Following up on his previous interviews with Azenglishnews.com, George Niculescu - Head of Research has further elaborated on the context and prospects of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution. READ MORE

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 15.05.2017
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EGF Head of Research, George Niculescu, was interviewed by Azenglishnews.com on the prospects for the outbreak of a new war in Nagorno-Karabakh within the current strategic context. This interview was also posted on the website of the Global Institute for Democracy and Strategic Studies (GIDSS). READ MORE

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 12.04.2017
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Our Head of Research, George Niculescu, was interviewed by Azenglishnews.com on what can we expect from 2017 in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict? READ MORE

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 06.03.2017
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Our Head of Research, Mr George Niculescu, commented for the Anadolu News Agency the current European debate on the approval by the European Commission of the construction of Nord Stream 2. Read the whole story.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 01.03.2017
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Despite the ongoing political crisis facing the EU post-BREXIT, EGF Director, Dr Marat Terterov, reposts argument advanced by the BREXIT camp that ‘the EU was a mistake and is doomed to failure’. Watch the televised debate here.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 20.09.2016
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Our Head of Research, Mr George Niculescu, commented for the Anadolu News Agency the current European debate on the approval by the European Commission of the construction of Nord Stream 2. Read the whole story.

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George Niculescu discusses the strategic significance of Nord Stream II with Anadolu News Agency. Read the whole story

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 06.12.2015
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EGF Affiliated Expert, Mikhail Roshchin, is a regular commentator for the Russian Lifenews TV channel on Syria and ISIS. You may watch his interviews (in Russian) on the recent meeting of presidents Putin and Obama in New York here, on the Kurdish war in Turkey here, and on the threat of ISIS  here.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 13.10.2015
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In an interview with the Anadolu News Agency, George Niculescu said that the violation of Turkish airspace by Russian aircraft operating in Syria may have negative effects on the prospects of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project. Read the whole story

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Speaking on Bulgarian National Radio about reports of Russian’s recent troop movements in Syria, Marat Terterov, claims that if Moscow felt that the House of Assad was collapsing, it would not have offered military support of this nature to further prop up Damascus

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Speaking on Bulgarian National Radio about reports of Russian’s recent troop movements in Syria, Marat Terterov, claims that if Moscow felt that the House of Assad was collapsing, it would not have offered military support of this nature to further prop up Damascus

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 14.09.2015
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On 21 May 2015, the Head of Research of EGF, Mr George Niculescu, will moderate a panel of the George C. Marshall Centre outreach event in Brussels on "The Ukraine Crisis: a Break-Out from the post-Cold War Order?". Please click here for details.

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EGF Turkey and Black Sea Regional Analyst John VanPool was quoted in a recent analysis by the Anadolu Agency, discussing political pressure over oil exports in the delicate relationship between Iraq, Turkey, and the KRG.
Please see here for the news item.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 23.04.2015
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European regulators will formally charge Russia's state-run energy giant Gazprom with anti-competitive practices, say sources in Brussels.
EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager is expected to issue a statement of objections on Wednesday (April 22), accusing the company of unfair practices in eastern and central European countries, including Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.

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• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 21.04.2015
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• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 16.04.2015
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EGF Principal Director Dr Marat Terterov gave a wide-ranging interview and extensive interview for the “Region” Research Center on The crisis in Ukraine and Russian-Western relations, Russia's policy in the Karabakh conflict, Armenia's membership in the EAC, why wait? He discussed the current tensions between Russia and the West in the context of the Karabakh conflict, arguing that sanctions and posturing will not stop cooperation.

Please click here for the PDF electronic bulletin, from the Region Center, containing the interview
Please click here for the full discussion transcript

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 15.01.2015
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EGF Director, Dr Marat Terterov gives evidence to the House of Lords (London) on the factors driving EU-Russia relations into the abyss. “We need to change the way we look at each other and forget about old stereotypes” he said. “The chemistry in the relationship needs to change and we need to consider each other’s motivating interests”. Keep Reading

