By Dmitry Shlapentokh
October 12th, 2016, The CACI Analyst
On June 8, 2016, FSU Oil & Gas Monitor quoted former UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry as saying that gas from Turkmenistan could reach European markets by various different means, including “overland routes through Iran.” It is unlikely that Hendry would make such an announcement without having received encouraging signals from both Tehran and Ashkhabad. The prospect of gas deliveries from Turkmenistan to European markets is disconcerting for Moscow, which regards the monopolization of gas supply to Europe as one of its major geopolitical and geoeconomic goals.
- Central Asia
- Turkmenistan
- Iran
- Caspian Sea Basin
- FSU
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- TransCaspian Gas Pipeline
- European Union
- Russian Caspian Sea Navy
- Militarization of the Caspian Sea
- Syria
- TAPI Pipeline
- Afghanistan
- Islamist militants in Central Asia
- Hassan Rouhani
- Russia
- China