országoknak muszáj együttműködniük az orosz befolyás csökkentéséért. Az oroszok a gázt politikai fegyverként használják, és a nagy nemzetközi vezetékekért folyó küzdelem akár fegyveres konfliktusok kitörésében is szerepet játszik. Az azeri gázmezők válthatják meg térségünket a moszkvai nyomástól. http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/06/nekunk_azerbajdzsan_kell.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/06/nekunk_azerbajdzsan_kell.html Black Sea (region) Caspian Sea (region) Central Asia China Conflict & Security Eastern Europe Energy & Policy European Union Integration & Cooperation Interview Magyar Plan/Strategy Overview Policy Review Russia Situation Report South Caucasus Southwest Asia Turkey United States Aliev (Heydar) Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Berdimuhamedow Blue Stream BP-Amoco BTC Bulgaria Gazprom Georgia Hungary Iraq Kazakhstan Kurdistan Nabucco Niyazov Nord Stream/NEGP Romania Schroeder Serbia TCGP Turkmenistan Tymoshenko Ukraine von Lingen Yanukovych Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:06:20 -0500 Tensions created by China's tearaway economic growth emerged on full display Thursday, when figures showed an almost 50% gain in exports in May and a near-record rise in house prices in the same month. The data kept pressure on the government to raise the value of the yuan, stoked fears of more moves to cool the economy, and sent stock prices sharply up - and then down. http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/06/chinese_exports_surge_for_now.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/06/chinese_exports_surge_for_now.html China Domestic & Reform Economy & Finance Policy Review Situation Report Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:47:52 -0500 Labor unrest in China has reached the headlines of the Western media. The suicides at Foxconn and the strike at Honda have led to significant percentage wage increases that have been widely publicized. This will eventually increase somewhat disposable income and consumer spending in the country, encouraging a shift to production for the domestic market rather than for export. With the expected appreciation of the yuan during the course of this year, the wage hikes will inevitably make China’s exports more expensive for consumers in the developed countries, where they will consequently contribute to an increase in inflation. http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/06/chinas_labor_unrest_and_the_wo.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/06/chinas_labor_unrest_and_the_wo.html China Domestic & Reform Economy & Finance Policy Review Situation Report Guangdong Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:31:59 -0500 Energy conferences in the Caspian Sea region have come so fast and furious in recent years that some industry and government figures consider them a dime a dozen. In fact, the organizers are sometimes the ones who draw most advantage from them, in view of steep fees for participation. Nevertheless, the current International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition looks to be an exception. It is the seventeenth in the series hosted in Baku. http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/06/nabucco_spurs_caspian_projects.html http://www.robertcutler.org/blog/2010/06/nabucco_spurs_caspian_projects.html Black Sea (region) Caspian Sea (region) Central Asia China Eastern Europe Energy & Policy European Union Plan/Strategy Overview Policy Review Russia Situation Report South Caucasus Southwest Asia Turkey Aqtau Austria Azerbaijan Baumgarten BOTAS BTC Bulgaria Erdogan Eskene Georgia Hungary Iran Iraq KCTS Kuryk Nabucco Nabucco [pipeline] OMV Romania Sporrer TCGP Turkmenistan Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:14:41 -0500