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 13.01.2015
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Marat Terterov is the founder of the Brussels Energy Club and is one of Europe's leading experts on energy. He says the sanctions being imposed by the EU on Russia could still potentially lead to an energy crisis in the 28-member bloc this winter even though the bloc has brokered a new gas deal between Moscow and Kiev. Most of the EU's gas supply from Russia travels through Ukraine and Terterov says this raises some very serious questions.
Ukraine is almost bankrupt and is unable to pay its gas bills to Russia without help from the EU. As part of a new short-term gas deal, the EU is guaranteeing a payment to Moscow of 4.6 billion dollars. Kiev will pay Moscow 378 dollars per 1,000 cubic meters of gas until the end of this year. Some experts say Russia has displayed a great deal of diplomacy with the EU and Ukraine, given that the West has imposed sanctions on Moscow because of the crisis in eastern Ukraine. Over 300 million EU citizens depend on Russian gas to heat their homes. Most of the bloc's 450 billion cubic meters of gas imports each year come from Russia. Many experts say it is time for the EU to lift its sanctions against Moscow and try diplomacy instead.

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• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 31.10.2014
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Dr Marat Terterov, the Founder and Principal Director of the EGF, was interviewed on 11 August 2014 by Russia Today TV International on the recent escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Please click here to watch this interview.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 11.08.2014
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Despite the sometimes sensationalist nature of the media, EGF Director Dr Marat Terterov urges caution for viewers of Jewish News 1. He argues that, given the long-term relationships and contracts in place with Gazprom, we should not assume the Crimean situation represents a unilateral crisis for European energy security. Click here to watch the exclusive interview.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 01.08.2014
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When it comes to the Third Energy Package, Russia feels that the EU is not taking into account how the European gas markets evolved. Neither does it feel that is has been properly consulted over EU internal energy market legislation. Click here to keep reading EGF Director, Dr Marat Terterov, on the politics of EU-Russia energy security in an exclusive interview for Interfax

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 15.07.2014
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EGF Affiliated Experts Armen Grigoryan and Dr Nika Chitadze were quoted by the Colombian online publication Semana in an article examining the consequences of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Please click here to read this article (in Spanish).

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 01.05.2014
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Energy security is about risk sharing between producers and consumers, states Dr Marat Terterov. Here in the European Union we far too often take it for granted that energy security is merely about security of supply». Click here to view Dr Terterov’s interview on the Southern Gas Corridor and the prospects of Caspian gas reaching the European Union.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 26.11.2013
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The EU's Energy Policy does not only consist of its strategies and targets for 2020 and its implications for the EU Common Market -- there is also an external aspect to it: Energy Policy and Foreign Policy are inseparable, especially when it comes to securing Europe's energy supply by geographically diversifying its primary sources of energy.
In order to become less dependent on individual suppliers, the EU's two central energy projects Nabucco West and the Trans-Adriatic-Pipeline (TAP) aimed to develop alternative supply routes for natural gas from Azerbaijan. Whereas Nabucco West was said to be favored by some EU members states and EU officials, the position changed mid-last year to respect neutrality and focus on the priority of getting gas from Azerbaijan to Europe. Recently, Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz consortium decided to supply the TAP and has already signed a Host Government Agreement with the Greek government. The pipeline will transport natural gas from Azerbaijan through Greece and Albania to Italy, with further potential to extend supplies to Central Europe through either Italy or Switzerland. First gas delivery is expected in 2019.
Energy policy acts as an important element in strengthening and deepening of strategic partnerships and Association Agreements. The EU and Azerbaijan have both expressed their interest to further develop the Eastern Partnership programme, based on mutually reinforcing respect for principles and values.
What are the project's potential economic opportunities for Europe -- for the countries in the region and alongside the pipeline route?

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• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 02.10.2013
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Marat Terterov: The only way the Assad regime can be toppled is through external intervention. Click here to read the full interview given to the Ukrainian Information Agency: UKRINFORM

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 11.06.2013
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Dr. Marat Terterov spoke on Cyprus at the European Parliament on March 27, 2013.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 11.04.2013
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Click here to watch the Opening Address of MoNYS 2012 by Ms.Claudia Nocente, EGF Researcher on Global Security at the recently concluded Model NATO Youth Summit in Brussels.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 11.04.2013
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There is no easy way out for Cyprus and the island-country will become an increasing source of competition between the EU and Russia, comments Dr. Marat Terterov, Director of the European Geopolitical Forum (EGF), in a recent interview with EURONEWS. Both Russia and the EU have “interests” on the island, which now finds itself between “a rock and a hard place” when it comes to its political relationship with Brussels and Moscow respectively. Click here to access the interview

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2013
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Russian Prime Minster Dmitry Medvedev has called for all interested parties to be involved in a deal for Cyprus. He was speaking as EU Commission President Jose
Manuel Barroso visited Moscow.
That is diplomatic speak, Marat Terterov, a geopolitical analyst, explained to euronews journalist
Andrei Beketov what is really going on behind closed doors.

