Reports of Dr. Friedemann Mueller
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Iran’s return to global competition will impact Saudi Arabia
Economic sanctions are almost certain to be lifted on Iran following final agreement on a nuclear deal later in 2015. Iran’s return to compete in global markets will drive its economy and have an effect on oil-rich Saudi Arabia, as Iran pushes to establish its place in the regional balance ...
Russia’s threefold economic misery
Sanctions and the tumbling global price of oil have sent the Russian economy spiralling towards recession. But despite pending economic woes, Russia's economy with its robust reserves is healthier than those of many major nations. However, the Russian economy is far from invulnerable. Indications are that Russia is turning in ...
Iran gas an option for Europe as Russia leaves energy gap
The strategic energy ellipse is one of the hottest geopolitical regions in the world - home to vast reserves of oil and gas and stretching from western Siberia to the Arabian Peninsula. Critically, Iran and Iraq are at its centre. As Russia eases out of the picture as the main ...
Why it is critical Europe widens its dialogue with Iran
Many analysts see the West as overly focussed on Iran’s nuclear programme, its regional ambitions, its hostility to Israel and the fact it is governed by a mullah regime. Western concerns are valid. But these concerns fail to acknowledge Iran as a nation geopolitically too important to be reduced to ...
China’s impact on the world energy market
China has been undergoing a massive process of industrialisation and is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. It is the world’s second largest oil consumer after the US – but its annual oil consumption is growing nearly eight times faster than that of the United States. No ...
Renewables - an alternative energy source to replace an increasingly fragile oil supply
The world urgently needs to address its growing hunger for oil and it needs to search for alternatives with the political drive and conviction that saw many governments readdress their nuclear policy in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster in 2011. OIL IS the blood of the global economy. It ...
Energy: The Nabucco pipeline - an ongoing political drama
The Nabucco pipeline is at the centre of a political drama which could tip the balance away from Russia's dominance over the supply of gas to Europe. GIS expert Dr Friedemann Mueller sets the scene in this special report, considers the situation today and looks at the major players in ...
Geopolitics: What can be done about climate change
Tension exists between industrialised countries and emerging nations over CO2 emission targets. But without a new agreement beyond 2012, stabilising greenhouse gas emissions remains an impossible dream as GIS expert, Dr Friedemann Mueller explains. EVERY year a group of more than 10,000 people meet for two weeks at some e...
