OIL, OIL POLITICS
October 14, 2004
"Fuel Efficiency Policy Options"
Presentation
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
Presentation to the International Energy Agency and UN Environmental Program Conference, Shanghai, China
September, 2004
Crafting the New Nigeria: Confronting the Challenges
Book
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Is Nigeria, with its vast wealth in both human and natural resources, on the path to realizing its enormous potential? Or is it in danger of becoming a failed state? Crafting the New Nigeria considers the challenges that the country's leadership now faces, offering rich—and sobering—analyses of Nigeria's current political and economic systems.
July 7, 2004
New US Focus on Africa
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Africa Advisory Panel suggests new US policy
Adam Cohn
January 13, 2004
"Car Wreck? Reconciling Economic Development, Environmental Quality, and Oil Security in China"
Presentation
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
January 2004
The Future of Turkish Foreign Policy
Book
By Lenore G. Martin and Dimitris Keridis
Since the end of the Cold War, Turkey has moved from the periphery to occupy the very center of Eurasian security. It is a critical participant in NATO and aspires to become a member of the European Union. The pivotal role that Turkey plays in Southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and the Caucasus has profound implications for the international arena and spawns vital debates over the directions of Turkish foreign policy.
December 5, 2003
Rumsfeld Rightly Attending to the Caucasus
Op-Ed, Christian Science Monitor
By Brenda Shaffer, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1999–2007; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Program, 2000–2005; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Project, 2005–2007
November 29, 2003
A Conflict That Can Be Resolved in Time: Nagorno-Karabakh
Op-Ed, International Herald Tribune
November 27, 2003
Georgia: Domestic Challenges and Regional Implications
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Open Democracy
October 14, 2003
"Azerbaijan Goes to the Polls"
Journal Article, Policy Watch, POLICYWATCH is a publication of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy., issue 792
By Brenda Shaffer, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1999–2007; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Program, 2000–2005; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Project, 2005–2007
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As with most of the other states of the Caucasus and Central Asia, the democratization of Azerbaijan has not progressed as Washington had hoped it would when the Soviet Union first began to dissolve. During the past six months, President Aliyev has been incapacitated by failing health. The problems that emerged as a result of his illness demonstrated that Azerbaijan has not yet succeeded in building government institutions that are sufficiently independent of the leadership. Hence, if the elections are not conducted in a fair and free manner, foreign disappointment with the government may increase."
September 1, 2003
Political Prosecutions Threaten Russia's Ambitions
Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal Europe
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
It has been over a month since Platon Lebedev, a key figure in Russia's most valuable company and biggest oil producer Yukos, was abruptly and publicly arrested. And while the initial shock has worn off, the implications of what is seen by most as a Kremlin attack on one of Russia's most successful oligarchs remain serious