"I think there is more basis for competition really than cooperation. And that's simply based on the fact that both Brussels and Moscow have significant interests in Cyprus. However, I think that any Russian financial assistance and investments of a direct nature, will be very prudent from Moscow and it will be very much on hard-nosed commercial terms"

Euronews: "Russia obviously needs an outpost in the Mediterranean. Do you think Moscow will abandon Syria in favour of the more useful Cyprus as an ally?"

Marat Terterov, European Geopolitical Forum director:

"I don't think Russia will try to put all its eggs in one basket, neither Syria or Cyprus. It would prefer to have its cake and eat it too."

Speculation is rife that Cyprus may offer Russia access to untapped gas reserves in return for Russian aid, something Europe would be keen to avoid.

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• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 21.03.2013
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Marat TERTEROV, Founder and Director of the European Geopolitical Forum (Brussels) in an interview with ArmRadio FM107. A expert perspective from Brussels on Armenia's foreign policy issues such as possible accession to the Eurasian Union, Nagorno-Karabagh conflict, Azeri and Turkish lobbyism in Brussels, Armenia-Turkey normalization and more on ArmRadio FM107

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• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 23.11.2012
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In the following online interview for www.news.az, EGF Director, Marat Terterov, argues that in relation to Turkey's efforts to mediate in the Syrian crisis, Ankara's "zero problems with its neighours" policy now faces its biggest test - and there is no sign that Ankara will pass the exam with flying colours. Click here to read the interview.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 04.11.2012
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Click here to read recent article by EGF Affiliated Expert Mehmet Öğütçü on "Limited window of opportunity for Caspian gas and TANAP" published in Today's Zaman.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 03.11.2012
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Journal of Turkish Weekly (JTW) conducted an exclusive interview with Saban Kardas, EGF Affiliated Expert, on Turkey's future role in Energy Sector. Click here to read more.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 01.11.2012
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On October 17, 2012, Dr Marat Terterov, Director of EGF, addressed the 243rd Session of the, Historical Society, Trinity College, Dublin, in a debate where he opposed the motion that "This House Believes NATO Should Intervene in Syria,". Dr Terterov argued that the record of Western military intervention in the Muslim world has bequeathed a rather melancholic chain of events for the countries of the region and that we “need to have a very clear and unbiased understanding of key conflict dynamics before deciding to put boots on the ground”. Please click here in order to listen to the entire debate

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 27.10.2012
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Dr. Marat Terterov, Director of the European Geopolitical Forum (EGF), in his exclusive interview with the Global Energy Prize, reflects on the European Commission’s investigations against Gazprom and thinks that this should not be seen as too unusual – there are many in Europe who feel Gazprom is overcharging for its gas sales and exercising too much market power. Click here to keep reading the interview.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 02.10.2012
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Click here to view the interview of Dr. Marat Terterov on Cyprus EU presidency telecasted on Euronews this 05 July 2012.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 01.08.2012
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Dr. Marat Terterov, Director of the European Geopolitical Forum (EGF), stressed in an exclusive interview with Brussels-based UKRINFORM correspondent that "Ukraine should fully use diplomatic channels to free its nationals in Libya". To read more, click here

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 23.07.2012
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Dr. Marat Terterov, Director of the European Geopolitical Forum (EGF), in his exclusive interview with Brussels-based UKRINFORM correspondent thinks that "regardless of continuing escalation of internal conflict in Syria and the strains this is placing on the region, the international community has not yet found a solution to the 16-month-long Syrian crisis." To read more click here.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 23.07.2012
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Dr. Marat Terterov, Director European Geopolitical Forum (EGF) in an exclusive interview with Brussels-based UKRINFORM correspondent, stressed that "Ukraine should fully use diplomatic channels to free its nationals in Libya". To read more, click here

