Russia Abandons the ‘Energy Super-Power’ Idea but Lacks Energy for ‘Modernisation’ The energy sector since the mid-2000s has acquired top priority in Russian state affairs, but since late 2008 it has also become the epicentre of the economic disaster that still... Pavel K. Baev | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Energy-Related Border Trade Measures: Can They Lead to Trade Wars? Following the recent economic crisis, concerns over the revival of trade protectionism have surfaced, with some countries imposing or threatening to impose highly trade-distorting legislation to help their domestic industries... Shebonti Ray Dadwal | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Climate Change: Process and Politics With the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol expiring in 2012, time seems to be running out for a new successor agreement. The Protocol remains the most comprehensive attempt... Uttam Kumar Sinha | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
The Quest for Nuclear Energy in West Asia: Energy Security or Strategic Necessity Most of the countries in West Asia have expressed an interest in developing nuclear energy. For them their growing demand of electricity owing to the increasing population, growing industries, their... Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Geopolitics of Energy in West Asia: Competing Foreign Interests and Prospects for Regional Realignment The article analyses international politics surrounding the Iranian nuclear crisis, and its implications for stakeholders such as the United States and its western allies as well as for emerging market... Atul Aneja | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
India–Australia Energy Cooperation: The Road Ahead Energy ties between India and Australia are centuries old and can be traced back to the days of East India Company of the British–Indian era. From the first commercial export... Rahul Mishra | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Is the Future of Energy Geopolitics in Space? Let's face the facts: we are not going to regulate our way out of either climate change, or a peaking of fossil fuels. Even if we could imagine that individuals... Peter Garretson | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
The Global Quest for Nuclear Energy: Opportunity, Constraints and Prospects Nuclear energy is undergoing a global renaissance. While nuclear energy has been contributing between 14 and 16 per cent of the total electricity in the world in recent years, most... Rajiv Nayan | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
The Politics of Nuclear Energy Nuclear energy, as we know it, was unleashed by nature at Oklo in Gabon, Africa, when uranium formed rings on its mountains billion of years ago. Natural uranium contains at... R. R. Subramanian | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Energy Security: Challenges and Opportunities The eradication of poverty and prosperity depend upon the economic development of a nation which in turn is dependent on an adequate and continuous supply of energy sources. Hence, energy... Bhupendra Kumar Singh | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
