This WPR Special Report compiles news, analysis and opinion from WPR’s pages to provide insight into what some are calling the new “Great Game” — the political battle for influence and control over the production, sale and transit of oil and gas across Eurasia — from Europe to the Caucasus, to Iran, to South and Central Asia.
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Pipeline Politics: Iran Looks to Send Natural Gas East
By Peter Kiernan
May 28, 2008
Nuclear Deal Done, India Gives IPI Pipeline a Second Look
By Siddharth Srivastava
November 5, 2008
Overhauling the Iran Sanctions Act
By Peter Doran
December 16, 2008
Can Pakistan Deliver on its Energy Promise?
By Mustafa Qadri
December 18, 2009
Baku Summit Ends Decade-Long Feud, Creating Energy Opportunities
By Richard Weitz
June 4, 2008
Central Asia’s Energy Chessboard
By John Daly
December 22, 2008
Central Asia and the U.S.-Russia ‘Reset’
By Peter Kiernan
May 5, 2009
Another Success and a New Challenge for Turkey’s Gas Diplomacy
By Andrea Bonzanni
September 2, 2009
The Nabucco Carrot and U.S.-Iran Engagement
By Joshua Kucera
May 5, 2009
EU Energy Security and Bulgaria’s Nuclear Option
By Peter Doran
May 25, 2009
A Step in the Right Direction for Nabucco
By Peter Kiernan
July 20, 2009
For the West, ‘Game Over’ in Central Asia
By Andrea Bonzanni
January 8, 2010
Turkey-Azerbaijan Meeting Keeps Nabucco Alive
By Andrea Bonzanni
January 21, 2010
Russia-Ukraine Price Dispute Driven by Political Hydra
By Paul De Zardain
January 7, 2009
LNG and Russia’s Shifting Gas Strategy
By Matt Stone
October 19, 2009
Why Russia Still Matters in the Asian Century
By John Lee
January 19, 2010