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 14.06.2012
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Click here for the online discussion with Voice of Russia on the recent deaths of 2 Western journalists who snuck into Syria to cover the crisis going on there by the EGF Affiliated Expert and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences., Mikhail Rochtchine

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 11.06.2012
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On May 28,2012 EGF was invited to open a "Eurasian Fiscal Experts" Seminar hosted by the International Tax and Investment Centre, Washington DC, in Brussels. The Seminar brought together several dozen experts and high level state officials from a range of countries across Eurasia to examine the inter-dynamics between taxation policy and investment climates in Russia, Ukraine, the Caucasus and wider-Caspian regions. EGF Director, Dr Marat Terterov, contributed to the seminar with the following presentation (click here). The agenda and the background documents to the seminar are available here.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 01.05.2012
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Click here to read an exclusive interview given to www.news.az by EGF Affiliated Expert, George Niculescu, on the security challenges in the wider-Black Sea region

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 28.03.2012
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EGF Director Dr.Marat Terterov's comments on the acute regional issues in wider geopolitical context published by Armenian and Azerbaijan media citing his interview to the Caucasus Journalists Network.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 24.02.2012
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EGF Founder and Director, Dr. Marat Terterov was quoted in Turkish Weekly News explaining that Turkey and Russia still have a ways to go before the Moscow-Ankara relationship can be qualified as strategic. Click here to read this article.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 01.02.2012
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EGF Affiliated Expert, Saban Kardass comments in a recent article in Today's Zamam that to understand the current Turkish-Israeli row, we need to appreciate that Turkish decision makers feel that a new Middle East is being built, one that is based on justice, equality and freedom, whereas Israel, with its power-based policies, remains stuck in a mentality representing the old Middle East. Click here to read more.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 03.01.2012
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In a recent interview with RT, "This case (the Tymoshenko verdict), Terterov concluded, demonstrates how different the Ukrainian political culture is from that of the West, with politicians resorting to revenge against their previous political opponents".

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 07.12.2011
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In a recent interview for “The Parliament Magazine” in Brussels, EGF Director, Dr Marat Terterov, noted that "in this era of EU concerns about energy transit in Ukraine (for Russian gas supplies) and in Turkey (for Caspian energy) we are seeing that EU member states can also 'get in on the game', equally having the potential to become the source of transit risks".

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 26.10.2011
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In comments addressed to UKRINFORM, Dr Marat Terterov, Director, European Geopolitical Forum, expressed the opinion that tough internal political opposition is not a new trend in the perception of Ukraine in the international arena. Click here to read more.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 11.10.2011
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With political developments in Libya taking place so rapidly, click here to watch EGF Director and Founder, Dr. Marat Terterov, discuss the political future of Libya on RT, 23 August 2011.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 03.10.2011
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With political developments in Libya taking place so rapidly, click here to watch EGF Director and Founder, Dr. Marat Terterov, discuss the political future of Libya on RT, 23 August 2011.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 03.10.2011
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Click here to watch EGF Expert, Justin Dargin's interview giving his observations and recommendations from his recent trips to the Middle East with a focus on the energy sector's role in state formation in the region.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 27.09.2011
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Click here to read Dr. Marat Terterov's latest article on Five reasons to be sceptical about 'Arab Spring' in the New Europe, published on 28 July 2011.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 17.08.2011
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Read the commentary on the polemics of policies advocating humanitarian intervention in the Muslim world, by EGF Affiliated Expert, Saban Kardas which appeared in the Turkish daily, Today’s Zaman on July 10. Click here

