Tag: oil (3)

Aug 15

Steve LeVine on the Geopolitics of Russia, Georgia and Oil

Why has Russia assaulted Georgia, what does it stand to gain, and how do all parties extricate themselves from the mess?

Posted Aug 15, 2008

Sep 04

Unocal's Adventure with the Taliban

In the mid-1990s, the California-based oil giant Unocal decided that it was going to do an end run around its competitors on the Caspian Sea and build an oil pipeline straight through the war zone of Afghanistan. That meant cozying up with the Taliban, but that did not throw the scrappy company.

Posted Sep 04, 2007

Aug 27

The Oil and the Glory - Prologue

The prologue of The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea, to be published in October 2007.

Posted Aug 26, 2007