July, 2022

• 15 July

  Бег по потоку

  Аналитик Александр Фролов — о том, как и почему возвращающаяся «Газпрому» из Канады турбина может снизить поставки газа в ЕС Оказавшийся в заложниках у Канады газоперекачивающий агрегат (ГПА) с компрессорной станции (КС) «Портовая» может вернуться на место службы и возобновить прокачку газа по «Северному потоку». Оттава наконец поддалась на уговоры …

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• 15 July

  Biden Says Iranian Military Unit Will Remain on US Terrorist List

  President Joe Biden said in an interview with an Israeli TV station that an elite Iranian military unit would remain designated a terrorist group by the US, even if that means he can’t secure a return to the multinational deal intended to restrain Iran’s nuclear program. He also said he …

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• 15 July

  State Dept official: ISIS ‘resurgence’ more likely if American, other foreign fighters stay detained in Syria

  Timothy Betts said it is better for prisoners’ home countries to repatriate them so they are no longer in the region A State Department official warned that the large number of non-Syrian fighters currently detained in Northeast Syria would pose less of a risk to global security if they went …

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• 15 July

  Hezbollah threatens Israel with escalation in border spat

  The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group threatened Israel with military escalation Wednesday if a future deal over the disputed maritime border between the two countries is not in Lebanon’s favor. Sayyed Hassan Narallah said in a televised speech that Lebanon should be able to extract oil and gas in …

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• 15 July

  Securing the energy transition against cyber threats

  As the US energy sector’s reliance on digitalization grows, its vulnerability to cyberattacks also increases. To better understand current and future threats, the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center convened the Atlantic Council Task Force on Cybersecurity and the Energy Transition to develop a cybersecurity framework designed to protect US energy …

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• 14 July

  A Shock-Proof Energy Economy

  

  Taming Volatile Oil Markets Requires a New Kind of Government Intervention Oil is a volatile commodity. Even under ideal conditions, the price of crude changes by the minute, driven by any number of causes, such as shifts in national oil inventories and military coups in oil-producing states. Still, since the …

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• 14 July

  What the Mighty Miss

  

  The Blind Spots of Power For two decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been both admired and feared as a shrewd strategist, a strongman who has cemented his rule at home and doggedly advanced Russian interests abroad. Whether suppressing domestic opposition or annexing Crimea, Putin has appeared as an uncompromising …

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• 14 July

  Iran’s Raisi links regional dust storms to Western hegemony

  

  Tehran recently hosted a regional summit on addressing the dust storms that have ravaged the area over the past two years. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi accused Western powers of playing into the destruction of environment by tapping into the Middle East’s natural resources. Raisi was addressing a regional summit in …

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• 14 July

  Erdogan, Putin set to meet in Tehran

  

  The Turkish, Iranian and Russian leaders are set to meet in Tehran next week amid lingering Turkish threats against Syrian Kurdish groups. Putin and Erdogan will separately discuss the Ukrainian grain crisis. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Tehran next week, …

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• 14 July

  Iran weighs benefits of BRICS membership

  

  While joining the bloc has its upsides, it will be extremely difficult for Tehran to get full benefits from BRICS without the complete lifting of Western sanctions. Recently, Iran applied to join BRICS, a group consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. On a global level, this forum …

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