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 09.08.2011
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Click here to read Dr. Marat Terterov's latest article on Five reasons to be sceptical about 'Arab Spring' in the New Europe, published on 28 July 2011.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 29.07.2011
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Click here to read Dr. Terterov's interview in World Politics Review on Russia-Iraq Relations.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 12.07.2011
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Click here to watch EGF Expert Justin Dargin's interview on Al Hurra shown on June 24, where he has discussed the economic difficulties in the Middle East in the wake of the Arab Spring.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 11.07.2011
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Click here to read the recent article of Mehmet Ogutcu, EGF Global Energy, entitled "The Global Energy Order and Its Players are Changing", published at TUSIAD's Private View journal in June 2011.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 11.07.2011
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Click here to watch interview of Justin Dargin with Fair Observer News Magazine on the new medium, Nyoomble. The talk covered the implications and the confluence of the Arab Spring, the Fukushima nuclear crisis, global warming and the global energy market.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 02.07.2011
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Click here to read EGF Expert Mhamed Biygautane opinion on the Morroco's proposal to join GCC in New York Times.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 15.06.2011
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Dr Marat Terterov, EGF Director, talks to Russia Today Arabic Service on the political dimensions of the ongoing crisis in Libya, its humanitarian implications and the impact on EU migration policy. Click here to watch the interview in Arabic

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 14.06.2011
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I think that there is no harm to initially discuss the potential benefits of Morocco's membership with the GCC, but there are still other questions that have to be answered beforehand

• Mhamed Biygautane  |  Published on EGF: 08.06.2011
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Click here to watch EGF Expert Justin Dargin's interview with Dubai One Channel on the Energy Policy of UAE

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 07.06.2011
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Click here to read the latest article by EGF Expert Justin Dargin in Al Arabiya news.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 12.05.2011
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EGF Expert, Justin Dargin's interview on Al Hurra's "From Wall Street" about how the Arab political instability will impact foreign investment for the short-term to long-term

• Justin Dargin  |  Published on EGF: 05.05.2011
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Click here to watch Justin Dargin's interview on Dubai One about the possible impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on Emirati nuclear plans.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 25.04.2011
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Dr Marat Terterov, EGF Director, talks to Russia Today Arabic Service on the
political dimensions of the ongoing crisis in Libya, its humanitarian
implications and the impact on EU migration policy

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• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 25.04.2011
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EGF Expert, Justin Dargin discusses how by focusing on stronger relationships with the Gulf Cooperation Council, in particular with Qatar, the EU would be able to meet its 20/20/20 strategy and the potential of Central and Eastern Europe to develop a proactive role in EU energy security through increased pipeline integration with the rest of the EU, as well as serving as a entry point for Gulf LNG. Click here to watch the Video of the event.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 22.04.2011
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EGF Expert Justin Dargin, speaks on The Morning Briefing with Tim Farley on President Obama's speech (Mar. 30) on Politics of the U.S. Radio discussing how the Fukushima disaster and the unrest in the Middle East will impact American energy strategy.

• EGF Editorial  |  Published on EGF: 18.04.2011
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Justin Dargin, EGF Expert and Research Fellow at the Dubai Initiative, examines Impact of EU’s Diversification Strategy on GCC at Dubai School of Government. Please click here to read his analysis.

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 01.04.2011
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EGF expert, Justin Dargin, discusses the Impact of the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis on the International Energy Sector with Al Jazeera.

• EGF Editorial  |  Published on EGF: 05.04.2011
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"While events in North Africa continue to unfold at a rapid pace, the crisis in Libya in particular, may not have as widespread an impact on the southern economic tier of the EU as initially feared" comments EGF Director, Dr Marat Terterov, in an interview with the Hungarian daily newspaper, MAGYAR NEMZET. Read the full interview in Hungarian.

• EGF Editorial  |  Published on EGF: 05.04.2011
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by Dr. Marat Terterov interview in Arabic on Russia Today

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• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 01.04.2011
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Click here for Mehmet Ogutcu’s assessment of the relevance of a Turkish model for the Middle East and North Africa in Today’s Zaman.

• Mehmet Öğütçü  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2011
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Follow this link for EGF Director, Dr Marat Terterov's analysis of European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, and European Energy Commissioner, Günther Oettinger’s, recent visit to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan with a view to the latest development in the geopolitics of Caspian energy in the January issue of Bulletin de l’industrie pétrolière (pages 10-11, in French). 

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 21.03.2011
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Click here to read Dr Terterov’s remarks on EU High Representative on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton’s, vision of EU-Russia relations in Voice of America News (in Russian)

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 21.03.2011
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“Dr Marat Terterov commented on Russia’s expansive aspirations to play a role in the political and economic affairs of the Middle East in an interview with Russia Today Arabic Service”.

• EGF Editorial  |  Published on EGF: 20.03.2011
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