This Working Paper describes and analyses Central Asia from the standpoint of geo-economics, focusing especially on key questions in the region such as water, logistics, the direction of trade flows, hydrocarbons (oil and gas) and uranium.
This ARI discusses some of the lessons to be learned from the failure of the model implemented in the Republic of Chad to manage oil revenue flowing into the country’s public coffers since 2003.
This ARI examines the climate change summit held in Copenhagen from 7-18 December 2009: the preparations for it, how it unfolded, the results and the pending challenges.
Spain has an opportunity to play a leading role in realising this potential by pursuing a coherent multilevel strategy specifically designed for water and climate variability and change.
Spain, on its own, is not a key player in the negotiations for the potential successor of the Kyoto Protocol that is expected to be ‘politically agreed’ at the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen.
Within a few months, on 7 December 2009, 195 countries will meet in Copenhagen with a common mission: to find a way out of the climate change crisis.
This ARI aims to explain the Energy Charter’s political role and weaknesses by looking at the entire legal process in its political and historical context.
This paper analyses the region’s various energy challenges and evaluates the need and potential for a region-wide energy strategy.
An overview of the economics of pollution control is put forth with regards to the main policy instruments at our disposal for the post-Kyoto era.
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